Area Database (v4.2.1)
% poorest households (with IWI value under 35)
| 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | |
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| Total | 77.2 | 77.6 | 77.9 | 78.3 | 78.6 | 79.0 | 79.3 | 79.7 | 80.0 | 80.4 | 79.4 | 78.3 | 77.3 | 76.3 | 75.3 | 73.1 | 71.0 | 68.9 | 66.7 | 64.6 | 62.5 | 60.4 | 59.9 | 59.4 | 58.9 | 58.4 | 57.9 | 57.4 | 57.0 | |
| Central | 84.0 | 84.3 | 84.5 | 84.8 | 85.1 | 85.4 | 85.6 | 85.9 | 86.2 | 86.5 | 85.7 | 85.0 | 84.2 | 83.4 | 82.7 | 80.7 | 78.7 | 76.7 | 74.6 | 72.6 | 70.6 | 68.6 | 68.3 | 68.0 | 67.7 | 67.5 | 67.2 | 66.9 | 66.6 | |
| Copperbelt | 36.7 | 37.3 | 37.9 | 38.5 | 39.1 | 39.7 | 40.4 | 41.0 | 41.6 | 42.2 | 43.0 | 43.8 | 44.6 | 45.4 | 46.2 | 44.2 | 42.2 | 40.2 | 38.2 | 36.2 | 34.2 | 32.2 | 31.8 | 31.3 | 30.9 | 30.4 | 30.0 | 29.5 | 29.1 | |
| Eastern | 98.5 | 97.9 | 97.3 | 96.7 | 96.0 | 95.4 | 94.8 | 94.2 | 93.6 | 93.0 | 92.7 | 92.4 | 92.2 | 91.9 | 91.7 | 89.9 | 88.2 | 86.4 | 84.7 | 82.9 | 81.2 | 79.4 | 78.9 | 78.4 | 77.9 | 77.4 | 76.9 | 76.4 | 75.9 | |
| Luapula | 95.4 | 95.9 | 96.4 | 96.9 | 97.4 | 97.9 | 98.5 | 99.0 | 99.5 | 100 | 98.9 | 97.8 | 96.7 | 95.6 | 94.5 | 93.4 | 92.3 | 91.2 | 90.0 | 88.9 | 87.8 | 86.7 | 85.4 | 84.0 | 82.6 | 81.2 | 79.8 | 78.5 | 77.1 | |
| Lusaka | 45.4 | 47.0 | 48.6 | 50.2 | 51.8 | 53.4 | 55.0 | 56.6 | 58.2 | 59.8 | 55.4 | 51.0 | 46.5 | 42.1 | 37.6 | 34.8 | 31.9 | 29.1 | 26.2 | 23.4 | 20.5 | 17.6 | 17.9 | 18.1 | 18.3 | 18.5 | 18.7 | 18.9 | 19.1 | |
| North-Western | 97.1 | 96.9 | 96.8 | 96.6 | 96.5 | 96.4 | 96.2 | 96.1 | 95.9 | 95.8 | 95.5 | 95.3 | 95.0 | 94.8 | 94.6 | 92.6 | 90.7 | 88.8 | 86.9 | 84.9 | 83.0 | 81.1 | 78.4 | 75.6 | 72.9 | 70.2 | 67.5 | 64.7 | 62.0 | |
| Northern | 97.2 | 96.8 | 96.3 | 95.9 | 95.4 | 95.0 | 94.5 | 94.1 | 93.6 | 93.2 | 92.8 | 92.5 | 92.1 | 91.7 | 91.3 | 90.4 | 89.4 | 88.5 | 87.5 | 86.6 | 85.6 | 84.7 | 83.9 | 83.2 | 82.5 | 81.8 | 81.1 | 80.3 | 79.6 | |
| Southern | 86.6 | 87.0 | 87.5 | 88.0 | 88.4 | 88.9 | 89.3 | 89.8 | 90.3 | 90.7 | 87.6 | 84.5 | 81.4 | 78.3 | 75.2 | 74.1 | 73.1 | 72.0 | 71.0 | 69.9 | 68.9 | 67.8 | 66.7 | 65.6 | 64.4 | 63.3 | 62.2 | 61.1 | 59.9 | |
| Western | 94.4 | 94.9 | 95.3 | 95.8 | 96.3 | 96.7 | 97.2 | 97.7 | 98.1 | 98.6 | 97.7 | 96.9 | 96.0 | 95.1 | 94.2 | 93.5 | 92.7 | 91.9 | 91.2 | 90.4 | 89.6 | 88.9 | 88.3 | 87.7 | 87.1 | 86.5 | 85.9 | 85.4 | 84.8 | |
Lighter numbers are estimates