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Country Comparison :: Distribution of family income - Gini index Download
Distribution of family income - Gini index measures the degree of inequality in the distribution of family income in a country. The more nearly equal a country's income distribution, the lower its Gini index, e.g., a Scandinavian country with an index of 25. The more unequal a country's income distribution, the higher its Gini index, e.g., a Sub-Saharan country with an index of 50. If income were distributed with perfect equality the index would be zero; if income were distributed with perfect inequality, the index would be 100.
Rank Order Listing for the Distribution of family income - Gini index field
Rank Country Distribution of family income - Gini index Date of Information
1 Lesotho 63.2 1995
2 South Africa 62.5 2013 est.
3 Micronesia, Federated States of 61.1 2013 est.
4 Haiti 60.8 2012
5 Botswana 60.5 2009
6 Namibia 59.7 2010
7 Zambia 57.5 2013
8 Comoros 55.9 2004 est.
9 Hong Kong 53.9 2016
10 Guatemala 53.0 2014 est.
11 Paraguay 51.7 2014
12 Colombia 51.1 2015
13 Papua New Guinea 50.9 1996
14 Panama 50.7 2014 est.
15 Chile 50.5 2013
16 Eswatini 50.4 2001
17 Rwanda 50.4 2013 est.
18 Gambia, The 50.2 1998
19 Brazil 49.0 2014
20 Congo, Republic of the 48.9 2011 est.
21 Nigeria 48.8 2013
22 Costa Rica 48.5 2014
23 Kenya 48.5 2016 est.
24 Mexico 48.2 2014
25 Dominican Republic 47.1 2013 est.
26 Honduras 47.1 2014
27 Nicaragua 47.1 2014
28 Bolivia 47.0 2016 est.
29 Seychelles 46.8 2013 est.
30 Cameroon 46.5 2014 est.
31 China 46.5 2016 est.
32 Malaysia 46.2 2009
33 Malawi 46.1 2010
34 South Sudan 46.0 2010 est.
35 Togo 46.0 2011
36 Ecuador 45.9 December 2017
37 Saudi Arabia 45.9 2013 est.
38 Singapore 45.9 2017
39 Mozambique 45.6 2008
40 Peru 45.3 2012
41 United States 45.0 2007
42 Guyana 44.6 2007
43 Iran 44.5 2006
44 Thailand 44.5 2015
45 Philippines 44.4 2015 est.
46 Central African Republic 43.6 2003 est.
47 Chad 43.3 2011 est.
48 Zimbabwe 43.2 2011 est.
49 Israel 42.8 2013
50 Angola 42.7 2008 est.
51 Burundi 42.4 1998
52 Gabon 42.2 2005 est.
53 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 42.1 2012 est.
54 Argentina 41.7 2017 est.
55 Uruguay 41.6 2014
56 Cote d'Ivoire 41.5 2008
57 Russia 41.2 2015
58 Qatar 41.1 2007
59 Madagascar 41.0 2012
60 Djibouti 40.9 2002
61 Morocco 40.9 2007 est.
62 Turkmenistan 40.8 1998
63 Senegal 40.3 2011
64 Bulgaria 40.2 2017
65 Turkey 40.2 2010
66 Georgia 40.1 2014
67 Mali 40.1 2001
68 Tunisia 40.0 2005 est.
69 Jordan 39.7 2007
70 Burkina Faso 39.5 2007
71 Uganda 39.5 2013
72 Guinea 39.4 2007
73 Sri Lanka 39.2 2012 est.
74 Venezuela 39.0 2011
75 Bhutan 38.8 2012
76 Serbia 38.7 2014 est.
77 Maldives 38.4 2009 est.
78 Cambodia 37.9 2008 est.
79 Japan 37.9 2011
80 Lithuania 37.9 2015
81 Yemen 37.9 2009 est.
82 Tanzania 37.6 2007
83 Mauritania 37.0 2014
84 Indonesia 36.8 2009
85 Uzbekistan 36.8 2003
86 Greece 36.7 2012 est.
87 Laos 36.7 2008
88 Benin 36.5 2003
89 New Zealand 36.2 1997
90 El Salvador 36.0 2016 est.
91 Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) 36.0 2015
92 Mauritius 35.9 2012 est.
93 Spain 35.9 2012
94 Korea, South 35.7 2016 est.
95 Algeria 35.3 1995
96 India 35.2 2011
97 Jamaica 35.0 2016
98 Macau 35.0 2013
99 Cyprus 34.8 2014 est.
100 Estonia 34.8 2015
101 Vietnam 34.8 2014
102 Latvia 34.5 2015
103 West Bank 34.5 2009 est.
104 Mongolia 34.0 2017
105 Niger 34.0 2014
106 Sierra Leone 34.0 2011
107 Greenland 33.9 2015 est.
108 Portugal 33.9 2015 est.
109 Bosnia and Herzegovina 33.8 2011
110 Azerbaijan 33.7 2008
111 Macedonia 33.7 2015
112 Taiwan 33.6 2014
113 Kyrgyzstan 33.4 2007
114 Ethiopia 33.0 2011
115 Nepal 32.8 2010
116 Tajikistan 32.6 2006
117 United Kingdom 32.4 2012
118 Bangladesh 32.1 2010
119 Canada 32.1 2005
120 Liberia 32.0 2014
121 Italy 31.9 2012 est.
122 Montenegro 31.9 2014 est.
123 Timor-Leste 31.9 2007 est.
124 Egypt 31.8 2015
125 Armenia 31.5 2014
126 Ireland 31.3 2013 est.
127 Croatia 30.8 2015 est.
128 Poland 30.8 2015
129 Sao Tome and Principe 30.8 2010 est.
130 Pakistan 30.7 FY2013
131 Austria 30.5 2015
132 Luxembourg 30.4 2013 est.
133 Australia 30.3 2008
134 Netherlands 30.3 2015 est.
135 Switzerland 29.5 2014 est.
136 Afghanistan 29.4 2008
137 France 29.3 2016
138 Albania 29.0 2012 est.
139 Denmark 29.0 2016 est.
140 Hungary 28.2 2015 est.
141 Malta 28.1 2015
142 Iceland 28.0 2006
143 Romania 27.3 2012
144 Finland 27.2 2016
145 Germany 27.0 2006
146 Moldova 26.8 2015 est.
147 Norway 26.8 2010
148 Belarus 26.5 2011
149 Kazakhstan 26.3 2013
150 Belgium 25.9 2013 est.
151 Ukraine 25.5 2015
152 Czechia 25.0 2015
153 Sweden 24.9 2013
154 Slovenia 24.4 2016
155 Slovakia 23.7 2015
156 Kosovo 23.2 2015 est.
157 Faroe Islands 22.7 2013 est.
158 Jersey 0.3 2014 est.