6th highest income inequality (Gini)51.5 · #6 of 155 · 2022
9th lowest internet users17% · #9 of 208 · 2024
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COUNTRYDUEL AFRICA
Surprising facts about Zambia
The comparisons that stand out most against its neighbours, its region and the world median.
Picked for surprise among Zambia’s neighbours, its region and the world median.
Zambia among 213 countries & territories
Each dot shows where Zambia sits between the lowest and the highest value in the world; “See it” opens the full visual against the
world median. Higher is not automatically better.
World twins
The countries most like Zambia across 12 indicators (GDP/person, Life exp., Median age, Fertility, Urban, Internet, Schooling, CO₂/person, Density, Temperature, Happiness, Obesity). Each indicator is standardised and compared by average distance; a resemblance, not a score.
Zambia
vs Angola 
vs Botswana 
vs DR Congo 
vs Malawi 
vs Mozambique 
vs Namibia 
vs Tanzania 
vs Zimbabwe