Panama vs Zambia: Palma ratio

Panama

3.23

in 2024

Zambia

3.5

in 2022

Panama rank

6th

Zambia rank

4th

Palma ratio over time

Panama
Zambia

How they compare

Zambia currently reports 3.5 against 3.23 in Panama, a difference of 0.2676.

That makes Zambia's figure about 1.1 times Panama's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 7 shared years of data; in 1991 it was Zambia ahead.

Panama ranks 6th and Zambia ranks 4th of 120 countries.

Individual pages

Palma ratio in Panama
Palma ratio in Zambia
Full country ranking

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: 07 August 2026

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.