Peru vs Zambia: Gini coefficient (before tax)

Peru
0.6966
in 2022
Zambia
0.6769
in 2022
Peru rank
8th
Zambia rank
11th

Gini coefficient (before tax) over time

  • Peru
  • Zambia
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How they compare

Peru currently reports 0.6966 against 0.6769 in Zambia, a difference of 0.0197.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 6 shared years of data; in 2002 it was Peru ahead.

Peru ranks 8th and Zambia ranks 11th 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.