Colombia vs Zambia: Palma ratio

Colombia
4.17
in 2024
Zambia
3.5
in 2022
Colombia rank
1st
Zambia rank
4th

Palma ratio over time

  • Colombia
  • Zambia
2468199120072024

How they compare

Colombia currently reports 4.17 against 3.5 in Zambia, a difference of 0.668.

That makes Colombia's figure about 1.2 times Zambia's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 6 shared years of data; in 1996 it was Colombia ahead.

Colombia ranks 1st and Zambia ranks 4th of 120 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Palma ratio
Source
World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
120 places, 2,148 data points, 1963–2025
Last refreshed

The Palma ratio is a measure of inequality that divides the share received by the richest 10% by the share of the poorest 40%. Higher values indicate higher inequality.