Botswana vs Iraq: Gini coefficient (before tax)

Botswana
0.7114
in 2015
Iraq
0.7768
in 2024
Botswana rank
4th
Iraq rank
1st

Gini coefficient (before tax) over time

  • Botswana
  • Iraq
00.20.40.60.8198520042024

How they compare

Iraq currently reports 0.7768 against 0.7114 in Botswana, a difference of 0.0654.

That makes Iraq's figure about 1.1 times Botswana's.

Botswana ranks 4th and Iraq ranks 1st of 113 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Gini coefficient (before tax)
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
113 places, 3,075 data points, 1820–2024
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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 before taxes and benefits.