Appendix 5 Zambia social indicators

Appendix 5
Zambia social indicators

 

THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM IN ZAMBIA
Enhancing the Delivery of Security in Africa

 

African Human Security Initiative



Monograph No 159, April 2009

 

 

Human Development Index (HDI) with HIV and AIDS

0,462 (2004)

HDI without HIV and AIDS

0,491 (2004)

Human development rank (2006)

165 out of 177 countries whose HDI was measured

Life expectancy (with AIDS)

52,4 years

Life expectancy (without AIDS)

57,5 years

Adult literacy rate (ages 15 and above)

66,0 per cent

Gross school attendance rate (combined)

84,7 per cent

Percentage of population without access to safe water

42,8 per cent

Percentage of population without access to health services

9,0 per cent

Human Poverty Index

27,2

Per capita income

US$347,43

Estimated number of orphans

1 147 614 (2004)

Estimated HIV prevalence (ages 15–49)

14,4% (2004 estimate)

Infant mortality rate (per 1 000 live births)

95 (in 2002)

Estimated (2004) total number of children orphaned by AIDS

750 504

Under-five infant mortality rate (per 1 000 live births)

168 (2002)

Maternal mortality rate (per 100 000 live births)

729 (2002)

 

Sources United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Zambia Human Development Report, 2007; UNDP, Beyond scarcity: Power, poverty and the global water crisis, New York.