Income inequality: Atkinson index in Palestine
Palestine: Income inequality: Atkinson index was 0.3145 in 2023. ▲ Rising
Income inequality: Atkinson index in Palestine, 2010–2023
Source: UNDP, Human Development Report (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
Analysis
Palestine recorded 0.3145 for income inequality: atkinson index in 2023. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.
That represents a change of up 10.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, income inequality: atkinson index in Palestine peaked at 0.3145 in 2017 and was at its lowest, 0.2849, in 2012.
That places Palestine 65th out of 174 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Income inequality: Atkinson index in Palestine, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 0.2885 | — |
| 2011 | 0.3019 | +4.6% |
| 2012 | 0.2849 | -5.6% |
| 2013 | 0.2849 | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 0.2849 | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 0.2849 | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 0.2849 | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 0.3145 | +10.4% |
| 2018 | 0.3145 | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 0.3145 | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 0.3145 | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 0.3145 | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 0.3145 | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 0.3145 | +0.0% |
Palestine compared with similar countries
- Palestine's 0.3145 is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.3514, 89% of the median. (46 countries reporting)
- Palestine's 0.3145 is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 0.2385, 1.3× the median. (18 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.2959 | 0.2849 | 0.3145 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.3145 | 0.3145 | 0.3145 | 4 |
Countries ranked near Palestine
More poverty & inequality data for Palestine
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 2 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 3.31 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 2,465 kg per hectare (2023)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, annual growth rate -2.53 % change on previous year (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 6.65 (2021)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 6.6% (2021)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2021)
Frequently asked questions
- What is income inequality: atkinson index in Palestine?
- Income inequality: atkinson index in Palestine was 0.3145 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 Palestine?
- The highest recorded value was 0.3145 in 2017.
- What is the lowest income inequality: atkinson index recorded in Palestine?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2849 in 2012.
- How does Palestine rank for income inequality: atkinson index?
- Palestine ranks 65th out of 174 countries with data for 2023.
- Is income inequality: atkinson index rising or falling in Palestine?
- Over the last ten years it is up 10.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Palestine 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.