Statistical performance: Pillar 5 data infrastructure score in Zambia
Zambia: Statistical performance: Pillar 5 data infrastructure score was 50 scale 0-100 in 2024. ▲ Rising
Statistical performance indicators (SPI): Pillar 5 data in Zambia, 2016–2024
Source: Statistical Performance Indicators, World Bank (WB). Measured in scale 0-100.
Analysis
The most recent figure for statistical performance indicators (spi): pillar 5 data in Zambia is 50 scale 0-100, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 9 years on record.
The figure is up 25.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, statistical performance indicators (spi): pillar 5 data in Zambia peaked at 50 scale 0-100 in 2023 and was at its lowest, 40 scale 0-100, in 2016.
That places Zambia 138th out of 192 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
Statistical performance: Pillar 5 data infrastructure score in Zambia, year by year
| Year | scale 0-100 | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 40 scale 0-100 | — |
| 2017 | 40 scale 0-100 | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 40 scale 0-100 | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 40 scale 0-100 | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 40 scale 0-100 | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 45 scale 0-100 | +12.5% |
| 2022 | 45 scale 0-100 | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 50 scale 0-100 | +11.1% |
| 2024 | 50 scale 0-100 | +0.0% |
Zambia compared with similar countries
- Zambia's 50 scale 0-100 is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 55 scale 0-100, 91% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Zambia's 50 scale 0-100 is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 55 scale 0-100, 91% of the median. (48 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 40 scale 0-100 | 40 scale 0-100 | 40 scale 0-100 | 4 |
| 2020s | 46 scale 0-100 | 40 scale 0-100 | 50 scale 0-100 | 5 |
Countries ranked near Zambia
- 138 Angola 50 scale 0-100 compare
- 138 Chad 50 scale 0-100 compare
- 138 Congo 50 scale 0-100 compare
- 138 Djibouti 50 scale 0-100 compare
- 138 Gambia 50 scale 0-100 compare
- 138 Guinea-Bissau 50 scale 0-100 compare
- 138 India 50 scale 0-100 compare
- 138 Iran 50 scale 0-100 compare
- 138 Mali 50 scale 0-100 compare
- 138 Nepal 50 scale 0-100 compare
- 138 Samoa 50 scale 0-100 compare
- 138 San Marino 50 scale 0-100 compare
- 138 Trinidad and Tobago 50 scale 0-100 compare
More public sector data for Zambia
- Democracy, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Chief executive of the government is elected, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Elected parliament, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Men's universal right to vote, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Universal right to vote, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Universal right to vote in practice, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Arms imports 1.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per capita 0.0469 SIPRI trend indicator values per person (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per unit of GDP 0 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), annual growth rate -80 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is statistical performance indicators (spi): pillar 5 data in Zambia?
- Statistical performance indicators (spi): pillar 5 data in Zambia was 50 scale 0-100 in 2024, according to Statistical Performance Indicators, World Bank (WB).
- What is the highest statistical performance indicators (spi): pillar 5 data recorded in Zambia?
- The highest recorded value was 50 scale 0-100 in 2023.
- What is the lowest statistical performance indicators (spi): pillar 5 data recorded in Zambia?
- The lowest recorded value was 40 scale 0-100 in 2016.
- How does Zambia rank for statistical performance indicators (spi): pillar 5 data?
- Zambia ranks 138th out of 192 countries with data for 2024.
- Is statistical performance indicators (spi): pillar 5 data rising or falling in Zambia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 25.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Zambia data come from?
- The figures come from Statistical Performance Indicators, World Bank (WB), published as part of Statistical performance indicators (SPI): Pillar 5 data infrastructure score (scale 0-100). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The data infrastructure pillar overall score measures the hard and soft infrastructure segments, itemizing essential cross cutting requirements for an effective statistical system. The segments are: (i) legislation and governance covering the existence of laws and a functioning institutional framework for the statistical system; (ii) standards and methods addressing compliance with recognized frameworks and concepts; (iii) skills including level of skills within the statistical system and among users (statistical literacy); (iv) partnerships reflecting the need for the statistical system to be inclusive and coherent; and (v) finance mobilized both domestically and from donors.