Uganda vs United States: Gini coefficient

Uganda

0.427

in 2019

United States

0.4176

in 2024

Uganda rank

18th

United States rank

21st

Gini coefficient over time

Uganda currently reports 0.427 against 0.4176 in United States, a difference of 0.0094.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 10 shared years of data; in 1989 it was Uganda ahead.

Uganda ranks 18th and United States ranks 21st 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.