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Income inequality (Gini) (index)
Income inequality from 0 (everyone has the same income) to 100 (one person has everything). Lower means more equal. Lower is better; 1st place has the lowest value.
Source: World Bank · World Development Indicators · SI.POV.GINI
Top 5 over time
Dashed line: world median| # | Country | Region | Income inequality (Gini)index | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  India |
South Asia | 23.0 index | 2023 |
| 2 |  Slovakia |
Europe & Central Asia | 23.8 index | 2023 |
| 3 |  Kiribati |
East Asia & Pacific | 24.7 index | 2023 |
| 3 |  Slovenia |
Europe & Central Asia | 24.7 index | 2023 |
| 5 |  Czechia |
Europe & Central Asia | 25.7 index | 2023 |
| 5 |  Netherlands |
Europe & Central Asia | 25.7 index | 2021 |
| 7 |  Syria |
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 26.4 index | 2022 |
| 8 |  Norway |
Europe & Central Asia | 26.5 index | 2023 |
| 9 |  Belgium |
Europe & Central Asia | 26.8 index | 2023 |
| 9 |  Moldova |
Europe & Central Asia | 26.8 index | 2024 |
| 11 |  Tonga |
East Asia & Pacific | 27.1 index | 2021 |
| 12 |  Armenia |
Europe & Central Asia | 27.4 index | 2024 |
| 12 |  Finland |
Europe & Central Asia | 27.4 index | 2023 |
| 14 |  Kyrgyzstan |
Europe & Central Asia | 27.5 index | 2024 |
| 15 |  Bhutan |
South Asia | 28.5 index | 2022 |
| 15 |  Egypt |
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 28.5 index | 2021 |
| 15 |  Poland |
Europe & Central Asia | 28.5 index | 2023 |
| 18 |  Ireland |
Europe & Central Asia | 29.0 index | 2023 |
| 19 |  Kazakhstan |
Europe & Central Asia | 29.2 index | 2021 |
| 20 |  Sweden |
Europe & Central Asia | 29.3 index | 2023 |
| 21 |  Iraq |
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 29.8 index | 2023 |
| 21 |  Romania |
Europe & Central Asia | 29.8 index | 2023 |
| 23 |  Denmark |
Europe & Central Asia | 29.9 index | 2023 |
| 24 |  Nepal |
South Asia | 30.0 index | 2022 |
| 25 |  Croatia |
Europe & Central Asia | 30.1 index | 2023 |
| 26 |  Bosnia and Herzegovina |
Europe & Central Asia | 30.3 index | 2021 |
| 26 |  Comoros |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 30.3 index | 2024 |
| 28 |  Estonia |
Europe & Central Asia | 30.7 index | 2023 |
| 29 |  Bangladesh |
South Asia | 30.9 index | 2022 |
| 30 |  Ethiopia |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 31.1 index | 2021 |
| 31 |  Austria |
Europe & Central Asia | 31.2 index | 2023 |
| 32 |  Mongolia |
East Asia & Pacific | 31.4 index | 2022 |
| 33 |  Canada |
North America | 31.5 index | 2022 |
| 34 |  Cyprus |
Europe & Central Asia | 31.8 index | 2023 |
| 34 |  France |
Europe & Central Asia | 31.8 index | 2023 |
| 34 |  Malta |
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 31.8 index | 2023 |
| 37 |  United Kingdom |
Europe & Central Asia | 32.4 index | 2021 |
| 38 |  Uzbekistan |
Europe & Central Asia | 32.7 index | 2025 |
| 39 |  Serbia |
Europe & Central Asia | 32.8 index | 2023 |
| 40 |  Niger |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 32.9 index | 2021 |
| 40 |  South Korea |
East Asia & Pacific | 32.9 index | 2021 |
| 42 |  Russia |
Europe & Central Asia | 33.0 index | 2023 |
| 43 |  Thailand |
East Asia & Pacific | 33.3 index | 2024 |
| 44 |  Greece |
Europe & Central Asia | 33.4 index | 2023 |
| 44 |  Guinea-Bissau |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 33.4 index | 2021 |
| 44 |  Spain |
Europe & Central Asia | 33.4 index | 2023 |
| 47 |  Pakistan |
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 33.5 index | 2024 |
| 47 |  Switzerland |
Europe & Central Asia | 33.5 index | 2023 |
| 49 |  Luxembourg |
Europe & Central Asia | 33.6 index | 2023 |
| 50 |  Germany |
Europe & Central Asia | 33.7 index | 2022 |
| 50 |  Tunisia |
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 33.7 index | 2021 |
| 52 |  Georgia |
Europe & Central Asia | 33.9 index | 2024 |
| 52 |  Nigeria |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 33.9 index | 2022 |
| 52 |  Portugal |
Europe & Central Asia | 33.9 index | 2023 |
| 55 |  Latvia |
Europe & Central Asia | 34.0 index | 2023 |
| 56 |  Italy |
Europe & Central Asia | 34.3 index | 2023 |
| 56 |  Montenegro |
Europe & Central Asia | 34.3 index | 2021 |
| 58 |  Benin |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 34.4 index | 2021 |
| 58 |  Indonesia |
East Asia & Pacific | 34.4 index | 2025 |
| 60 |  Laos |
East Asia & Pacific | 34.7 index | 2024 |
| 61 |  Côte d'Ivoire |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 35.3 index | 2021 |
| 62 |  Lebanon |
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 35.5 index | 2022 |
| 63 |  Mali |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 35.7 index | 2021 |
| 64 |  Iran |
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 35.9 index | 2023 |
| 65 |  China |
East Asia & Pacific | 36.0 index | 2022 |
| 65 |  Lithuania |
Europe & Central Asia | 36.0 index | 2023 |
| 67 |  Tajikistan |
Europe & Central Asia | 36.1 index | 2024 |
| 67 |  Vietnam |
East Asia & Pacific | 36.1 index | 2022 |
| 69 |  Senegal |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 36.2 index | 2021 |
| 70 |  Palestine |
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 36.4 index | 2023 |
| 71 |  Madagascar |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 36.8 index | 2021 |
| 72 |  Burkina Faso |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 37.4 index | 2021 |
| 72 |  Chad |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 37.4 index | 2022 |
| 74 |  Togo |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 37.9 index | 2021 |
| 75 |  Uganda |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 38.2 index | 2023 |
| 76 |  Israel |
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 38.3 index | 2022 |
| 76 | XKXKosovo | Europe & Central Asia | 38.3 index | 2022 |
| 78 |  Equatorial Guinea |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 38.5 index | 2022 |
| 78 |  Kenya |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 38.5 index | 2022 |
| 80 |  Dominican Republic |
Latin America & Caribbean | 39.0 index | 2024 |
| 81 |  Suriname |
Latin America & Caribbean | 39.2 index | 2022 |
| 82 |  Philippines |
East Asia & Pacific | 39.3 index | 2023 |
| 83 |  Rwanda |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 39.4 index | 2023 |
| 84 |  Bulgaria |
Europe & Central Asia | 39.5 index | 2023 |
| 85 |  El Salvador |
Latin America & Caribbean | 39.8 index | 2023 |
| 86 |  Jamaica |
Latin America & Caribbean | 39.9 index | 2021 |
| 87 |  Uruguay |
Latin America & Caribbean | 40.0 index | 2024 |
| 88 |  Peru |
Latin America & Caribbean | 40.1 index | 2024 |
| 89 |  Malaysia |
East Asia & Pacific | 40.7 index | 2021 |
| 90 |  Bolivia |
Latin America & Caribbean | 40.9 index | 2024 |
| 91 |  United States |
North America | 41.8 index | 2024 |
| 92 |  Cameroon |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 42.2 index | 2021 |
| 93 |  Argentina |
Latin America & Caribbean | 42.4 index | 2024 |
| 94 |  Mexico |
Latin America & Caribbean | 42.6 index | 2024 |
| 95 |  Central African Republic |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 43.0 index | 2021 |
| 95 |  Chile |
Latin America & Caribbean | 43.0 index | 2024 |
| 97 |  Türkiye |
Europe & Central Asia | 43.7 index | 2023 |
| 98 |  Paraguay |
Latin America & Caribbean | 44.2 index | 2024 |
| 99 |  Guatemala |
Latin America & Caribbean | 45.2 index | 2023 |
| 100 |  Costa Rica |
Latin America & Caribbean | 45.5 index | 2025 |
| 101 |  Honduras |
Latin America & Caribbean | 45.7 index | 2024 |
| 102 |  Ecuador |
Latin America & Caribbean | 45.9 index | 2025 |
| 103 |  Mozambique |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 49.6 index | 2022 |
| 104 |  Panama |
Latin America & Caribbean | 49.7 index | 2024 |
| 105 |  Brazil |
Latin America & Caribbean | 50.3 index | 2024 |
| 106 |  Zambia |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 51.5 index | 2022 |
| 107 |  South Africa |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 54.1 index | 2022 |
| 108 |  Colombia |
Latin America & Caribbean | 54.4 index | 2024 |
| — |  Albania |
Europe & Central Asia | 29.4 index | 2020 |
| — |  Algeria |
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 27.6 index | 2011 |
| — |  Angola |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 51.3 index | 2018 |
| — |  Australia |
East Asia & Pacific | 33.8 index | 2020 |
| — |  Azerbaijan |
Europe & Central Asia | 26.6 index | 2005 |
| — |  Barbados |
Latin America & Caribbean | 34.1 index | 2016 |
| — |  Belarus |
Europe & Central Asia | 24.4 index | 2020 |
| — |  Belize |
Latin America & Caribbean | 39.9 index | 2018 |
| — |  Botswana |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 54.9 index | 2015 |
| — |  Burundi |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 37.5 index | 2020 |
| — |  Cabo Verde |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 42.4 index | 2015 |
| — |  Congo |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 48.9 index | 2011 |
| — |  DR Congo |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 44.7 index | 2020 |
| — |  Djibouti |
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 41.6 index | 2017 |
| — |  Eswatini |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 54.6 index | 2016 |
| — |  Fiji |
East Asia & Pacific | 30.7 index | 2019 |
| — |  Gabon |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 38.0 index | 2017 |
| — |  Gambia |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 38.8 index | 2020 |
| — |  Ghana |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 43.5 index | 2016 |
| — |  Grenada |
Latin America & Caribbean | 43.8 index | 2018 |
| — |  Guinea |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 29.6 index | 2018 |
| — |  Guyana |
Latin America & Caribbean | 45.1 index | 1998 |
| — |  Haiti |
Latin America & Caribbean | 41.1 index | 2012 |
| — |  Hungary |
Europe & Central Asia | 30.6 index | 2017 |
| — |  Iceland |
Europe & Central Asia | 26.8 index | 2019 |
| — |  Japan |
East Asia & Pacific | 32.3 index | 2020 |
| — |  Jordan |
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 33.7 index | 2010 |
| — |  Lesotho |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 44.9 index | 2017 |
| — |  Liberia |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 35.3 index | 2016 |
| — |  Malawi |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 38.5 index | 2019 |
| — |  Maldives |
South Asia | 29.3 index | 2019 |
| — |  Marshall Islands |
East Asia & Pacific | 35.5 index | 2019 |
| — |  Mauritania |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 32.0 index | 2019 |
| — |  Mauritius |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 36.8 index | 2017 |
| — |  Micronesia |
East Asia & Pacific | 40.1 index | 2013 |
| — |  Morocco |
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 39.5 index | 2013 |
| — |  Myanmar |
East Asia & Pacific | 30.7 index | 2017 |
| — |  Namibia |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 59.1 index | 2015 |
| — |  Naoero |
East Asia & Pacific | 32.4 index | 2012 |
| — |  Nicaragua |
Latin America & Caribbean | 46.2 index | 2014 |
| — |  North Macedonia |
Europe & Central Asia | 33.5 index | 2019 |
| — |  Papua New Guinea |
East Asia & Pacific | 41.9 index | 2009 |
| — |  Qatar |
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 35.1 index | 2017 |
| — |  Saint Lucia |
Latin America & Caribbean | 43.7 index | 2015 |
| — |  Samoa |
East Asia & Pacific | 38.7 index | 2013 |
| — |  Seychelles |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 32.1 index | 2018 |
| — |  Sierra Leone |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 35.7 index | 2018 |
| — |  Solomon Islands |
East Asia & Pacific | 37.1 index | 2012 |
| — |  South Sudan |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 44.0 index | 2016 |
| — |  Sri Lanka |
South Asia | 37.7 index | 2019 |
| — |  Sudan |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 34.2 index | 2014 |
| — |  São Tomé and Príncipe |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 40.7 index | 2017 |
| — |  Tanzania |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 40.5 index | 2018 |
| — |  Timor-Leste |
East Asia & Pacific | 28.7 index | 2014 |
| — |  Trinidad and Tobago |
Latin America & Caribbean | 40.2 index | 1992 |
| — |  Turkmenistan |
Europe & Central Asia | 40.8 index | 1998 |
| — |  Tuvalu |
East Asia & Pacific | 39.1 index | 2010 |
| — |  Ukraine |
Europe & Central Asia | 25.6 index | 2020 |
| — |  United Arab Emirates |
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 26.4 index | 2018 |
| — |  Vanuatu |
East Asia & Pacific | 32.3 index | 2019 |
| — |  Venezuela |
Latin America & Caribbean | 44.7 index | 2006 |
| — |  Yemen |
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 36.7 index | 2014 |
| — |  Zimbabwe |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 50.3 index | 2019 |
Latest value per country. Ranked: countries with data from the last 5 years of the series; older values are listed below without a rank. 108 ranked.