Wealth (v2.1)

Wealth, Poverty, Assets
% households with a cellphone
Subnational regions
Zambia
All years

% households with a cellphone

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 2022 2023
Zambia (Africa)  
Total 11.6 17.1 22.6 28.1 33.5 39.0 44.5 50.0 55.5 60.9 66.4 68.2 70.1 71.9 73.7 75.5 77.3 79.1
Central 8.88 14.9 21.0 27.0 33.0 39.1 45.1 51.1 57.2 63.2 69.3 71.6 73.9 76.2 78.6 80.9 83.2 85.6
Copperbelt 38.4 43.1 47.8 52.5 57.2 61.8 66.5 71.2 75.9 80.6 85.3 86.0 86.6 87.3 88.0 88.7 89.3 90.0
Eastern 0.01 4.40 8.80 13.2 18.9 24.6 30.3 36.1 41.8 47.5 53.2 57.4 61.6 65.8 70.0 74.3 78.5 82.7
Luapula 0.01 3.30 6.58 9.87 15.0 20.1 25.2 30.3 35.4 40.5 45.6 47.7 49.8 51.9 54.0 56.1 58.2 60.3
Lusaka 53.4 57.1 60.7 64.4 68.1 71.7 75.4 79.1 82.7 86.4 90.1 90.1 90.1 90.1 90.1 90.2 90.2 90.2
North-Western 0.01 4.30 8.60 12.9 18.9 25.0 31.0 37.0 43.0 49.1 55.1 57.3 59.6 61.8 64.0 66.2 68.5 70.7
Northern 0.01 3.44 6.88 10.3 15.8 21.3 26.8 32.3 37.8 43.3 48.8 50.7 52.6 54.4 56.3 58.2 60.1 62.0
Southern 12.6 18.3 24.0 29.7 35.4 41.0 46.7 52.4 58.1 63.8 69.4 72.3 75.2 78.1 81.0 83.9 86.8 89.7
Western 0.01 2.40 4.79 7.18 12.0 16.8 21.5 26.3 31.1 35.9 40.7 43.6 46.4 49.3 52.2 55.1 58.0 60.9
Lighter numbers are estimates