Niger vs Uruguay: Gini coefficient (before tax)

Niger
0.5503
in 2021
Uruguay
0.5583
in 2022
Niger rank
56th
Uruguay rank
53rd

Gini coefficient (before tax) over time

  • Niger
  • Uruguay
00.20.40.6199220072022

How they compare

Uruguay currently reports 0.5583 against 0.5503 in Niger, a difference of 0.008.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 5 shared years of data; in 2005 it was Niger ahead.

Niger ranks 56th 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
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.