Countries by income inequality Gini index

This is a list of countries ranked by income inequality among individuals or households. Income inequality is defined by GINI index between 0 and 1, where 0 corresponds with perfect equality and 1 corresponds with absolute inequality.

Income from black market economic activity is not included. The data refer to 2010-2017.

Income inequality Gini index
Data source: World Bank
Year: 2018

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	Rank	Income inequality Gini index
South Africa	1	63
Namibia	2	61
Botswana	3	60.500
Zambia	4	57.100
Central African Republic	5	56.200
Lesotho	6	54.200
Mozambique	7	54
Swaziland	8	51.500
Brazil	9	51.300
Colombia	10	50.800
Guinea-Bissau	11	50.700
Rwanda	12	50.400
Panama	12	50.400
Honduras	13	50
Republic of the Congo	14	48.900
Costa Rica	15	48.700
Kenya	16	48.500
Guatemala	17	48.300
Paraguay	18	47.900
Benin	19	47.800
Chile	20	47.700
Cape Verde	21	47.200
Venezuela	22	46.900
Seychelles	23	46.800
Cameroon	24	46.600
Malaysia	25	46.300
South Sudan	25	46.300
Nicaragua	26	46.200
Malawi	27	45.500
Dominican Republic	28	45.300
Comoros	28	45.300
Ecuador	29	45
Bolivia	30	44.600
Djibouti	31	44.100
Peru	32	43.800
Mexico	33	43.400
Chad	34	43.300
Zimbabwe	35	43.200
Togo	36	43.100
Nigeria	37	43
Angola	38	42.700
Madagascar	39	42.600
Argentina	40	42.400
Ghana	40	42.400
China	41	42.200
Gabon	41	42.200
Democratic Republic of the Congo	42	42.100
Samoa	43	42
Turkey	44	41.900
Papua New Guinea	44	41.900
United States	45	41.500
Ivory Coast	45	41.500
Israel	46	41.400
Haiti	47	41.100
Uganda	48	41
Morocco	49	40.700
Senegal	50	40.300
Philippines	51	40.100
Federated States of Micronesia	51	40.100
El Salvador	52	40
Sri Lanka	53	39.800
Uruguay	54	39.700
Indonesia	55	39.500
Ethiopia	56	39.100
Tuvalu	56	39.100
Iran	57	38.800
Bhutan	57	38.800
Burundi	58	38.600
Maldives	59	38.400
Myanmar	60	38.100
Thailand	61	37.800
Tanzania	61	37.800
Russia	62	37.700
Vanuatu	63	37.600
Tonga	64	37.500
Bulgaria	65	37.400
Lithuania	65	37.400
Solomon Islands	66	37.100
Kiribati	67	37
Yemen	68	36.700
Georgia	69	36.500
Laos	70	36.400
Fiji	70	36.400
Spain	71	36.200
Greece	72	36
The Gambia	73	35.900
Tunisia	74	35.800
Mauritius	74	35.800
Macedonia	75	35.600
Portugal	76	35.500
Sudan	77	35.400
Burkina Faso	78	35.300
India	79	35.100
Vietnam	80	34.800
Italy	81	34.700
Australia	81	34.700
Palestinian National Authority	82	34.400
Niger	83	34.300
Latvia	84	34.200
Canada	85	34
Tajikistan	85	34
Sierra Leone	85	34
Cyprus	85	34
Guinea	86	33.700
Jordan	86	33.700
United Kingdom	87	33.200
Liberia	87	33.200
Mali	88	33
Nepal	89	32.800
France	90	32.700
Bosnia and Herzegovina	90	32.700
Estonia	90	32.700
Mauritania	91	32.600
Switzerland	92	32.500
Armenia	92	32.500
Bangladesh	93	32.400
Mongolia	94	32.300
Japan	95	32.100
Ireland	96	31.900
Montenegro	96	31.900
Egypt	97	31.800
Poland	97	31.800
Lebanon	97	31.800
Germany	98	31.700
South Korea	99	31.600
Luxembourg	100	31.200
Croatia	101	30.800
São Tomé and Príncipe	101	30.800
Pakistan	102	30.700
Austria	103	30.500
Hungary	104	30.400
Iraq	105	29.500
Netherlands	106	29.300
Sweden	107	29.200
Albania	108	29
Malta	108	29
East Timor	109	28.700
Serbia	110	28.500
Romania	111	28.300
Denmark	112	28.200
Belgium	113	27.700
Algeria	114	27.600
Norway	115	27.500
Finland	116	27.100
Belarus	117	27
Kazakhstan	118	26.900
Kyrgyzstan	119	26.800
Slovakia	120	26.500
Moldova	121	26.300
Czech Republic	122	25.900
Iceland	123	25.600
Slovenia	124	25.400
Ukraine	125	25
Azerbaijan	126	16.600