Nicaragua vs Panama: Gini coefficient

Nicaragua

0.4616

in 2014

Panama

0.4973

in 2024

Nicaragua rank

8th

Panama rank

6th

Gini coefficient over time

Panama currently reports 0.4973 against 0.4616 in Nicaragua, a difference of 0.0358.

That makes Panama's figure about 1.1 times Nicaragua's.

Across all 5 years both countries report, Panama has been ahead every year.

Nicaragua ranks 8th and Panama ranks 6th 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.