Income inequality: Atkinson index in Equatorial Guinea
Equatorial Guinea: Income inequality: Atkinson index was 0.4842 in 2015. ▬ Flat
Income inequality: Atkinson index in Equatorial Guinea, 2010–2015
Source: UNDP, Human Development Report (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
Analysis
Equatorial Guinea recorded 0.4842 for income inequality: atkinson index in 2015. That is the highest value across all 6 years on record.
The figure is unchanged over ten years.
Equatorial Guinea ranks 16th of 174 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
Income inequality: Atkinson index in Equatorial Guinea, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 0.4842 | — |
| 2011 | 0.4842 | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 0.4842 | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 0.4842 | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 0.4842 | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 0.4842 | +0.0% |
Equatorial Guinea compared with similar countries
- Equatorial Guinea's 0.4842 is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.2515, 1.9× the median. (51 countries reporting)
- Equatorial Guinea's 0.4842 is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.4345, 1.1× the median. (47 countries reporting)
Countries ranked near Equatorial Guinea
More poverty & inequality data for Equatorial Guinea
- 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 4.08 live births per woman (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 11.29 (2023)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 11.3% (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, annual growth rate 86.6 % change on previous year (2023)
- Share of government consumption in GDP vs. share of population living in extreme poverty 44.4% (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in women 0.1836 (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is income inequality: atkinson index in Equatorial Guinea?
- Income inequality: atkinson index in Equatorial Guinea was 0.4842 in 2015, 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 Equatorial Guinea?
- The highest recorded value was 0.4842 in 2010.
- What is the lowest income inequality: atkinson index recorded in Equatorial Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.4842 in 2010.
- How does Equatorial Guinea rank for income inequality: atkinson index?
- Equatorial Guinea ranks 16th out of 174 countries with data for 2015.
- Is income inequality: atkinson index rising or falling in Equatorial Guinea?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Equatorial Guinea 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.