China vs Uruguay: Gini coefficient (before tax)

China
0.5536
in 2015
Uruguay
0.5583
in 2022
China rank
55th
Uruguay rank
53rd

Gini coefficient (before tax) over time

  • China
  • Uruguay
00.20.40.6197920002022

How they compare

Uruguay currently reports 0.5583 against 0.5536 in China, a difference of 0.0047.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 13 shared years of data; in 2001 it was Uruguay ahead.

China ranks 55th and Uruguay ranks 53rd 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.