Gini coefficient by country
The Gini coefficient measures inequality on a scale from 0 to 1. Higher values indicate higher inequality.
Countries reporting
117
Highest
0.5491
Botswana
Lowest
0.2382
Slovakia
Median
0.3389
Years covered
63
1963–2025
Data points
2,148
What the numbers show
Gini coefficient is currently reported for 117 countries. The highest value is 0.5491 in Botswana; the lowest is 0.2382 in Slovakia.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.3389, and the mean is 0.3543.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2.
Over the past decade 28 countries rose and 87 fell. The largest increase was in Pakistan (up 13.6%), and the largest decrease in Syria (down 34.7%).
Gini coefficient: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Botswana | 0.5491 | 2015 | down 10.8% | flat |
| 2 | Colombia | 0.5438 | 2024 | up 1.5% | falling |
| 3 | South Africa | 0.5405 | 2022 | down 11.2% | falling |
| 4 | Zambia | 0.5148 | 2022 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 5 | Brazil | 0.5026 | 2024 | down 3.4% | falling |
| 6 | Panama | 0.4973 | 2024 | down 1.4% | falling |
| 7 | Mozambique | 0.4956 | 2022 | down 8.1% | flat |
| 8 | Nicaragua | 0.4616 | 2014 | down 5.5% | falling |
| 9 | Ecuador | 0.4592 | 2025 | down 0.1% | falling |
| 10 | Honduras | 0.4568 | 2024 | down 8.4% | falling |
| 11 | Costa Rica | 0.4546 | 2025 | down 6.0% | rising |
| 12 | Guatemala | 0.4521 | 2023 | down 6.4% | falling |
| 13 | Venezuela | 0.447 | 2006 | down 5.2% | falling |
| 14 | Paraguay | 0.4425 | 2024 | down 12.7% | falling |
| 15 | Turkey | 0.4368 | 2023 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 16 | Ghana | 0.4351 | 2016 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 17 | Chile | 0.4302 | 2024 | down 8.1% | falling |
| 18 | Uganda | 0.427 | 2019 | down 3.4% | flat |
| 19 | Mexico | 0.4263 | 2024 | down 12.8% | falling |
| 20 | Cameroon | 0.4218 | 2021 | down 9.6% | flat |
| 21 | United States | 0.4176 | 2024 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 22 | Bolivia | 0.4087 | 2024 | down 14.6% | falling |
| 23 | Malaysia | 0.4067 | 2021 | down 6.6% | falling |
| 24 | Tanzania | 0.4049 | 2018 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 25 | Peru | 0.4013 | 2024 | down 7.0% | falling |
| 26 | Uruguay | 0.3998 | 2024 | down 0.3% | falling |
| 27 | Jamaica | 0.3987 | 2021 | — | falling |
| 28 | El Salvador | 0.398 | 2023 | down 8.2% | falling |
| 29 | Morocco | 0.3955 | 2013 | down 2.7% | rising |
| 30 | Bulgaria | 0.3947 | 2023 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 31 | Rwanda | 0.3936 | 2023 | down 12.7% | falling |
| 32 | Dominican Republic | 0.3897 | 2024 | down 12.0% | falling |
| 33 | Gambia | 0.3876 | 2020 | down 11.0% | falling |
| 34 | Malawi | 0.3854 | 2019 | down 15.2% | falling |
| 35 | Kenya | 0.3853 | 2022 | down 5.5% | falling |
| 36 | Israel | 0.3831 | 2022 | down 7.3% | rising |
| 37 | Togo | 0.3786 | 2021 | down 17.7% | falling |
| 38 | Sri Lanka | 0.3766 | 2019 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 39 | Burundi | 0.3746 | 2020 | down 3.0% | flat |
| 40 | Burkina Faso | 0.3739 | 2021 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 41 | Madagascar | 0.3682 | 2021 | down 13.2% | falling |
| 42 | Palestine | 0.3638 | 2023 | up 5.7% | flat |
| 43 | Senegal | 0.3616 | 2021 | down 10.2% | falling |
| 44 | Tajikistan | 0.3611 | 2024 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 45 | Vietnam | 0.3609 | 2022 | up 1.3% | flat |
| 46 | Russia | 0.3607 | 2020 | down 8.8% | falling |
| 47 | China | 0.3602 | 2022 | down 14.7% | rising |
| 48 | Lithuania | 0.3596 | 2023 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 49 | Iran | 0.3588 | 2023 | up 5.6% | falling |
| 50 | Mali | 0.3565 | 2021 | up 7.9% | falling |
| 51 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0.3528 | 2021 | down 18.3% | falling |
| 52 | Philippines | 0.352 | 2023 | down 16.6% | falling |
| 53 | Laos | 0.3475 | 2024 | down 3.4% | rising |
| 54 | Indonesia | 0.3443 | 2025 | down 9.9% | rising |
| 55 | Benin | 0.344 | 2021 | down 20.8% | falling |
| 56 | Italy | 0.3434 | 2023 | down 1.6% | rising |
| 57 | Montenegro | 0.343 | 2021 | down 16.8% | falling |
| 58 | Latvia | 0.3397 | 2023 | down 4.3% | rising |
| 59 | Nigeria | 0.3389 | 2022 | down 4.6% | falling |
| 60 | Georgia | 0.3385 | 2024 | down 9.9% | falling |
| 61 | Portugal | 0.3385 | 2023 | down 6.5% | falling |
| 62 | Australia | 0.3383 | 2020 | down 2.4% | rising |
| 63 | Switzerland | 0.338 | 2022 | up 7.1% | flat |
| 64 | Tunisia | 0.3372 | 2021 | down 12.3% | falling |
| 65 | Germany | 0.3366 | 2022 | up 8.9% | rising |
| 66 | Jordan | 0.3366 | 2010 | down 8.9% | falling |
| 68 | Pakistan | 0.3354 | 2024 | up 13.6% | flat |
| 69 | North Macedonia | 0.3351 | 2019 | down 21.6% | falling |
| 70 | Greece | 0.3344 | 2023 | down 7.4% | flat |
| 71 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.3344 | 2021 | down 33.9% | falling |
| 72 | Spain | 0.3341 | 2023 | down 7.7% | flat |
| 73 | Thailand | 0.3332 | 2024 | down 10.0% | falling |
| 74 | South Korea | 0.3291 | 2021 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 75 | Niger | 0.3286 | 2021 | up 4.5% | falling |
| 76 | Serbia | 0.3282 | 2023 | down 16.8% | falling |
| 77 | Uzbekistan | 0.3266 | 2025 | — | flat |
| 78 | United Kingdom | 0.3242 | 2021 | down 2.3% | rising |
| 79 | Japan | 0.3234 | 2020 | up 2.7% | flat |
| 80 | Mauritania | 0.32 | 2019 | down 10.3% | falling |
| 81 | Cyprus | 0.3184 | 2023 | down 14.0% | flat |
| 82 | France | 0.3181 | 2023 | down 2.2% | falling |
| 84 | Taiwan | 0.3157 | 2021 | down 5.0% | rising |
| 85 | Canada | 0.315 | 2022 | down 6.1% | flat |
| 86 | Mongolia | 0.3142 | 2022 | down 6.9% | flat |
| 87 | Austria | 0.312 | 2023 | up 1.5% | flat |
| 88 | Ethiopia | 0.3114 | 2021 | down 6.1% | falling |
| 89 | Bangladesh | 0.3093 | 2022 | down 3.7% | rising |
| 90 | Estonia | 0.3071 | 2023 | down 12.5% | falling |
| 91 | Hungary | 0.3058 | 2017 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 92 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.3031 | 2021 | down 9.0% | flat |
| 93 | Croatia | 0.3011 | 2023 | down 5.9% | rising |
| 94 | Nepal | 0.3002 | 2022 | down 8.6% | flat |
| 95 | Denmark | 0.2992 | 2023 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 96 | Romania | 0.2983 | 2023 | down 19.2% | rising |
| 97 | Guinea | 0.2959 | 2018 | down 24.8% | falling |
| 98 | Albania | 0.2942 | 2020 | down 1.9% | rising |
| 99 | Sweden | 0.2928 | 2023 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 100 | Kazakhstan | 0.2919 | 2021 | up 4.3% | falling |
| 102 | Egypt | 0.2848 | 2021 | down 5.7% | flat |
| 103 | Poland | 0.2847 | 2023 | down 14.1% | rising |
| 104 | Bhutan | 0.2845 | 2022 | down 26.7% | falling |
| 105 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.2755 | 2024 | up 2.7% | falling |
| 106 | Armenia | 0.2744 | 2024 | down 12.8% | falling |
| 107 | Finland | 0.274 | 2023 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 108 | Belgium | 0.2682 | 2023 | down 3.1% | flat |
| 109 | Iceland | 0.268 | 2019 | down 6.5% | falling |
| 110 | Moldova | 0.2676 | 2023 | down 6.2% | falling |
| 111 | Azerbaijan | 0.2655 | 2005 | down 23.4% | falling |
| 112 | Norway | 0.2653 | 2023 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 113 | Syria | 0.2637 | 2022 | down 34.7% | falling |
| 114 | Netherlands | 0.2574 | 2021 | down 7.2% | falling |
| 115 | Czechia | 0.2571 | 2023 | down 2.9% | flat |
| 116 | Ukraine | 0.2563 | 2020 | up 3.3% | falling |
| 117 | India | 0.2551 | 2022 | down 11.3% | falling |
| 118 | Slovenia | 0.2468 | 2023 | down 5.9% | flat |
| 119 | Belarus | 0.2438 | 2020 | down 14.6% | falling |
| 120 | Slovakia | 0.2382 | 2023 | down 15.2% | flat |
About this data
The Gini coefficient measures inequality on a scale from 0 to 1. Higher values indicate higher inequality.