Income inequality vs. GDP per capita in Iran
Iran: Income inequality vs. GDP per capita was 0.3588 in 2023. ▼ Falling
Income inequality vs. GDP per capita in Iran, 1986–2023
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
Analysis
Iran recorded 0.3588 for income inequality vs. gdp per capita in 2023.
The figure is up 3.1% on the previous year and up 5.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, income inequality vs. gdp per capita in Iran peaked at 0.4742 in 1986 and was at its lowest, 0.3397, in 2013.
Iran ranks 49th of 120 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 20 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0.4742 | 0.4742 | 0.4742 | 1 |
| 1990s | 0.4357 | 0.43 | 0.441 | 3 |
| 2000s | 0.4345 | 0.4205 | 0.4475 | 3 |
| 2010s | 0.3552 | 0.3397 | 0.3742 | 9 |
| 2020s | 0.355 | 0.348 | 0.3588 | 4 |
Countries ranked near Iran
More poverty & inequality data for Iran
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 8 surveys (2025)
- Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 1.7 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 2,420 kg per hectare (2023)
- Gender Inequality Index 0.482 (2023)
- Share of government consumption in GDP vs. share of population living in extreme poverty 29.4% (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in women 0.0873 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex 0.0873 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men 0.1072 (2023)
- Income inequality: Atkinson index 0.2752 (2023)
- Poverty headcount ratio at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP) 2.5% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is income inequality vs. gdp per capita in Iran?
- Income inequality vs. gdp per capita in Iran was 0.3588 in 2023, according to World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest income inequality vs. gdp per capita recorded in Iran?
- The highest recorded value was 0.4742 in 1986.
- What is the lowest income inequality vs. gdp per capita recorded in Iran?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3397 in 2013.
- How does Iran rank for income inequality vs. gdp per capita?
- Iran ranks 49th out of 120 countries with data for 2023.
- Is income inequality vs. gdp per capita rising or falling in Iran?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Iran data come from?
- The figures come from World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Income inequality vs. GDP per capita. 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.