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World map of income inequality Gini coefficients by country. Based on World Bank data ranging from 1992 to 2020.[1]
  •   Above 50%
  •   Between 45% and 50%
  •   Between 40% and 45%
  •   Between 35% and 40%
  •   Between 30% and 35%
  •   Below 30%
  •   No data

This is a list of countries or dependencies by income inequality metrics, including Gini coefficients. The Gini coefficient is a number between 0 and 1, where 0 corresponds with perfect equality (where everyone has the same income) and 1 corresponds with perfect inequality (where one person has all the income—and everyone else has no income).

Income distribution can vary greatly from wealth distribution in a country (see List of countries by wealth inequality). Income from black market economic activity is not included and is the subject of current economic research.[2][3]

UN, World Bank and CIA list – income ratios and Gini indices

Row numbers are static. Other columns are sortable. This allows ranking of any column.

Key:

R/P 10%
The ratio of the average income of the richest 10% to the poorest 10%.
R/P 20%
The ratio of the average income of the richest 20% to the poorest 20%.
Gini
Gini index, a quantified representation of a nation's Lorenz curve. A Gini index of 0% expresses perfect equality, while index of 100% expresses maximal inequality.
UN
Data from the United Nations Development Programme.
CIA
Data from the Central Intelligence Agency's The World Factbook.
Country Subregion Region UN R/P CIA R/P[4] Gini[5][6]
10%[4] 20%[7] 10% Year % Year
 
 Albania Southern Europe Europe 7.2 4.2 7.2 2004 30.8 2019
 Algeria Northern Africa Africa 9.6 4.0 9.6 1995 27.6 2011
 Angola Middle Africa Africa 9.0 51.3 2018
 Argentina South America Americas 31.6 8.8 35.0 2007 42.3 2020
 Armenia Western Asia Asia 8.0 5.0 25.8 2004 25.2 2020
 Australia Australia, New Zealand Oceania 12.5 6.3 12.7 1994 34.3 2018
 Austria Western Europe Europe 6.9 4.9 6.8 2004 26.7 2021
 Azerbaijan Western Asia Asia 9.7 9.5 2001 33.7 2008
 Bangladesh Southern Asia Asia 7.5 4.8 7.5 2000 49.9 2022
 Belarus Eastern Europe Europe 6.9 3.6 6.9 2002 24.4 2020
 Belgium Western Europe Europe 8.2 4.2 8.3 2000 24.9 2022
 Belize Central America Americas 28.8 19.9 2013 49.8 2014
 Benin Western Africa Africa 9.4 16.3 9.4 2003 37.8 2018
 Bhutan Southern Asia Asia 6.6 37.4 2017
 Bolivia South America Americas 93.9 11.8 157.3 2002 43.6 2020
 Bosnia and Herzegovina Southern Europe Europe 5.4 5.4 5.5 2001 32.7 2015
 Botswana Southern Africa Africa 43.0 15.0 53.3 2015
 Brazil South America Americas 16.5 21.1 16.3 2013 48.9 2020
 Bulgaria Eastern Europe Europe 7.0 7.3 8.8 2005 40.3 2019
 Burkina Faso Western Africa Africa 11.6 5.3 11.5 2003 38.9 2020
 Burundi Eastern Africa Africa 19.3 6.7 19.3 1998 38.6 2013
 Cambodia South-eastern Asia Asia 12.2 12.0 2004 36 2013
 Cameroon Middle Africa Africa 15.7 11.5 15.4 2001 46.6 2014
 Canada Northern America Americas 9.4 6.2 9.5 2000 30.3 2018
 Cape Verde Western Africa Africa 10.7 42.4 2015
 Central African Republic Middle Africa Africa 69.2 18.5 68.1 1993 56.2 2008
 Chad Middle Africa Africa 10.0 37.5 2018
 Chile South America Americas 26.2 11.2 32.1 2003 46 2021
 China Eastern Asia Asia 21.6 10.2 21.8 2004 38.2 2019
 Colombia South America Americas 60.4 13.4 56.3 2008 54.2 2020
 Comoros Eastern Africa Africa 11.2 45.3 2014
 DR Congo Middle Africa Africa 8.8 42.1 2012
 Congo Middle Africa Africa 12.8 48.9 2011
 Costa Rica Central America Americas 23.4 12.3 37.3 2003 49.3 2020
 Ivory Coast Western Africa Africa 16.6 8.4 17.0 2002 37.2 2018
 Croatia Southern Europe Europe 7.3 5.3 7.2 2003 28.9 2019
 Cyprus Western Asia Asia 5.3 29.4 2021
 Czech Republic Eastern Europe Europe 5.2 3.7 5.2 1996 24.1 2020
 Denmark Northern Europe Europe 8.1 4.0 12.0 2000 27.0 2020
 Djibouti Eastern Africa Africa 8.8 41.6 2017
 Dominican Republic Caribbean Americas 25.3 10.5 18.8 2012 39.6 2020
 Ecuador South America Americas 35.2 10.7 17.5 2006 47.3 2020
 Egypt Northern Africa Africa 8.0 4.6 8.0 2000 31.5 2017
 El Salvador Central America Americas 38.6 7.0 55.4 2002 38.8 2019
 Estonia Northern Europe Europe 10.8 5.4 11.0 2003 30.6 2021
 Eswatini Southern Africa Africa 25.1 14.2 25.4 2001 54.6 2016
 Ethiopia Eastern Africa Africa 6.6 7.1 6.5 2000 35.0 2015
 European Union Europe 8.6 2015 30.6 2012
 Faroe Islands Northern Europe Europe 22.71 2018
 Fiji Melanesia Oceania 6.0 30.7 2019
 Finland Northern Europe Europe 5.6 3.9 5.7 2000 25.7 2021
 France Western Europe Europe 9.1 5.2 8.3 2004 29.3 2020
 Gabon Middle Africa Africa 7.4 38.0 2017
 Gambia Western Africa Africa 20.2 5.9 20.6 1998 35.9 2015
 Georgia Western Asia Asia 15.4 7.1 15.2 2003 34.3 2021
 Germany Western Europe Europe 6.9 5.1 6.9 2000 29.7 2017
 Ghana Western Africa Africa 14.1 10.3 13.7 1999 43.5 2016
 Greece Southern Europe Europe 10.2 7.1 10.4 2000 33.1 2019
 Guatemala Central America Americas 33.9 11.9 48.2 2002 48.3 2014
 Guinea Western Africa Africa 10.5 5.5 21.6 2006 29.6 2018
 Guinea-Bissau Western Africa Africa 19.0 12.6 84.8 1991 34.8 2018
 Guyana South America Americas 26.0 1999 44.6 2007
 Haiti Caribbean Americas 54.4 8.6 68.1 2001 41.1 2012
 Honduras Central America Americas 59.4 17.1 35.2 2003 48.2 2019
 Hong Kong Eastern Asia Asia 17.8 53.9 2016
 Hungary Eastern Europe Europe 5.5 4.9 5.6 2002 28.3 2020
 Iceland Northern Europe Europe 4.0 23.2 2018
 India Southern Asia Asia 8.6 5.5 8.6 2004 35.7 2011
 Indonesia South-eastern Asia Asia 7.8 6.6 7.9 2002 37.9 2022
 Iran Southern Asia Asia 17.2 7.7 16.9 1998 40.9 2019
 Iraq Western Asia Asia 4.4 29.5 2012
 Ireland Northern Europe Europe 9.4 5.0 9.4 2000 26.9 2021
 Israel Western Asia Asia 13.4 8.5 11.8 2005 38.6 2018
 Italy Southern Europe Europe 11.6 7.0 11.7 2000 35.2 2018
 Jamaica Caribbean Americas 17.3 17.0 2004 35.0 2016
 Japan Eastern Asia Asia 4.5 5.4 4.5 1993 33.4 2018
 Jordan Western Asia Asia 11.3 5.2 11.3 2003 35.4 2011
 Kazakhstan Central Asia Asia 8.5 3.8 8.0 2004 27.8 2018
 Kenya Eastern Africa Africa 13.6 7.7 18.6 2000 40.8 2015
 South Korea Eastern Asia Asia 7.8 5.3 5.9 2011 34.5 2018
 Kosovo Eastern Europe Europe 29.0 2017
 Kyrgyzstan Central Asia Asia 6.4 3.8 6.4 2003 29.0 2020
 Laos South-eastern Asia Asia 8.3 5.9 8.4 2002 38.8 2018
 Latvia Northern Europe Europe 11.6 5.8 11.6 2003 35.7 2021
 Lebanon Western Asia Asia 5.1 31.8 2011
 Lesotho Southern Africa Africa 39.8 20.8 48.2 2002 44.9 2017
 Liberia Western Africa Africa 12.8 5.9 35.3 2016
 Lithuania Northern Europe Europe 10.4 7.2 10.3 2003 35.1 2020
 Luxembourg Western Europe Europe 5.7 6.8 2000 34.2 2019
 Macau Eastern Asia Asia 36.0 2018
 North Macedonia Southern Europe Europe 12.5 7.3 12.3 2003 30.7 2019
 Madagascar Eastern Africa Africa 19.2 8.7 19.3 2001 42.6 2012
 Malawi Eastern Africa Africa 10.9 8.1 11.0 2004 38.5 2019
 Malaysia South-eastern Asia Asia 22.1 8.2 28.0 2003 41.2 2018
 Maldives Southern Asia Asia 7.0 29.3 2019
 Mali Western Africa Africa 12.5 5.2 12.6 2001 36.1 2018
 Malta Southern Europe Europe 4.5 31.0 2019
 Mauritania Western Africa Africa 12.0 5.4 11.8 2000 32.6 2014
 Mauritius Eastern Africa Africa 5.9 36.8 2017
 Mexico Central America Americas 21.6 8.8 24.6 2004 45.4 2020
 Micronesia Micronesia Oceania 8.4 40.1 2013
 Moldova Eastern Europe Europe 8.2 3.6 8.3 2003 26.0 2019
 Mongolia Eastern Asia Asia 8.2 5.1 8.2 2002 32.7 2018
 Montenegro Southern Europe Europe 4.8 32.9 2020
 Morocco Northern Africa Africa 11.7 7.0 11.9 1999 39.5 2013
 Mozambique Eastern Africa Africa 18.8 14.2 18.8 2002 54.0 2014
 Myanmar South-eastern Asia Asia 6.3 11.6 1998 30.7 2017
 Namibia Southern Africa Africa 106.6 22.8 129.0 2003 59.1 2015
 Nepal Southern Asia Asia 15.8 5.0 15.6 2004 32.8 2010
 Netherlands Western Europe Europe 9.2 4.2 9.2 1999 26.4 2021
 New Zealand Australia, New Zealand Oceania 12.4 33.9 2019
 Nicaragua Central America Americas 31.0 10.2 15.4 2001 46.2 2014
 Niger Western Africa Africa 46.0 5.4 44.3 1995 37.3 2018
 Nigeria Western Africa Africa 17.8 9.1 17.5 2003 35.1 2018
 Norway Northern Europe Europe 6.1 4.1 6.0 2000 25.3 2020
 Pakistan Southern Asia Asia 6.5 4.8 6.6 2002 29.6 2018
 Panama Central America Americas 49.9 15.9 61.4 2003 49.8 2019
 Papua New Guinea Melanesia Oceania 23.8 9.3 23.8 1996 41.9 2009
 Paraguay South America Americas 38.8 11.7 65.9 2003 43.5 2020
 Peru South America Americas 26.1 10.3 31.5 2003 43.8 2020
 Philippines South-eastern Asia Asia 15.5 7.2 15.5 2003 41.2 2021
 Poland Eastern Europe Europe 8.8 4.6 8.7 2002 27.2 2020
 Portugal Southern Europe Europe 15.0 6.4 9.2 1995 31.2 2020
 Qatar Western Asia Asia 41.1 2007
 Romania Eastern Europe Europe 7.5 8.0 7.4 2003 34.8 2019
 Russia Eastern Europe Europe 12.7 6.6 12.8 2002 36.0 2020
 Rwanda Eastern Africa Africa 18.6 8.5 18.2 2000 43.7 2016
 São Tomé and Príncipe Middle Africa Africa 4.7 40.7 2017
 Saudi Arabia Western Asia Asia 45.9 2013
 Senegal Western Africa Africa 12.3 7.7 12.4 2001 38.1 2018
 Serbia Southern Europe Europe 4.2 34.5 2019
 Seychelles Eastern Africa Africa 9.8 32.1 2018
 Sierra Leone Western Africa Africa 87.2 5.4 87.2 1989 35.7 2018
 Singapore South-eastern Asia Asia 17.7 17.3 1998 45.9 2017
 Slovakia Eastern Europe Europe 6.7 4.1 6.7 1996 23.2 2019
 Slovenia Southern Europe Europe 5.9 3.7 5.9 1998 23.5 2020
 Somalia Eastern Africa Africa 36.8 2017
 South Africa Southern Africa Africa 33.1 28.4 31.9 2000 63.0 2014
 South Sudan Eastern Africa Africa 13.0 44.1 2016
 Spain Southern Europe Europe 10.3 7.3 10.2 2000 33.0 2021[8]
 Sri Lanka Southern Asia Asia 11.1 6.8 36.1 2003 39.3 2016
 Saint Lucia Caribbean Americas 6.8 51.2 2016
 Sudan Northern Africa Africa 6.2 34.2 2014
 Suriname South America Americas 57.9 1999
 Sweden Northern Europe Europe 6.2 4.6 6.2 2000 26.8 2021
 Switzerland Western Europe Europe 9.0 5.2 8.9 2000 33.1 2018
 Syria Western Asia Asia 55.8 2014
 Taiwan Eastern Asia Asia 6.1 2002 34.1 2017
 Tajikistan Central Asia Asia 7.8 5.6 7.8 2003 34.0 2015
 Tanzania Eastern Africa Africa 9.2 6.2 9.3 2000 40.5 2018
 Thailand South-eastern Asia Asia 12.6 6.0 12.4 2002 35.0 2020
 East Timor South-eastern Asia Asia 4.1 28.7 2014
 Togo Western Africa Africa 9.7 42.4 2018
 Trinidad and Tobago Caribbean Americas 12.9 39.0 2012
 Tunisia Northern Africa Africa 13.4 5.2 13.7 2000 35.8 2018
 Turkey Western Asia Asia 6.6 8.5 17.1 2003 41.9 2019
 Turkmenistan Central Asia Asia 12.3 12.2 1998 40.8 1998
 Uganda Eastern Africa Africa 16.6 8.2 16.4 2002 42.7 2019
 Ukraine Eastern Europe Europe 5.9 3.5 7.6 2006 25.6 2020
 United Arab Emirates Western Asia Asia 26.0 2018
 United Kingdom Northern Europe Europe 13.8 5.4 13.6 1999 36.6 2019
 United States Northern America Americas 18.5 9.4 14.0 2014 39.4 2020
 Uruguay South America Americas 11.8 7.8 17.9 2003 31.1 2022
 Uzbekistan Central Asia Asia 10.6 10.6 2003 36.7 2013
 Venezuela South America Americas 18.8 15.8 50.3 2003 44.8 2013
 Vietnam South-eastern Asia Asia 6.9 6.2 10.0 2004 35.7 2018
 Yemen Western Asia Asia 8.6 6.1 8.6 2003 36.7 2014
 Zambia Eastern Africa Africa 21.1 57.1 2015
 Zimbabwe Eastern Africa Africa 8.6 50.3 2019
 World 38.0 2007

EU27 countries

Member state 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
 
 Austria 27.4 27.6 27.0 27.6 27.2 27.2 27.9 26.8 27.5 27.0 26.7 27.8
 Belgium 26.3 26.5 25.9 25.9 26.2 26.3 26.1 25.7 25.1 25.4 24.1 24.9
 Bulgaria 35.0 33.6 35.4 35.4 37.0 37.7 40.2 39.6 40.8 40.0 39.7 38.4
 Croatia 31.2 30.9 30.9 30.2 30.4 29.8 29.9 29.7 29.2 28.3 29.2 28.5
 Cyprus 29.2 31.0 32.4 34.8 33.6 32.1 30.8 29.1 31.1 29.3 29.4
 Czech Republic 25.2 24.9 24.6 25.1 25.0 25.1 24.5 24.0 24.0 24.2 24.9 24.8
 Denmark 26.6 26.5 26.8 27.7 27.4 27.7 27.6 27.8 27.5 27.3 27.0
 Estonia 31.9 32.5 32.9 35.6 34.8 32.7 31.6 30.6 30.5 30.5 30.6 31.9
 Finland 25.8 25.9 25.4 25.6 25.2 25.4 25.3 25.9 26.2 26.5 25.7 26.6
 France 30.8 30.5 30.1 29.2 29.2 29.3 28.8 28.5 29.2 29.2 29.3
 Germany 29.0 28.3 29.7 30.7 30.1 29.5 29.1 31.1 29.7 30.5 31.2 28.8
 Greece 33.5 34.3 34.4 34.5 34.2 34.3 33.4 32.3 31.0 31.4 32.4 31.4
 Hungary 26.9 27.2 28.3 28.6 28.2 28.2 28.1 28.7 28.0 28.0 27.6 27.4
 Ireland 29.8 30.4 30.7 31.1 29.7 29.6 30.6 28.9 28.3 28.3 26.9
 Italy 32.5 32.4 32.8 32.4 32.4 33.1 32.7 33.4 32.8 32.5 32.9
 Latvia 35.1 35.7 35.2 35.5 35.4 34.5 34.5 35.6 35.2 34.5 35.7 34.3
 Lithuania 33.0 32.0 34.6 35.0 37.9 37.0 37.6 36.9 35.4 35.1 35.4
 Luxembourg 27.2 28.0 30.4 28.7 28.5 29.6 29.2 31.3 32.3 31.2 29.6
 Malta 27.2 27.1 28.0 27.7 28.1 28.6 28.2 28.7 28.0 30.3 31.2
 Netherlands 25.8 25.4 25.1 26.2 26.7 26.9 27.1 27.4 26.8 28.2 26.4 26.3
 Poland 31.1 30.9 30.7 30.8 30.6 29.8 29.2 27.8 28.5 27.2 26.8 26.3
 Portugal 34.2 34.5 34.2 34.5 34.0 33.9 33.5 32.1 31.9 31.2 33.0
 Romania 33.5 34.0 34.6 35.0 37.4 34.7 33.1 35.1 34.8 33.8 34.3
 Slovakia 25.7 25.3 24.2 26.1 23.7 24.3 23.2 20.9 22.8 20.9 21.8
 Slovenia 23.8 23.7 24.4 25.0 24.5 24.4 23.7 23.4 23.9 23.5 23.0
 Spain 34.0 34.2 33.7 34.7 34.6 34.5 34.1 33.2 33.0 32.1 33.0 32.0
 Sweden 26.0 26.0 26.0 26.9 26.7 27.6 28.0 27.0 27.6 26.9 26.8
 Serbia[n 1] — — 38.0 38.3 40.0 39.8 37.8 35.6 33.3 33.3 33.3
 Montenegro[n 2][9] — — 38.5 36.5 36.5 36.5 36.7 34.7 34.1 32.9
 European Union 30.5 30.4 30.6 30.9 30.8 30.6 30.3 30.4 30.2 30.0 30.1
Eurozone (EA19) 30.6 30.5 30.7 31.0 30.7 30.7 30.4 30.6 30.2 30.3 30.5

Note: Pink-coloured cells indicate a break in the time series. Blue-coloured cells indicate estimated values.

Source: Eurostat, “Gini coefficient of equivalised disposable income - EU-SILC survey” [10]

OECD countries

Gini coefficient, before taxes and transfers

Country Gini Year
 
 Australia 0.441 2020
 Austria 0.486 2019
 Belgium 0.489 2019
 Canada 0.438 2020
 Chile 0.495 2017
 Costa Rica 0.551 2021
 Czech Republic 0.432 2019
 Denmark 0.445 2019
 Estonia 0.465 2019
 Finland 0.516 2020
 France 0.519 2019
 Germany 0.497 2019
 Greece 0.525 2019
 Hungary 0.463 2019
 Iceland 0.369 2017
 Ireland 0.520 2018
 Israel 0.449 2019
 Italy 0.511 2018
 Japan 0.501 2018
 Latvia 0.483 2020
 Lithuania 0.495 2019
 Luxembourg 0.490 2019
 Mexico 0.435 2020
 Netherlands 0.453 2020
 New Zealand 0.454 2020
 Norway 0.436 2020
 Poland 0.452 2018
 Portugal 0.511 2019
 Slovakia 0.383 2019
 Slovenia 0.444 2019
 South Korea 0.405 2020
 Spain 0.491 2019
 Sweden 0.433 2020
 Switzerland 0.402 2019
 Turkey 0.502 2019
 United Kingdom 0.507 2020
 United States 0.517 2021

Source:[11]

Gini coefficient, after taxes and transfers

Country Gini Year
 
 Australia 0.318 2020
 Austria 0.274 2019
 Belgium 0.262 2019
 Canada 0.280 2020
 Chile 0.460 2017
 Costa Rica 0.487 2021
 Czech Republic 0.248 2019
 Denmark 0.268 2019
 Estonia 0.305 2019
 Finland 0.265 2020
 France 0.292 2019
 Germany 0.296 2019
 Greece 0.308 2019
 Hungary 0.286 2019
 Iceland 0.250 2017
 Ireland 0.292 2018
 Israel 0.342 2019
 Italy 0.330 2018
 Japan 0.334 2018
 Latvia 0.355 2020
 Lithuania 0.357 2019
 Luxembourg 0.305 2019
 Mexico 0.420 2020
 Netherlands 0.304 2020
 New Zealand 0.320 2020
 Norway 0.263 2020
 Poland 0.281 2018
 Portugal 0.310 2019
 Slovakia 0.222 2019
 Slovenia 0.246 2019
 South Korea 0.331 2020
 Spain 0.320 2019
 Sweden 0.276 2020
 Switzerland 0.316 2019
 Turkey 0.415 2019
 United Kingdom 0.355 2020
 United States 0.375 2021

Source:[12]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Serbia is a negotiating candidate to the EU.
  2. ^ Montenegro is a negotiating candidate to the EU.

References

  1. ^ "Gini index (World Bank estimate)". data.worldbank.org. Retrieved 2022-04-23.
  2. ^ Underground economy and income inequality: two connected aspects in the oncoming context of Italian federalism Archived 2012-02-09 at the Wayback Machine. By Iacopo Odoardi and Carmen Pagliari. Vol. 15 No. 1, 2011 Archived 2012-02-09 at the Wayback Machine. Global & Local Economic Review.
  3. ^ The Size of the Shadow Economies of 145 Countries all over the World: First Results over the Period 1999 to 2003. December 2004. By Friedrich Schneider (University of Linz and IZA Bonn). Institute for the Study of Labor.
  4. ^ a b Monino, Jean-Louis; Sedkaoui, Soraya (2016-03-11). Data Development Mechanisms. pp. 43–72. doi:10.1002/9781119285199.ch3. ISBN 978-1-119-28519-9. Retrieved 2021-06-26. ((cite book)): |work= ignored (help)
  5. ^ "GINI index (World Bank estimate)". World Bank. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
  6. ^ "Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income - The World Factbook". www.cia.gov. Retrieved 2022-08-24.
  7. ^ "Human Development Reports". UNDP. Retrieved 2019-03-04.
  8. ^ "Gini coefficient of equivalised disposable income – EU-SILC survey". ec.europa.eu. Eurostat. Retrieved 7 August 2022.
  9. ^ GINI Index for Montenegro (Report). 18 January 2018.
  10. ^ https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/tessi190/default/table[bare URL]
  11. ^ "Income Distribution Database". OECD.org. Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Retrieved December 23, 2022. Measure: Gini (market income, before taxes and transfers)
  12. ^ "Income Distribution Database". OECD.org. Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Retrieved December 23, 2022. Measure: Gini (disposable income, post taxes and transfers)

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