Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax in Cambodia
Cambodia: Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax was 0.5692 in 2014. ▼ Falling
Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax in Cambodia, 2010–2014
Source: World Inequality Database (WID.world) (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
Analysis
In 2014, income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax in Cambodia stood at 0.5692.
That represents a change of down 1.8% on the previous year and down 13.8% over five years.
That places Cambodia 29th out of 109 countries with data for 2014, putting it in the middle of the range.
Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax in Cambodia, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 0.6605 | — |
| 2011 | 0.58 | -12.2% |
| 2012 | 0.5671 | -2.2% |
| 2013 | 0.5795 | +2.2% |
| 2014 | 0.5692 | -1.8% |
Cambodia compared with similar countries
- Cambodia's 0.5692 is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.5666, 1.0× the median. (23 countries reporting)
- Cambodia's 0.5692 is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 0.5317, 1.1× the median. (14 countries reporting)
Countries ranked near Cambodia
- 26 Sri Lanka 0.5766 compare
- 27 Jordan 0.576
- 28 Dominican Republic 0.575
- 30 Burkina Faso 0.5684 compare
- 31 Gambia 0.5681 compare
- 32 Togo 0.5666 compare
More poverty & inequality data for Cambodia
- Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 2.58 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 3,722 kg per hectare (2023)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, annual growth rate 1.86 % change on previous year (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 11.95 (2023)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 12.0% (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, annual growth rate -11.57 % change on previous year (2023)
- Gender Inequality Index 0.506 (2023)
- Share of government consumption in GDP vs. share of population living in extreme poverty 8.5% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax in Cambodia?
- Income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax in Cambodia was 0.5692 in 2014, 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 Cambodia?
- The highest recorded value was 0.6605 in 2010.
- What is the lowest income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax recorded in Cambodia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5671 in 2012.
- How does Cambodia rank for income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax?
- Cambodia ranks 29th out of 109 countries with data for 2014.
- Where does this Cambodia 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.