France vs Japan: Gini coefficient

France

0.3181

in 2023

Japan

0.3234

in 2020

France rank

82nd

Japan rank

79th

Gini coefficient over time

Japan currently reports 0.3234 against 0.3181 in France, a difference of 0.0053.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 13 shared years of data; in 2008 it was Japan ahead.

France ranks 82nd and Japan ranks 79th 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.