China vs Russia: Gini coefficient

China

0.3602

in 2022

Russia

0.3607

in 2020

China rank

47th

Russia rank

46th

Gini coefficient over time

Russia currently reports 0.3607 against 0.3602 in China, a difference of 0.0005.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 17 shared years of data; in 1993 it was Russia ahead.

China ranks 47th and Russia ranks 46th of 120 countries.

Indicator: Gini coefficient
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 120 places, 2,148 data points, 1963–2025
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

The Gini coefficient measures inequality on a scale from 0 to 1. Higher values indicate higher inequality.