Botswana vs Equatorial Guinea: Income inequality: Atkinson index
Botswana
0.4548
in 2023
Equatorial Guinea
0.4842
in 2015
Botswana rank
19th
Equatorial Guinea rank
16th
Income inequality: Atkinson index over time
- Botswana
- Equatorial Guinea
How they compare
Equatorial Guinea currently reports 0.4842 against 0.4548 in Botswana, a difference of 0.0294.
That makes Equatorial Guinea's figure about 1.1 times Botswana's.
Across all 6 years both countries report, Botswana has been ahead every year.
Botswana ranks 19th and Equatorial Guinea ranks 16th of 174 countries.
Botswana has averaged higher in every one of the 1 decades both report.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher income inequality: atkinson index, Botswana or Equatorial Guinea?
- Equatorial Guinea, at 0.4842 against 0.4548 in Botswana as of 2015.
- What is the difference in income inequality: atkinson index between Botswana and Equatorial Guinea?
- 0.0294, with Equatorial Guinea ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Botswana and Equatorial Guinea?
- 6 years are reported by both, from 2010 to 2015.
- How do Botswana and Equatorial Guinea rank globally for income inequality: atkinson index?
- Botswana ranks 19th and Equatorial Guinea ranks 16th of 174 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- UNDP, Human Development Report (2025) β with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Income inequality: Atkinson index. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
The Atkinson index measures inequality on a scale from 0 to 1. Higher values indicate higher inequality. Depending on the country and year, the data relates to income measured after taxes and benefits, or to consumption, per capita.