Income inequality: Atkinson index in Singapore
Singapore: Income inequality: Atkinson index was 0.2594 in 2023. ▬ Flat
Income inequality: Atkinson index in Singapore, 2010–2023
Source: UNDP, Human Development Report (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
Analysis
The most recent figure for income inequality: atkinson index in Singapore is 0.2594, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, income inequality: atkinson index in Singapore peaked at 0.2594 in 2012 and was at its lowest, 0.2416, in 2010.
That places Singapore 82nd out of 174 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
Income inequality: Atkinson index in Singapore, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 0.2416 | — |
| 2011 | 0.2551 | +5.6% |
| 2012 | 0.2594 | +1.7% |
| 2013 | 0.2594 | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 0.2594 | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 0.2594 | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 0.2594 | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 0.2594 | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 0.2594 | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 0.2594 | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 0.2594 | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 0.2594 | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 0.2594 | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 0.2594 | +0.0% |
Singapore compared with similar countries
- Singapore's 0.2594 is above the median for high income countries, which is 0.1703, 1.5× the median. (54 countries reporting)
- Singapore's 0.2594 is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 0.2171, 1.2× the median. (29 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.2572 | 0.2416 | 0.2594 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.2594 | 0.2594 | 0.2594 | 4 |
Countries ranked near Singapore
- 79 Papua New Guinea 0.2717 compare
- 80 Bolivia 0.2691 compare
- 81 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.265 compare
- 83 Morocco 0.2592 compare
- 84 Micronesia (country) 0.2579 compare
- 85 Iraq 0.2547 compare
More poverty & inequality data for Singapore
- Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 0.943 live births per woman (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 14.01 (2023)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 14.0% (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 16.4 % change on previous year (2023)
- Gender Inequality Index 0.031 (2023)
- Share of government consumption in GDP vs. share of population living in extreme poverty 11.9% (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in women 0.0759 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex 0.0759 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men 0.091 (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is income inequality: atkinson index in Singapore?
- Income inequality: atkinson index in Singapore was 0.2594 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 Singapore?
- The highest recorded value was 0.2594 in 2012.
- What is the lowest income inequality: atkinson index recorded in Singapore?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2416 in 2010.
- How does Singapore rank for income inequality: atkinson index?
- Singapore ranks 82nd out of 174 countries with data for 2023.
- Is income inequality: atkinson index rising or falling in Singapore?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Singapore 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.