Gini index by country
Gini index measures the extent to which the distribution of income (or, in some cases, consumption expenditure) among individuals or households within an economy deviates from a perfectly equal distribution. A Lorenz curve plots the cumulative percentages of total income received against the cumulative number of...
What the numbers show
Gini index is currently reported for 123 countries. The highest value is 54.9 in Botswana; the lowest is 23.8 in Slovakia.
The median across all reporting countries is 33.9, and the mean is 35.51.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2.
Over the past decade 34 countries rose and 86 fell. The largest increase was in Kosovo (up 32.1%), and the largest decrease in Syria (down 34.7%).
Gini index: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Botswana | 54.9 | 2015 | down 10.7% | flat |
| 2 | Colombia | 54.4 | 2024 | up 1.5% | flat |
| 3 | South Africa | 54.1 | 2022 | down 11.2% | falling |
| 4 | Zambia | 51.5 | 2022 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 5 | Brazil | 50.3 | 2024 | down 3.5% | falling |
| 6 | Panama | 49.7 | 2024 | down 1.6% | falling |
| 7 | Mozambique | 49.6 | 2022 | down 8.1% | flat |
| 8 | Nicaragua | 46.2 | 2014 | down 5.3% | falling |
| 9 | Ecuador | 45.9 | 2025 | down 0.2% | falling |
| 10 | Honduras | 45.7 | 2024 | down 8.4% | falling |
| 11 | Costa Rica | 45.5 | 2025 | down 6.0% | rising |
| 12 | Guatemala | 45.2 | 2023 | down 6.4% | falling |
| 13 | Venezuela | 44.7 | 2006 | down 5.3% | falling |
| 14 | Paraguay | 44.2 | 2024 | down 12.8% | falling |
| 15 | Turkey | 43.7 | 2023 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 16 | Ghana | 43.5 | 2016 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 17 | Chile | 43 | 2024 | down 8.1% | falling |
| 18 | Uganda | 42.7 | 2019 | down 3.4% | flat |
| 19 | Mexico | 42.6 | 2024 | down 12.9% | falling |
| 20 | Argentina | 42.4 | 2024 | up 1.4% | falling |
| 21 | Cameroon | 42.2 | 2021 | down 9.4% | flat |
| 22 | United States | 41.8 | 2024 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 23 | Bolivia | 40.9 | 2024 | down 14.4% | falling |
| 24 | Malaysia | 40.7 | 2021 | down 6.7% | falling |
| 25 | Tanzania | 40.5 | 2018 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 26 | Peru | 40.1 | 2024 | down 7.0% | falling |
| 27 | Uruguay | 40 | 2024 | down 0.2% | falling |
| 28 | Belize | 39.9 | 2018 | — | falling |
| 28 | Jamaica | 39.9 | 2021 | — | falling |
| 30 | El Salvador | 39.8 | 2023 | down 8.3% | falling |
| 31 | Bulgaria | 39.5 | 2023 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 31 | Morocco | 39.5 | 2013 | down 2.7% | rising |
| 33 | Rwanda | 39.4 | 2023 | down 12.6% | falling |
| 34 | Philippines | 39.3 | 2023 | down 15.5% | flat |
| 35 | Dominican Republic | 39 | 2024 | down 12.0% | falling |
| 36 | Gambia | 38.8 | 2020 | down 11.0% | falling |
| 37 | Kenya | 38.5 | 2022 | down 5.6% | falling |
| 37 | Malawi | 38.5 | 2019 | down 15.4% | falling |
| 39 | Israel | 38.3 | 2022 | down 7.3% | rising |
| 39 | Kosovo | 38.3 | 2022 | up 32.1% | rising |
| 39 | Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) | 38.3 | 2022 | up 32.1% | rising |
| 42 | Togo | 37.9 | 2021 | down 17.6% | falling |
| 43 | Sri Lanka | 37.7 | 2019 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 44 | Burundi | 37.5 | 2020 | down 2.8% | flat |
| 45 | Burkina Faso | 37.4 | 2021 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 46 | Madagascar | 36.8 | 2021 | down 13.2% | falling |
| 47 | Palestine | 36.4 | 2023 | up 5.8% | flat |
| 48 | Senegal | 36.2 | 2021 | down 10.2% | falling |
| 49 | Tajikistan | 36.1 | 2024 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 49 | Vietnam | 36.1 | 2022 | up 1.4% | flat |
| 51 | China | 36 | 2022 | down 14.7% | rising |
| 51 | Lithuania | 36 | 2023 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 53 | Iran | 35.9 | 2023 | up 5.6% | falling |
| 54 | Mali | 35.7 | 2021 | up 8.2% | falling |
| 55 | Cote d'Ivoire | 35.3 | 2021 | down 18.3% | falling |
| 56 | Laos | 34.7 | 2024 | down 3.6% | rising |
| 57 | Benin | 34.4 | 2021 | down 20.7% | falling |
| 57 | Indonesia | 34.4 | 2025 | down 9.9% | rising |
| 59 | Italy | 34.3 | 2023 | down 1.7% | rising |
| 59 | Montenegro | 34.3 | 2021 | up 11.4% | rising |
| 61 | Latvia | 34 | 2023 | down 4.2% | rising |
| 62 | Georgia | 33.9 | 2024 | down 9.8% | falling |
| 62 | Nigeria | 33.9 | 2022 | down 4.5% | falling |
| 62 | Portugal | 33.9 | 2023 | down 6.4% | falling |
| 65 | Australia | 33.8 | 2020 | down 2.6% | rising |
| 65 | Switzerland | 33.8 | 2022 | up 7.0% | flat |
| 67 | Germany | 33.7 | 2022 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 67 | Jordan | 33.7 | 2010 | down 8.9% | falling |
| 67 | Tunisia | 33.7 | 2021 | down 12.5% | falling |
| 70 | Luxembourg | 33.6 | 2023 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 71 | North Macedonia | 33.5 | 2019 | down 21.7% | flat |
| 71 | Pakistan | 33.5 | 2024 | up 13.6% | flat |
| 73 | Spain | 33.4 | 2023 | down 7.7% | flat |
| 73 | Guinea-Bissau | 33.4 | 2021 | down 34.0% | falling |
| 73 | Greece | 33.4 | 2023 | down 7.5% | flat |
| 76 | Thailand | 33.3 | 2024 | down 10.0% | falling |
| 77 | Russia | 33 | 2023 | down 19.3% | falling |
| 78 | South Korea | 32.9 | 2021 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 78 | Niger | 32.9 | 2021 | up 4.4% | falling |
| 80 | Serbia | 32.8 | 2023 | down 16.8% | rising |
| 81 | Uzbekistan | 32.7 | 2025 | — | falling |
| 82 | United Kingdom | 32.4 | 2021 | down 2.4% | rising |
| 83 | Japan | 32.3 | 2020 | up 2.5% | flat |
| 84 | Mauritania | 32 | 2019 | down 10.4% | falling |
| 85 | Cyprus | 31.8 | 2023 | down 14.1% | flat |
| 85 | France | 31.8 | 2023 | down 2.2% | falling |
| 85 | Malta | 31.8 | 2023 | up 10.4% | rising |
| 88 | Canada | 31.5 | 2022 | down 6.0% | flat |
| 89 | Mongolia | 31.4 | 2022 | down 7.1% | flat |
| 90 | Austria | 31.2 | 2023 | up 1.3% | flat |
| 91 | Ethiopia | 31.1 | 2021 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 92 | Bangladesh | 30.9 | 2022 | down 3.7% | rising |
| 93 | Estonia | 30.7 | 2023 | down 12.5% | falling |
| 94 | Hungary | 30.6 | 2017 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 95 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 30.3 | 2021 | down 9.0% | flat |
| 96 | Croatia | 30.1 | 2023 | down 5.9% | rising |
| 97 | Nepal | 30 | 2022 | down 8.5% | flat |
| 98 | Denmark | 29.9 | 2023 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 99 | Romania | 29.8 | 2023 | down 19.2% | rising |
| 100 | Guinea | 29.6 | 2018 | down 24.9% | falling |
| 101 | Albania | 29.4 | 2020 | down 2.0% | rising |
| 102 | Sweden | 29.3 | 2023 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 103 | Kazakhstan | 29.2 | 2021 | up 4.3% | falling |
| 104 | Ireland | 29 | 2023 | down 13.4% | falling |
| 105 | Bhutan | 28.5 | 2022 | down 26.5% | falling |
| 105 | Egypt | 28.5 | 2021 | down 5.6% | flat |
| 105 | Poland | 28.5 | 2023 | down 13.9% | rising |
| 108 | Kyrgyzstan | 27.5 | 2024 | up 2.6% | falling |
| 109 | Armenia | 27.4 | 2024 | down 13.0% | falling |
| 109 | Finland | 27.4 | 2023 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 111 | Belgium | 26.8 | 2023 | down 3.2% | flat |
| 111 | Iceland | 26.8 | 2019 | down 6.6% | falling |
| 111 | Moldova | 26.8 | 2023 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 114 | Azerbaijan | 26.6 | 2005 | down 23.1% | falling |
| 115 | Norway | 26.5 | 2023 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 116 | Syria | 26.4 | 2022 | down 34.7% | falling |
| 117 | Czechia | 25.7 | 2023 | down 3.0% | flat |
| 117 | Netherlands | 25.7 | 2021 | down 7.6% | falling |
| 119 | Ukraine | 25.6 | 2020 | up 3.2% | falling |
| 120 | India | 25.5 | 2022 | down 11.5% | falling |
| 121 | Slovenia | 24.7 | 2023 | down 5.7% | falling |
| 122 | Belarus | 24.4 | 2020 | down 14.7% | falling |
| 123 | Slovakia | 23.8 | 2023 | down 15.3% | flat |
About this data
Gini index measures the extent to which the distribution of income (or, in some cases, consumption expenditure) among individuals or households within an economy deviates from a perfectly equal distribution. A Lorenz curve plots the cumulative percentages of total income received against the cumulative number of recipients, starting with the poorest individual or household. The Gini index measures the area between the Lorenz curve and a hypothetical line of absolute equality, expressed as a percentage of the maximum area under the line. Thus a Gini index of 0 represents perfect equality, while an index of 100 implies perfect inequality.