Malawi vs Zambia: Augmented Human Development Index

Malawi

0.2726

in 2020

Zambia

0.2827

in 2020

Malawi rank

123rd

Zambia rank

121st

Augmented Human Development Index over time

Malawi
Zambia

How they compare

Zambia currently reports 0.2827 against 0.2726 in Malawi, a difference of 0.0101.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 24 shared years of data; in 1870 it was Malawi ahead.

Malawi ranks 123rd and Zambia ranks 121st of 162 countries.

Individual pages

Augmented Human Development Index in Malawi
Augmented Human Development Index in Zambia
Full country ranking

About this data

Indicator: Augmented Human Development Index
Source: Leandro Prados de la Escosura (2021) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 163 places, 3,421 data points, 1870–2020
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

The AHDI seeks to give a historical perspective on human development, in four dimensions: healthy life, knowledge, a decent standard of living, and civil and political freedom.