Area Database (v4.2.1)

Wealth, Poverty, Assets
% poor households (with IWI value under 70)
Subnational regions
Zambia
All years

% poor households (with IWI value under 70)

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
Zambia (Africa)  
Total 90.9 91.2 91.5 91.8 92.0 92.3 92.6 92.9 93.2 93.4 93.0 92.5 92.1 91.7 91.2 90.2 89.2 88.2 87.3 86.3 85.3 84.3 84.9 85.5 86.1 86.8 87.4 88.0 88.6
Central 95.5 95.4 95.3 95.1 95.0 94.9 94.8 94.7 94.5 94.4 94.6 94.7 94.8 94.9 95.1 94.3 93.6 92.9 92.2 91.5 90.8 90.0 89.7 89.4 89.1 88.8 88.5 88.1 87.8
Copperbelt 75.4 75.7 76.1 76.4 76.8 77.1 77.5 77.8 78.2 78.6 78.0 77.4 76.8 76.2 75.6 73.2 70.7 68.2 65.7 63.2 60.8 58.3 61.6 65.0 68.3 71.7 75.1 78.4 81.8
Eastern 99.9 99.9 99.8 99.8 99.5 99.3 99.0 98.8 98.5 98.2 98.2 98.2 98.2 98.2 98.3 98.1 97.9 97.7 97.5 97.3 97.1 96.9 96.3 95.8 95.3 94.7 94.2 93.6 93.1
Luapula 98.4 98.5 98.7 98.9 99.1 99.3 99.5 99.6 99.8 100 99.7 99.5 99.2 98.9 98.6 98.5 98.4 98.3 98.2 98.1 98.0 97.9 97.2 96.5 95.9 95.2 94.5 93.9 93.2
Lusaka 72.5 74.3 76.2 78.0 79.9 81.7 83.6 85.4 87.3 89.1 87.1 85.1 83.1 81.1 79.0 77.6 76.2 74.7 73.3 71.9 70.5 69.0 69.8 70.6 71.5 72.3 73.1 73.9 74.7
North-Western 99.2 99.2 99.2 99.2 99.2 99.2 99.2 99.2 99.2 99.2 99.1 99.0 98.9 98.8 98.7 98.3 97.8 97.4 96.9 96.5 96.0 95.6 94.1 92.6 91.2 89.7 88.2 86.8 85.3
Northern 99.9 99.7 99.5 99.3 99.0 98.8 98.5 98.3 98.0 97.8 97.7 97.6 97.5 97.4 97.4 97.2 97.1 97.0 96.8 96.7 96.6 96.4 96.6 96.7 96.9 97.0 97.1 97.3 97.4
Southern 96.4 96.4 96.4 96.4 96.5 96.5 96.5 96.5 96.6 96.6 96.0 95.3 94.7 94.1 93.5 93.0 92.5 92.1 91.6 91.2 90.7 90.3 91.0 91.7 92.4 93.1 93.8 94.5 95.2
Western 98.3 98.4 98.5 98.7 98.8 98.9 99.0 99.1 99.3 99.4 99.1 98.8 98.4 98.1 97.8 97.6 97.3 97.1 96.9 96.6 96.4 96.2 96.2 96.1 96.1 96.1 96.1 96.1 96.0
Lighter numbers are estimates