Equatorial Guinea vs Ghana: Income inequality: Atkinson index
Equatorial Guinea
0.4842
in 2015
Ghana
0.5095
in 2023
Equatorial Guinea rank
16th
Ghana rank
13th
Income inequality: Atkinson index over time
- Equatorial Guinea
- Ghana
How they compare
Ghana currently reports 0.5095 against 0.4842 in Equatorial Guinea, a difference of 0.0253.
That makes Ghana's figure about 1.1 times Equatorial Guinea's.
Across all 6 years both countries report, Equatorial Guinea has been ahead every year.
Equatorial Guinea ranks 16th and Ghana ranks 13th of 174 countries.
Equatorial Guinea has averaged higher in every one of the 1 decades both report.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher income inequality: atkinson index, Equatorial Guinea or Ghana?
- Ghana, at 0.5095 against 0.4842 in Equatorial Guinea as of 2023.
- What is the difference in income inequality: atkinson index between Equatorial Guinea and Ghana?
- 0.0253, with Ghana ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Equatorial Guinea and Ghana?
- 6 years are reported by both, from 2010 to 2015.
- How do Equatorial Guinea and Ghana rank globally for income inequality: atkinson index?
- Equatorial Guinea ranks 16th and Ghana ranks 13th 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.