List of countries by income equality

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 incomeand everyone else has no income).

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

Income distribution can vary greatly from wealth distribution in a country (see List of countries by distribution of wealth). 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.
World Bank
Data from the World Bank.
CIA
Data from the Central Intelligence Agency's The World Factbook.
Country Subregion Region UN R/P WB Gini[4] CIA R/P[5] CIA Gini[6]
10%[5] 20%[7]  % Year 10% Year  % Year
 
 AfghanistanSouthern AsiaAsia
 AlbaniaSouthern EuropeEurope7.24.233.220177.2200426.92012 est.
 AlgeriaNorthern AfricaAfrica9.64.027.620119.6199535.31995
 AngolaMiddle AfricaAfrica9.051.32018
 ArgentinaSouth AmericaAmericas31.68.841.4201835.02007 Jan.–Mar.41.72017
 ArmeniaWestern AsiaAsia8.05.034.4201825.8200434.4[8]2018[8]
 AustraliaAustralia, New ZealandOceania12.56.334.4201412.7199430.32008
 AustriaWestern EuropeEurope6.94.929.720176.8200426.32007
 AzerbaijanWestern AsiaAsia9.726.620059.5200133.72008
 BahrainWestern AsiaAsia
 BangladeshSouthern AsiaAsia7.54.832.420167.52000 est.32.12010
 BelarusEastern EuropeEurope6.93.625.220186.9200226.52011
 BelgiumWestern EuropeEurope8.24.227.420178.3200025.92013 est.
 BelizeCentral AmericaAmericas28.853.3199919.9201349.82014
 BeninWestern AfricaAfrica9.416.347.820159.4200336.52003
 BhutanSouthern AsiaAsia6.637.4201738.72012
 BoliviaSouth AmericaAmericas93.911.842.22018157.3200246.62012
 Bosnia and HerzegovinaSouthern EuropeEurope5.45.433.020115.5200136.22007
 BotswanaSouthern AfricaAfrica43.015.053.3201560.92009
 BrazilSouth AmericaAmericas16.521.153.9201816.3201348.82018
 BulgariaEastern EuropeEurope7.07.340.420178.8200535.42012
 Burkina FasoWestern AfricaAfrica11.65.335.3201411.5200339.52007
 BurundiEastern AfricaAfrica19.36.738.6201319.3199842.41998
 CambodiaSouth-eastern AsiaAsia12.212.0200437.92008 est.
 CameroonMiddle AfricaAfrica15.711.546.6201415.4200144.62001
 CanadaNorthern AmericaAmericas9.46.233.820139.5200032.12005
 Cape VerdeWestern AfricaAfrica10.747.22007
 Central African RepublicMiddle AfricaAfrica69.218.556.2200868.1199343.62003
 ChadMiddle AfricaAfrica10.043.3201143.32011 est.
 ChileSouth AmericaAmericas26.211.244.4201732.1200352.12009
 ChinaEastern AsiaAsia21.610.238.5201621.8200446.52016
 ColombiaSouth AmericaAmericas60.413.450.4201856.3200853.52012
 ComorosEastern AfricaAfrica11.245.3201455.92004 est.
 DR CongoMiddle AfricaAfrica8.842.12012
 CongoMiddle AfricaAfrica12.848.92011
 Costa RicaCentral AmericaAmericas23.412.348.0201837.3200350.32009
 Ivory CoastWestern AfricaAfrica16.68.441.5201517.0200241.52008
 CroatiaSouthern EuropeEurope7.35.330.420177.22003 est.32.02010
 CubaCaribbeanAmericas
 CyprusWestern AsiaAsia5.331.4201732.42013 est.
 Czech RepublicEastern EuropeEurope5.23.724.920175.2199624.92012
 DenmarkNorthern EuropeEurope8.14.028.7201712.02000 est.24.82011 est.
 DjiboutiEastern AfricaAfrica8.844.6201740.92002
 Dominican RepublicCaribbeanAmericas25.310.543.7201818.8201245.72012 est.
 EcuadorSouth AmericaAmericas35.210.745.4201817.52006 Oct.[5]48.52013 Dec.[5]
 EgyptNorthern AfricaAfrica8.04.631.520178.0200030.82008
 El SalvadorCentral AmericaAmericas38.67.038.6201855.4200246.92007
 Equatorial GuineaMiddle AfricaAfrica
 EstoniaNorthern EuropeEurope10.85.430.4201711.0200332.92013
 EswatiniSouthern AfricaAfrica25.114.254.6201625.4200150.42001
 EthiopiaEastern AfricaAfrica6.67.135.020156.5200033.02011
 European UnionEurope8.62015 est.30.62012 est.
 FijiMelanesiaOceania6.036.72013
 FinlandNorthern EuropeEurope5.63.927.420175.7200026.82008
 FranceWestern EuropeEurope9.15.231.620178.3200430.12013
 GabonMiddle AfricaAfrica7.438.02017
 GambiaWestern AfricaAfrica20.25.935.9201520.6199850.21998
 GeorgiaWestern AsiaAsia15.47.136.4201815.2200346.02011
 GermanyWestern EuropeEurope6.95.131.920166.9200027.02006
 GhanaWestern AfricaAfrica14.110.343.5201613.7199942.32012–2013
 GreeceSouthern EuropeEurope10.27.134.4201710.42000 est.34.42013 est.
 GuatemalaCentral AmericaAmericas33.911.948.3201448.2200255.12007
 GuineaWestern AfricaAfrica10.55.533.7201221.6200639.42007
 Guinea-BissauWestern AfricaAfrica19.012.650.7201084.81991
 GuyanaSouth AmericaAmericas44.6199826.0199944.62007
 HaitiCaribbeanAmericas54.48.641.1201268.1200160.82012
 HondurasCentral AmericaAmericas59.417.152.1201835.2200357.72007
 Hong KongEastern AsiaAsia17.853.92016
 HungaryEastern EuropeEurope5.54.930.620175.6200224.72009
 IcelandNorthern EuropeEurope4.026.8201528.02006
 IndiaSouthern AsiaAsia8.65.537.820118.6200435.12011
 IndonesiaSouth-eastern AsiaAsia7.86.639.020187.9200238.82018
 IranSouthern AsiaAsia17.27.740.8201716.9199844.52006
 IraqWestern AsiaAsia4.429.52012
 IrelandNorthern EuropeEurope9.45.032.820169.4200033.92010
 IsraelWestern AsiaAsia13.48.539.0201611.8200537.62012
 ItalySouthern EuropeEurope11.67.035.9201711.7200031.92012 est.
 JamaicaCaribbeanAmericas17.345.5200417.0200445.52004
 JapanEastern AsiaAsia4.55.432.920134.5199337.92011
 JordanWestern AsiaAsia11.35.233.7201011.3200339.72007
 KazakhstanCentral AsiaAsia8.53.827.520178.02004 est.28.92011
 KenyaEastern AfricaAfrica13.67.740.8201518.6200042.52008 est.
 North KoreaEastern AsiaAsia
 South KoreaEastern AsiaAsia7.85.331.620125.9201134.12015
 KosovoEastern EuropeEurope[lower-alpha 1]29.02017
 KuwaitWestern AsiaAsia
 KyrgyzstanCentral AsiaAsia6.43.827.720186.4200333.42007
 LaosSouth-eastern AsiaAsia8.35.936.420128.4200236.72008
 LatviaNorthern EuropeEurope11.65.835.6201711.6200335.22010
 LebanonWestern AsiaAsia5.131.82011
 LesothoSouthern AfricaAfrica39.820.844.9201748.22002 est.63.21995
 LiberiaWestern AfricaAfrica12.85.935.32016
 LibyaNorthern AfricaAfrica
 LithuaniaNorthern EuropeEurope10.47.237.3201710.3200335.52009
 LuxembourgWestern EuropeEurope5.734.920176.8200030.42013 est.
 MacauEastern AsiaAsia352013
 North MacedoniaSouthern EuropeEurope12.57.334.2201712.3200343.62013
 MadagascarEastern AfricaAfrica19.28.742.6201219.3200147.52001
 MalawiEastern AfricaAfrica10.98.144.7201611.0200439.02004
 MalaysiaSouth-eastern AsiaAsia22.18.241.0201528.02003 est.46.22009
 MaldivesSouthern AsiaAsia7.031.3201637.42004 est.
 MaliWestern AfricaAfrica12.55.233.0200912.6200140.12001
 MaltaSouthern EuropeEurope4.529.2201727.92013
 MauritaniaWestern AfricaAfrica12.05.432.6201411.8200039.02000
 MauritiusEastern AfricaAfrica5.936.8201735.92012 est.
 MexicoCentral AmericaAmericas21.68.845.4201824.6200448.32008
 MicronesiaMicronesiaOceania8.440.1201361.12013 est.
 MoldovaEastern EuropeEurope8.23.625.720188.3200333.02010
 MongoliaEastern AsiaAsia8.25.132.720188.2200236.52008
 MontenegroSouthern EuropeEurope4.839.0201526.22013 est.
 MoroccoNorthern AfricaAfrica11.77.039.5201311.9199940.92007 est.
 MozambiqueEastern AfricaAfrica18.814.254.0201418.8200245.62008
 MyanmarSouth-eastern AsiaAsia6.330.7201711.61998
 NamibiaSouthern AfricaAfrica106.622.859.12015129.0200359.72010
 NepalSouthern AsiaAsia15.85.032.8201015.6200432.82010
 NetherlandsWestern EuropeEurope9.24.228.520179.2199925.12013
 New ZealandAustralia, New ZealandOceania12.436.21997
 NicaraguaCentral AmericaAmericas31.010.246.2201415.4200140.52010
 NigerWestern AfricaAfrica46.05.434.3201444.3199534.02007
 NigeriaWestern AfricaAfrica17.89.135.1202017.5200343.72003
 NorwayNorthern EuropeEurope6.14.127.020176.0200026.82010
 OmanWestern AsiaAsia
 PakistanSouthern AsiaAsia6.54.833.520156.6200229.62011 FY
 PanamaCentral AmericaAmericas49.915.949.2201861.4200351.92010 est.
 Papua New GuineaMelanesiaOceania23.89.341.9200923.8199650.91996
 ParaguaySouth AmericaAmericas38.811.746.2201865.9200353.22009
 PeruSouth AmericaAmericas26.110.342.8201831.5200345.32012
 PhilippinesSouth-eastern AsiaAsia15.57.244.4201515.5200346.02012
 PolandEastern EuropeEurope8.84.629.720178.7200234.12009
 PortugalSouthern EuropeEurope15.06.433.820179.21995 est.34.22013 est.
 QatarWestern AsiaAsia
 RomaniaEastern EuropeEurope7.58.036.020177.4200327.32012
 RussiaEastern EuropeEurope12.76.637.5201812.82002422012
 RwandaEastern AfricaAfrica18.68.543.7201618.2200046.82000
 São Tomé and PríncipeMiddle AfricaAfrica4.756.32017
 Saudi ArabiaWestern AsiaAsia
 SenegalWestern AfricaAfrica12.37.740.3201112.4200140.32011
 SerbiaSouthern EuropeEurope4.236.2201738.72014 est.
 SeychellesEastern AfricaAfrica9.846.82013
 Sierra LeoneWestern AfricaAfrica87.25.435.7201887.2198934.02011
 SingaporeSouth-eastern AsiaAsia17.717.3199846.42014
 SlovakiaEastern EuropeEurope6.74.125.220166.7199625.32012
 SloveniaSouthern EuropeEurope5.93.724.220175.9199823.72012
 SomaliaEastern AfricaAfrica
 South AfricaSouthern AfricaAfrica33.128.463.0201431.9200062.52013 est.
 South SudanEastern AfricaAfrica13.046.3200946.02010 est.
 SpainSouthern EuropeEurope10.37.334.7201710.2200034.02011
 Sri LankaSouthern AsiaAsia11.16.839.8201636.12003–04 FY49.02010
 Saint LuciaCaribbeanAmericas6.851.22016
 SudanNorthern AfricaAfrica6.235.42009
 SurinameSouth AmericaAmericas57.61999
 SwedenNorthern EuropeEurope6.24.628.820176.2200024.92013
 SwitzerlandWestern EuropeEurope9.05.232.720178.9200028.72012 est.
 SyriaWestern AsiaAsia35.82004
 TaiwanEastern AsiaAsia6.12002 est.33.82012
 TajikistanCentral AsiaAsia7.85.634.020157.8200332.62006
 TanzaniaEastern AfricaAfrica9.26.240.520179.3200037.62007
 ThailandSouth-eastern AsiaAsia12.66.036.4201812.4200239.42010
 East TimorSouth-eastern AsiaAsia4.128.7201431.92007 est.
 TogoWestern AfricaAfrica9.743.12015
 Trinidad and TobagoCaribbeanAmericas12.940.31992
 TunisiaNorthern AfricaAfrica13.45.232.8201513.7200040.02005 est.
 TurkeyWestern AsiaAsia6.68.541.9201817.1200340.22010
 TurkmenistanCentral AsiaAsia12.340.8199912.2199840.81998
 UgandaEastern AfricaAfrica16.68.242.8201616.4200239.52013
 UkraineEastern EuropeEurope5.93.526.120187.6200628.22009
 United Arab EmiratesWestern AsiaAsia32.52014
 United KingdomNorthern EuropeEurope13.85.434.8201613.6199932.42012
 United StatesNorthern AmericaAmericas18.59.441.4201614.02014 est.47.02014
 UruguaySouth AmericaAmericas11.87.839.7201817.9200345.32010
 UzbekistanCentral AsiaAsia10.635.3200310.6200336.82003
 VenezuelaSouth AmericaAmericas18.815.846.9200650.3200339.02011
 VietnamSouth-eastern AsiaAsia6.96.235.7201810.0200437.62008
 PalestineWestern AsiaAsia5.633.72016
 YemenWestern AsiaAsia8.66.136.720148.6200337.72005
 ZambiaEastern AfricaAfrica21.157.1201557.52010
 ZimbabweEastern AfricaAfrica8.644.3201750.12006
 World12.02002 est.38.02007

EU27 countries

Member state 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
 
 Austria 27.427.627.027.627.227.2 27.9 26.8 27.5
 Belgium 26.326.525.925.926.226.3 26.1 25.7 25.1
 Bulgaria 35.033.635.435.437.037.7 40.2 39.6 40.8
 Croatia 31.230.930.930.230.429.8 29.9 29.7 29.2
 Cyprus 29.231.032.434.833.632.1 30.8 29.1 31.1
 Czech Republic 25.224.924.625.125.025.1 24.5 24.0 24.0
 Denmark 26.626.526.827.727.427.7 27.6 27.8 27.5
 Estonia 31.932.532.935.634.832.7 31.6 30.6 30.5
 Finland 25.825.925.425.625.225.4 25.3 25.9 26.2
 France 30.830.530.129.229.229.3 28.8 28.5
 Germany 29.028.329.730.730.129.5 29.1 31.1 29.7
 Greece 33.534.334.434.534.234.3 33.4 32.3 31.0
 Hungary 26.927.228.328.628.228.2 28.1 28.7 28.0
 Ireland 29.830.430.731.129.729.6 30.6 28.9
 Italy 32.532.432.832.432.433.1 32.7 33.4
 Latvia 35.135.735.235.535.434.5 34.5 35.6 35.2
 Lithuania 33.032.034.635.037.937.0 37.6 36.9 35.4
 Luxembourg 27.228.030.428.728.529.6 29.2 31.3 32.3
 Malta 27.227.128.027.728.128.6 28.2 28.7 28.0
 Netherlands 25.825.425.126.226.726.9 27.1 27.4 26.8
 Poland 31.130.930.730.830.629.8 29.2 27.8 28.5
 Portugal 34.234.534.234.534.033.9 33.5 32.1 31.9
 Romania 33.534.034.635.037.434.7 33.1 35.1 34.8
 Slovakia 25.725.324.226.123.724.3 23.2 20.9 20.3
 Slovenia 23.823.724.425.024.524.4 23.7 23.4 23.9
 Spain 34.034.233.734.734.634.5 34.1 33.2 33.0
 Sweden 26.026.026.026.926.727.6 28.0 27.0 27.6
 Serbia[n 1] 38.038.340.039.8 37.6 35.6
 Montenegro[n 2][9] 38.536.536.536.5 36.7
 European Union 30.530.430.630.930.830.6 30.3 30.4
Eurozone (EA19) 30.630.530.731.030.730.7 30.4 30.6

OECD countries

Gini coefficient, before taxes and transfers

Countrymid-70smid-80s~ 1990mid-90s~ 2000mid-2000sLate 2000s
 
 Australia0.4670.4760.4650.469
 Austria0.4330.472
 Belgium0.4490.4720.4640.4940.469
 Canada0.3850.3950.4030.4300.4400.4360.441
 Chile0.4410.4140.426
 Czech Republic0.4420.4720.4740.444
 Denmark0.3730.3960.4170.4150.4170.416
 Estonia0.5040.458
 Finland0.3430.3870.4790.4780.4830.465
 France0.3800.3700.4730.4900.4850.483
 Germany0.4390.4290.4590.4710.4990.504
 Greece0.4480.4260.4460.4660.4540.436
 Hungary0.4520.4960.4630.4970.466
 Iceland0.3650.382
 Ireland
 Israel0.4720.4760.4940.5040.5130.498
 Italy0.4200.4370.5080.5160.5570.534
 Japan0.3450.4030.4320.4430.462
 Luxembourg0.3830.4270.4210.4540.482
 Mexico0.4530.5320.5170.4910.494
 Netherlands0.4260.4730.4740.4840.4240.4260.426
 New Zealand0.4080.4680.4880.4840.4730.455
 Norway0.3510.4040.4260.4470.410
 Poland0.5420.470
 Portugal0.4570.4360.4900.4790.5420.521
 Slovakia0.4580.416
 Slovenia0.4520.423
 South Korea0.3310.344
 Spain0.461
 Sweden0.3890.4040.4080.4380.4460.4320.426
 Switzerland0.409
 Turkey0.470
 United Kingdom0.3380.4190.4390.4530.4580.4450.456
 United States0.4060.4360.4500.4770.4760.4860.486

Gini coefficient, after taxes and transfers

Countrymid-70smid-80s~ 1990mid-90s~ 2000mid-2000sLate 2000s
 
 Australia0.3090.3170.3150.336
 Austria0.2360.2380.2520.2650.261
 Belgium0.2740.2870.2890.2710.259
 Canada0.3040.2930.2870.2890.3180.3170.324
 Chile0.4270.4030.394
 Czech Republic0.2320.2570.2600.2680.256
 Denmark0.2210.2260.2150.2260.2320.248
 Estonia0.3490.315
 Finland0.2350.2090.2180.2470.2540.259
 France0.3000.2900.2770.2870.2880.293
 Germany0.2510.2560.2660.2640.2850.295
 Greece0.4130.3360.3360.3450.3210.307
 Hungary0.2730.2940.2930.2910.272
 Iceland0.2570.301
 Ireland0.3310.3240.3040.3140.293
 Israel0.3260.3290.3380.3470.3780.371
 Italy0.3090.2970.3480.3430.3520.337
 Japan0.3040.3230.3370.3210.329
 Luxembourg0.2470.2590.2610.2580.288
 Mexico0.4520.5190.5070.4740.476
 Netherlands0.2630.2720.2920.2970.2920.2840.294
 New Zealand0.2710.3180.3350.3390.3350.330
 Norway0.2220.2430.2610.2760.250
 Poland0.3160.3490.305
 Portugal0.3540.3290.3590.3560.3850.353
 Slovakia0.2680.257
 Slovenia0.2460.236
 South Korea0.3060.315
 Spain0.3710.3370.3430.3420.3190.317
 Sweden0.2120.1980.2090.2110.2430.2340.259
 Switzerland0.2790.2760.303
 Turkey0.4340.4900.4300.409
 United Kingdom0.2680.3090.3540.3360.3510.3310.345
 United States0.3160.3370.3480.3610.3570.3800.378

See also

Notes

  1. Serbia is a negotiating candidate to the EU.
  2. Montenegro is a negotiating candidate to the EU.
  1. The political status of Kosovo is disputed. Having unilaterally declared independence from Serbia in 2008, it is formally recognised as an independent state by 97 UN member states (with another 15 recognising it at some point but then withdrawing recognition), while Serbia continues to claim it as part of its own sovereign territory.

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