Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax in Botswana
Botswana: Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax was 0.6382 in 2015. ▬ Flat
Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax in Botswana, 1985–2015
Source: World Inequality Database (WID.world) (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
Analysis
The most recent figure for income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax in Botswana is 0.6382, measured in 2015.
That represents a change of down 4.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax in Botswana peaked at 0.6981 in 1993 and was at its lowest, 0.6135, in 1985.
Botswana ranks 8th of 109 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0.6135 | 0.6135 | 0.6135 | 1 |
| 1990s | 0.6981 | 0.6981 | 0.6981 | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.6676 | 0.6654 | 0.6698 | 2 |
| 2010s | 0.6382 | 0.6382 | 0.6382 | 1 |
Countries ranked near Botswana
More poverty & inequality data for Botswana
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 0 surveys (2025)
- Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 2.73 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 900.4 kg per hectare (2024)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 22.8% (2023)
- Gender Inequality Index 0.49 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in women 0.1469 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex 0.1469 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men 0.1641 (2023)
- Share of government consumption in GDP vs. share of population living in extreme poverty 36.0% (2023)
- Income inequality: Atkinson index 0.4548 (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax in Botswana?
- Income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax in Botswana was 0.6382 in 2015, according to World Inequality Database (WID.world) (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax recorded in Botswana?
- The highest recorded value was 0.6981 in 1993.
- What is the lowest income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax recorded in Botswana?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.6135 in 1985.
- How does Botswana rank for income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax?
- Botswana ranks 8th out of 109 countries with data for 2015.
- Is income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax rising or falling in Botswana?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Botswana data come from?
- The figures come from World Inequality Database (WID.world) (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
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 after taxes and benefits.