China vs Israel: Gini coefficient: World Inequality Database vs. World Bank

China

0.5185

in 2015

Israel

0.5191

in 2016

China rank

54th

Israel rank

53rd

Gini coefficient: World Inequality Database vs. World Bank over time

China
Israel

How they compare

Israel currently reports 0.5191 against 0.5185 in China, a difference of 0.0006.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 9 shared years of data; in 1986 it was Israel ahead.

China ranks 54th and Israel ranks 53rd of 109 countries.

Individual pages

Gini coefficient: World Inequality Database vs. World Bank in China
Gini coefficient: World Inequality Database vs. World Bank in Israel
Full country ranking

About this data

Indicator: Gini coefficient: World Inequality Database vs. World Bank
Source: World Inequality Database (WID.world) (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 109 places, 2,196 data points, 1913–2024
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

The Gini coefficient measures inequality on a scale from 0 to 1. Higher values indicate higher inequality. Inequality is measured here in terms of income after taxes and benefits.