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Gini coefficient (before tax) by country

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 before taxes and benefits.

Countries reporting
110
Highest
0.7768
Iraq
Lowest
0.3785
Slovakia
Median
0.5519
Years covered
205
1820–2024
Data points
3,075

What the numbers show

Gini coefficient (before tax) is currently reported for 110 countries. The highest value is 0.7768 in Iraq; the lowest is 0.3785 in Slovakia.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.5519, and the mean is 0.5501.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2.

Over the past decade 44 countries rose and 63 fell. The largest increase was in Iraq (up 41.2%), and the largest decrease in Guinea-Bissau (down 21.7%).

Gini coefficient (before tax): full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Iraq 0.7768 2024 up 41.2% rising
2 Colombia 0.7492 2022 up 8.2% flat
3 South Africa 0.7465 2014 up 10.5% rising
4 Botswana 0.7114 2015 down 6.2% flat
5 Mexico 0.7087 2022 down 6.5% flat
6 Chile 0.7054 2022 down 7.7% flat
7 Brazil 0.6973 2022 up 2.7% flat
8 Peru 0.6966 2022 up 3.8% flat
9 Zimbabwe 0.6851 2019 up 10.1% flat
10 Mozambique 0.6809 2022 down 6.1% flat
11 Zambia 0.6769 2022 down 1.6% rising
12 Costa Rica 0.6535 2022 up 0.2% rising
13 Thailand 0.6429 2021 up 1.0% falling
14 Saudi Arabia 0.6428 2011 — rising
15 India 0.6392 2022 up 2.0% rising
16 Palestine 0.6387 2023 up 0.9% flat
17 Uganda 0.6291 2019 down 1.6% falling
18 Tunisia 0.6253 2021 down 0.4% flat
19 Turkey 0.6231 2024 up 4.8% flat
20 Lebanon 0.6216 2024 down 5.3% flat
21 Ecuador 0.6125 2022 down 0.7% falling
21 Tanzania 0.6125 2017 up 2.2% falling
23 Rwanda 0.6112 2023 down 6.8% falling
24 Taiwan 0.6086 2017 down 1.9% rising
25 Ghana 0.6078 2016 down 0.3% falling
26 Dominican Republic 0.6059 2022 down 12.3% falling
27 Laos 0.6013 2018 up 2.9% flat
28 Cameroon 0.5996 2021 down 6.0% falling
29 Israel 0.5986 2016 down 4.8% flat
30 Indonesia 0.5984 2018 up 1.9% flat
31 El Salvador 0.5963 2022 down 10.8% falling
32 Kenya 0.5953 2021 down 0.6% falling
33 Georgia 0.5932 2024 up 3.1% flat
33 Hong Kong 0.5932 2024 unchanged rising
35 Sri Lanka 0.5911 2016 down 2.5% rising
36 Jordan 0.5898 2013 down 2.3% flat
37 Malawi 0.5885 2019 down 9.7% flat
38 United States 0.5869 2024 up 0.5% flat
39 Gambia 0.5864 2020 down 7.5% falling
40 Cambodia 0.5805 2014 — falling
41 Burkina Faso 0.5796 2021 down 3.7% falling
42 Egypt 0.5773 2020 up 1.4% rising
43 Burundi 0.5771 2020 down 1.7% flat
44 Togo 0.5761 2021 down 9.1% falling
45 Mauritius 0.5747 2017 up 2.1% falling
46 Argentina 0.5721 2022 up 5.6% falling
47 Madagascar 0.5719 2021 down 8.2% falling
48 Philippines 0.5717 2018 down 5.9% flat
49 Senegal 0.564 2021 down 4.3% falling
50 Vietnam 0.5616 2018 down 1.9% flat
51 Mali 0.56 2021 up 5.8% falling
52 Mongolia 0.5597 2018 down 2.8% flat
53 Uruguay 0.5583 2022 up 2.9% falling
54 Cote d'Ivoire 0.5547 2021 down 9.0% flat
55 China 0.5536 2015 down 0.3% rising
56 Niger 0.5503 2021 up 3.3% falling
57 Bulgaria 0.5501 2023 up 16.2% rising
58 Benin 0.5469 2021 down 12.6% falling
59 Singapore 0.5445 2014 up 5.5% rising
60 Estonia 0.5422 2022 up 5.3% rising
61 Romania 0.541 2022 up 0.1% rising
62 Iran 0.5401 2022 down 9.4% falling
63 Russia 0.5397 2017 down 9.8% rising
64 Nigeria 0.5379 2022 down 1.3% falling
65 Kyrgyzstan 0.5371 2019 up 3.3% falling
66 Guinea-Bissau 0.5366 2021 down 21.7% falling
67 Kazakhstan 0.5314 2018 up 0.2% flat
68 Bangladesh 0.5298 2016 down 6.0% rising
68 Pakistan 0.5298 2018 down 3.3% flat
70 Tajikistan 0.525 2015 down 2.5% flat
71 Mauritania 0.5164 2019 down 4.5% falling
72 Ethiopia 0.5157 2021 down 5.4% falling
73 Serbia 0.5154 2022 down 6.6% rising
74 Montenegro 0.5055 2021 down 1.6% rising
75 Seychelles 0.5049 2018 down 19.3% falling
76 Canada 0.5047 2022 up 1.6% rising
77 South Korea 0.5032 2022 up 5.7% rising
78 Lithuania 0.5026 2022 up 1.9% rising
79 Guinea 0.4947 2018 down 14.9% falling
80 Moldova 0.4936 2021 down 1.7% rising
81 Latvia 0.4927 2022 down 1.7% rising
82 Australia 0.4923 2022 up 1.0% rising
83 Albania 0.492 2022 up 5.5% rising
84 Germany 0.49 2022 up 1.6% rising
85 Poland 0.4857 2022 up 2.8% rising
86 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.4831 2015 down 0.3% rising
87 Malaysia 0.4807 2022 down 11.9% flat
89 Croatia 0.4715 2022 up 0.6% rising
91 United Kingdom 0.4683 2021 down 1.5% rising
92 Portugal 0.4656 2022 down 3.6% rising
93 New Zealand 0.4649 2022 up 5.9% falling
95 France 0.4592 2022 up 2.9% falling
96 Greece 0.4534 2022 down 0.7% flat
97 Belgium 0.4506 2022 up 3.9% flat
98 Cyprus 0.4491 2022 down 10.1% flat
99 Spain 0.4464 2022 down 1.7% falling
100 Denmark 0.4417 2022 up 4.5% rising
101 North Macedonia 0.4382 2018 down 10.4% rising
102 Italy 0.434 2015 up 1.5% flat
103 Finland 0.433 2022 down 0.4% falling
104 Hungary 0.4328 2022 up 4.7% flat
105 Netherlands 0.4241 2022 up 4.0% rising
106 Switzerland 0.4234 2022 down 1.9% falling
107 Austria 0.4182 2017 down 2.2% flat
108 Slovenia 0.4072 2022 down 1.9% rising
109 Norway 0.4055 2022 down 2.3% rising
110 Sweden 0.3971 2022 up 0.8% flat
111 Iceland 0.3953 2016 down 8.2% falling
112 Czechia 0.3812 2022 down 1.8% rising
113 Slovakia 0.3785 2022 down 5.9% rising

About this data

Indicator
Gini coefficient (before tax)
Source
World Inequality Database (WID.world) (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
113 places, 3,075 data points, 1820–2024
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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 before taxes and benefits.