Income inequality: Atkinson index in Djibouti
Djibouti: Income inequality: Atkinson index was 0.2869 in 2023. ▼ Falling
Income inequality: Atkinson index in Djibouti, 2012–2023
Source: UNDP, Human Development Report (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
Analysis
Djibouti recorded 0.2869 for income inequality: atkinson index in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 12 years on record.
That represents a change of down 7.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, income inequality: atkinson index in Djibouti peaked at 0.3324 in 2012 and was at its lowest, 0.2869, in 2017.
Djibouti ranks 73rd of 174 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 12 years of available data.
Income inequality: Atkinson index in Djibouti, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 0.3324 | — |
| 2013 | 0.3104 | -6.6% |
| 2014 | 0.3104 | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 0.3104 | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 0.3104 | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 0.2869 | -7.6% |
| 2018 | 0.2869 | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 0.2869 | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 0.2869 | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 0.2869 | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 0.2869 | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 0.2869 | +0.0% |
Djibouti compared with similar countries
- Djibouti's 0.2869 is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.3514, 82% of the median. (46 countries reporting)
- Djibouti's 0.2869 is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 0.2385, 1.2× the median. (18 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.3043 | 0.2869 | 0.3324 | 8 |
| 2020s | 0.2869 | 0.2869 | 0.2869 | 4 |
Countries ranked near Djibouti
More poverty & inequality data for Djibouti
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 1 surveys (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 2.61 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 2,041 kg per hectare (2024)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, annual growth rate 0.3343 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 11.32 (2020)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 11.3% (2020)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2020)
Frequently asked questions
- What is income inequality: atkinson index in Djibouti?
- Income inequality: atkinson index in Djibouti was 0.2869 in 2023, according to UNDP, Human Development Report (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest income inequality: atkinson index recorded in Djibouti?
- The highest recorded value was 0.3324 in 2012.
- What is the lowest income inequality: atkinson index recorded in Djibouti?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2869 in 2017.
- How does Djibouti rank for income inequality: atkinson index?
- Djibouti ranks 73rd out of 174 countries with data for 2023.
- Is income inequality: atkinson index rising or falling in Djibouti?
- Over the last ten years it is down 7.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Djibouti data come from?
- The figures come from UNDP, Human Development Report (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Income inequality: Atkinson index. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The Atkinson index measures inequality on a scale from 0 to 1. Higher values indicate higher inequality. Depending on the country and year, the data relates to income measured after taxes and benefits, or to consumption, per capita.