Niger vs Singapore: Gini coefficient (before tax)

Niger
0.5503
in 2021
Singapore
0.5445
in 2014
Niger rank
56th
Singapore rank
59th

Gini coefficient (before tax) over time

  • Niger
  • Singapore
00.20.40.6194719842021

How they compare

Niger currently reports 0.5503 against 0.5445 in Singapore, a difference of 0.0058.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 6 shared years of data; in 1992 it was Niger ahead.

Niger ranks 56th and Singapore ranks 59th 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
Last refreshed

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.