Gini index by country

Gini index measures the extent to which the distribution of income (or, in some cases, consumption expenditure) among individuals or households within an economy deviates from a perfectly equal distribution. A Lorenz curve plots the cumulative percentages of total income received against the cumulative number of...

Countries reporting
121
Highest
54.9
Botswana
Lowest
23.8
Slovakia
Median
33.9
Years covered
63
1963–2025
Data points
2,305

What the numbers show

Gini index is currently reported for 121 countries. The highest value is 54.9 in Botswana; the lowest is 23.8 in Slovakia.

The median across all reporting countries is 33.9, and the mean is 35.47.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2.

Over the past decade 32 countries rose and 86 fell. The largest increase was in Pakistan (up 13.6%), and the largest decrease in Syria (down 34.7%).

Gini index: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Botswana 54.9 2015 down 10.7% flat
2 Colombia 54.4 2024 up 1.5% flat
3 South Africa 54.1 2022 down 11.2% falling
4 Zambia 51.5 2022 down 1.0% flat
5 Brazil 50.3 2024 down 3.5% falling
6 Panama 49.7 2024 down 1.6% falling
7 Mozambique 49.6 2022 down 8.1% flat
8 Nicaragua 46.2 2014 down 5.3% falling
9 Ecuador 45.9 2025 down 0.2% falling
10 Honduras 45.7 2024 down 8.4% falling
11 Costa Rica 45.5 2025 down 6.0% rising
12 Guatemala 45.2 2023 down 6.4% falling
13 Venezuela 44.7 2006 down 5.3% falling
14 Paraguay 44.2 2024 down 12.8% falling
15 Turkey 43.7 2023 up 8.7% rising
16 Ghana 43.5 2016 up 1.6% rising
17 Chile 43 2024 down 8.1% falling
18 Uganda 42.7 2019 down 3.4% flat
19 Mexico 42.6 2024 down 12.9% falling
20 Argentina 42.4 2024 up 1.4% falling
21 Cameroon 42.2 2021 down 9.4% flat
22 United States 41.8 2024 up 0.2% rising
23 Bolivia 40.9 2024 down 14.4% falling
24 Malaysia 40.7 2021 down 6.7% falling
25 Tanzania 40.5 2018 up 0.5% rising
26 Peru 40.1 2024 down 7.0% falling
27 Uruguay 40 2024 down 0.2% falling
28 Belize 39.9 2018 falling
28 Jamaica 39.9 2021 falling
30 El Salvador 39.8 2023 down 8.3% falling
31 Bulgaria 39.5 2023 up 7.9% rising
31 Morocco 39.5 2013 down 2.7% rising
33 Rwanda 39.4 2023 down 12.6% falling
34 Philippines 39.3 2023 down 15.5% flat
35 Dominican Republic 39 2024 down 12.0% falling
36 Gambia 38.8 2020 down 11.0% falling
37 Kenya 38.5 2022 down 5.6% falling
37 Malawi 38.5 2019 down 15.4% falling
39 Israel 38.3 2022 down 7.3% rising
40 Togo 37.9 2021 down 17.6% falling
41 Sri Lanka 37.7 2019 up 4.4% rising
42 Burundi 37.5 2020 down 2.8% flat
43 Burkina Faso 37.4 2021 down 6.0% falling
44 Madagascar 36.8 2021 down 13.2% falling
45 Palestine 36.4 2023 up 5.8% flat
46 Senegal 36.2 2021 down 10.2% falling
47 Tajikistan 36.1 2024 up 6.2% rising
47 Vietnam 36.1 2022 up 1.4% flat
49 China 36 2022 down 14.7% rising
49 Lithuania 36 2023 up 2.0% rising
51 Iran 35.9 2023 up 5.6% falling
52 Mali 35.7 2021 up 8.2% falling
53 Cote d'Ivoire 35.3 2021 down 18.3% falling
54 Laos 34.7 2024 down 3.6% rising
55 Benin 34.4 2021 down 20.7% falling
55 Indonesia 34.4 2025 down 9.9% rising
57 Italy 34.3 2023 down 1.7% rising
57 Montenegro 34.3 2021 up 11.4% rising
59 Latvia 34 2023 down 4.2% rising
60 Georgia 33.9 2024 down 9.8% falling
60 Nigeria 33.9 2022 down 4.5% falling
60 Portugal 33.9 2023 down 6.4% falling
63 Australia 33.8 2020 down 2.6% rising
63 Switzerland 33.8 2022 up 7.0% flat
65 Germany 33.7 2022 up 9.1% rising
65 Jordan 33.7 2010 down 8.9% falling
65 Tunisia 33.7 2021 down 12.5% falling
68 Luxembourg 33.6 2023 up 5.0% rising
69 North Macedonia 33.5 2019 down 21.7% flat
69 Pakistan 33.5 2024 up 13.6% flat
71 Spain 33.4 2023 down 7.7% flat
71 Guinea-Bissau 33.4 2021 down 34.0% falling
71 Greece 33.4 2023 down 7.5% flat
74 Thailand 33.3 2024 down 10.0% falling
75 Russia 33 2023 down 19.3% falling
76 South Korea 32.9 2021 up 2.8% rising
76 Niger 32.9 2021 up 4.4% falling
78 Serbia 32.8 2023 down 16.8% rising
79 Uzbekistan 32.7 2025 falling
80 United Kingdom 32.4 2021 down 2.4% rising
81 Japan 32.3 2020 up 2.5% flat
82 Mauritania 32 2019 down 10.4% falling
83 Cyprus 31.8 2023 down 14.1% flat
83 France 31.8 2023 down 2.2% falling
83 Malta 31.8 2023 up 10.4% rising
86 Canada 31.5 2022 down 6.0% flat
87 Mongolia 31.4 2022 down 7.1% flat
88 Austria 31.2 2023 up 1.3% flat
89 Ethiopia 31.1 2021 down 6.3% falling
90 Bangladesh 30.9 2022 down 3.7% rising
91 Estonia 30.7 2023 down 12.5% falling
92 Hungary 30.6 2017 up 9.7% rising
93 Bosnia and Herzegovina 30.3 2021 down 9.0% flat
94 Croatia 30.1 2023 down 5.9% rising
95 Nepal 30 2022 down 8.5% flat
96 Denmark 29.9 2023 up 4.9% rising
97 Romania 29.8 2023 down 19.2% rising
98 Guinea 29.6 2018 down 24.9% falling
99 Albania 29.4 2020 down 2.0% rising
100 Sweden 29.3 2023 up 1.7% rising
101 Kazakhstan 29.2 2021 up 4.3% falling
102 Ireland 29 2023 down 13.4% falling
103 Bhutan 28.5 2022 down 26.5% falling
103 Egypt 28.5 2021 down 5.6% flat
103 Poland 28.5 2023 down 13.9% rising
106 Kyrgyzstan 27.5 2024 up 2.6% falling
107 Armenia 27.4 2024 down 13.0% falling
107 Finland 27.4 2023 up 0.7% rising
109 Belgium 26.8 2023 down 3.2% flat
109 Iceland 26.8 2019 down 6.6% falling
109 Moldova 26.8 2023 down 6.0% falling
112 Azerbaijan 26.6 2005 down 23.1% falling
113 Norway 26.5 2023 up 0.4% rising
114 Syria 26.4 2022 down 34.7% falling
115 Czechia 25.7 2023 down 3.0% flat
115 Netherlands 25.7 2021 down 7.6% falling
117 Ukraine 25.6 2020 up 3.2% falling
118 India 25.5 2022 down 11.5% falling
119 Slovenia 24.7 2023 down 5.7% falling
120 Belarus 24.4 2020 down 14.7% falling
121 Slovakia 23.8 2023 down 15.3% flat

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

About this data

Indicator
Gini index
Source
World Bank, Poverty and Inequality Platform. Data are based on primary household survey data obtained from government statistical agencies and World Bank country departments. Data for high-income econ
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
122 places, 2,305 data points, 1963–2025
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Gini index measures the extent to which the distribution of income (or, in some cases, consumption expenditure) among individuals or households within an economy deviates from a perfectly equal distribution. A Lorenz curve plots the cumulative percentages of total income received against the cumulative number of recipients, starting with the poorest individual or household. The Gini index measures the area between the Lorenz curve and a hypothetical line of absolute equality, expressed as a percentage of the maximum area under the line. Thus a Gini index of 0 represents perfect equality, while an index of 100 implies perfect inequality.