Tanzania vs Zambia: Augmented Human Development Index

Tanzania

0.2908

in 2020

Zambia

0.2827

in 2020

Tanzania rank

118th

Zambia rank

121st

Augmented Human Development Index over time

Tanzania
Zambia

How they compare

Tanzania currently reports 0.2908 against 0.2827 in Zambia, a difference of 0.008.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 24 shared years of data; in 1870 it was Tanzania ahead.

Tanzania ranks 118th and Zambia ranks 121st of 162 countries.

Individual pages

Augmented Human Development Index in Tanzania
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.