Malaysia vs Uruguay: Gini coefficient

Malaysia

0.4067

in 2021

Uruguay

0.3998

in 2024

Malaysia rank

23rd

Uruguay rank

26th

Gini coefficient over time

Malaysia currently reports 0.4067 against 0.3998 in Uruguay, a difference of 0.0068.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 7 shared years of data; in 2006 it was Uruguay ahead.

Malaysia ranks 23rd and Uruguay ranks 26th 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.