Income inequality vs. GDP per capita in Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan: Income inequality vs. GDP per capita was 0.2919 in 2021. ▼ Falling
Income inequality vs. GDP per capita in Kazakhstan, 1993–2021
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
Analysis
The most recent figure for income inequality vs. gdp per capita in Kazakhstan is 0.2919, measured in 2021.
The figure is up 1.8% on the previous year and up 4.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, income inequality vs. gdp per capita in Kazakhstan peaked at 0.3983 in 2005 and was at its lowest, 0.268, in 2015.
That places Kazakhstan 100th out of 120 countries with data for 2021, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 23 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.3402 | 0.3267 | 0.3538 | 2 |
| 2000s | 0.3257 | 0.2821 | 0.3983 | 9 |
| 2010s | 0.2754 | 0.268 | 0.2817 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.2894 | 0.2868 | 0.2919 | 2 |
Countries ranked near Kazakhstan
More poverty & inequality data for Kazakhstan
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 6 surveys (2025)
- Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 3.01 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 1,530 kg per hectare (2024)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 20.5% (2022)
- Gender Inequality Index 0.182 (2023)
- Share of government consumption in GDP vs. share of population living in extreme poverty 17.8% (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in women 0.0958 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex 0.0958 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men 0.1284 (2023)
- Income inequality: Atkinson index 0.1471 (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is income inequality vs. gdp per capita in Kazakhstan?
- Income inequality vs. gdp per capita in Kazakhstan was 0.2919 in 2021, 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 Kazakhstan?
- The highest recorded value was 0.3983 in 2005.
- What is the lowest income inequality vs. gdp per capita recorded in Kazakhstan?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.268 in 2015.
- How does Kazakhstan rank for income inequality vs. gdp per capita?
- Kazakhstan ranks 100th out of 120 countries with data for 2021.
- Is income inequality vs. gdp per capita rising or falling in Kazakhstan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Kazakhstan 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.