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Three metrics of inequality by country

The Gini coefficient measures inequality on a scale from 0 to 1. Higher values indicate higher inequality. Inequality is measured here in terms of income before taxes and benefits.

Countries reporting
110
Highest
77.68
Iraq
Lowest
37.85
Slovakia
Median
55.2
Years covered
205
1820–2024
Data points
3,075

What the numbers show

Three metrics of inequality is currently reported for 110 countries. The highest value is 77.68 in Iraq; the lowest is 37.85 in Slovakia.

The median across all reporting countries is 55.2, and the mean is 55.01.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2.

Over the past decade 44 countries rose and 63 fell. The largest increase was in Iraq (up 41.2%), and the largest decrease in Guinea-Bissau (down 21.7%).

Three metrics of inequality: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Iraq 77.68 2024 up 41.2% rising
2 Colombia 74.92 2022 up 8.2% flat
3 South Africa 74.65 2014 up 10.5% rising
4 Botswana 71.14 2015 down 6.2% flat
5 Mexico 70.87 2022 down 6.5% flat
6 Chile 70.54 2022 down 7.7% flat
7 Brazil 69.73 2022 up 2.7% flat
8 Peru 69.66 2022 up 3.8% flat
9 Zimbabwe 68.51 2019 up 10.1% flat
10 Mozambique 68.09 2022 down 6.1% flat
11 Zambia 67.69 2022 down 1.6% rising
12 Costa Rica 65.35 2022 up 0.2% rising
13 Thailand 64.29 2021 up 1.0% falling
14 Saudi Arabia 64.28 2011 — rising
15 India 63.92 2022 up 2.0% rising
16 Palestine 63.87 2023 up 0.9% flat
17 Uganda 62.91 2019 down 1.6% falling
18 Tunisia 62.53 2021 down 0.4% flat
19 Turkey 62.31 2024 up 4.8% flat
20 Lebanon 62.16 2024 down 5.3% flat
21 Ecuador 61.25 2022 down 0.7% falling
21 Tanzania 61.25 2017 up 2.2% falling
23 Rwanda 61.12 2023 down 6.8% falling
24 Taiwan 60.86 2017 down 1.9% rising
25 Ghana 60.78 2016 down 0.3% falling
26 Dominican Republic 60.59 2022 down 12.3% falling
27 Laos 60.13 2018 up 2.9% flat
28 Cameroon 59.96 2021 down 6.0% falling
29 Israel 59.86 2016 down 4.8% flat
30 Indonesia 59.84 2018 up 1.9% flat
31 El Salvador 59.63 2022 down 10.8% falling
32 Kenya 59.53 2021 down 0.6% falling
33 Georgia 59.32 2024 up 3.1% flat
33 Hong Kong 59.32 2024 unchanged rising
35 Sri Lanka 59.11 2016 down 2.5% rising
36 Jordan 58.98 2013 down 2.3% flat
37 Malawi 58.85 2019 down 9.7% flat
38 United States 58.69 2024 up 0.5% flat
39 Gambia 58.64 2020 down 7.5% falling
40 Cambodia 58.05 2014 — falling
41 Burkina Faso 57.96 2021 down 3.7% falling
42 Egypt 57.73 2020 up 1.4% rising
43 Burundi 57.71 2020 down 1.7% flat
44 Togo 57.61 2021 down 9.1% falling
45 Mauritius 57.47 2017 up 2.1% falling
46 Argentina 57.21 2022 up 5.6% falling
47 Madagascar 57.19 2021 down 8.2% falling
48 Philippines 57.17 2018 down 5.9% flat
49 Senegal 56.4 2021 down 4.3% falling
50 Vietnam 56.16 2018 down 1.9% flat
51 Mali 56 2021 up 5.8% falling
52 Mongolia 55.97 2018 down 2.8% flat
53 Uruguay 55.83 2022 up 2.9% falling
54 Cote d'Ivoire 55.47 2021 down 9.0% flat
55 China 55.36 2015 down 0.3% rising
56 Niger 55.03 2021 up 3.3% falling
57 Bulgaria 55.01 2023 up 16.2% rising
58 Benin 54.69 2021 down 12.6% falling
59 Singapore 54.45 2014 up 5.5% rising
60 Estonia 54.22 2022 up 5.3% rising
61 Romania 54.1 2022 up 0.1% rising
62 Iran 54.01 2022 down 9.4% falling
63 Russia 53.97 2017 down 9.8% rising
64 Nigeria 53.79 2022 down 1.3% falling
65 Kyrgyzstan 53.71 2019 up 3.3% falling
66 Guinea-Bissau 53.66 2021 down 21.7% falling
67 Kazakhstan 53.14 2018 up 0.2% flat
68 Bangladesh 52.98 2016 down 6.0% rising
68 Pakistan 52.98 2018 down 3.3% flat
70 Tajikistan 52.5 2015 down 2.5% flat
71 Mauritania 51.64 2019 down 4.5% falling
72 Ethiopia 51.57 2021 down 5.4% falling
73 Serbia 51.54 2022 down 6.6% rising
74 Montenegro 50.55 2021 down 1.6% rising
75 Seychelles 50.49 2018 down 19.3% falling
76 Canada 50.47 2022 up 1.6% rising
77 South Korea 50.32 2022 up 5.7% rising
78 Lithuania 50.26 2022 up 1.9% rising
79 Guinea 49.47 2018 down 14.9% falling
80 Moldova 49.36 2021 down 1.7% rising
81 Latvia 49.27 2022 down 1.7% rising
82 Australia 49.23 2022 up 1.0% rising
83 Albania 49.2 2022 up 5.5% rising
84 Germany 49 2022 up 1.6% rising
85 Poland 48.57 2022 up 2.8% rising
86 Bosnia and Herzegovina 48.31 2015 down 0.3% rising
87 Malaysia 48.07 2022 down 11.9% flat
89 Croatia 47.15 2022 up 0.6% rising
91 United Kingdom 46.83 2021 down 1.5% rising
92 Portugal 46.56 2022 down 3.6% rising
93 New Zealand 46.49 2022 up 5.9% falling
95 France 45.92 2022 up 2.9% falling
96 Greece 45.34 2022 down 0.7% flat
97 Belgium 45.06 2022 up 3.9% flat
98 Cyprus 44.91 2022 down 10.1% flat
99 Spain 44.64 2022 down 1.7% falling
100 Denmark 44.17 2022 up 4.5% rising
101 North Macedonia 43.82 2018 down 10.4% rising
102 Italy 43.4 2015 up 1.5% flat
103 Finland 43.3 2022 down 0.4% falling
104 Hungary 43.28 2022 up 4.7% flat
105 Netherlands 42.41 2022 up 4.0% rising
106 Switzerland 42.34 2022 down 1.9% falling
107 Austria 41.82 2017 down 2.2% flat
108 Slovenia 40.72 2022 down 1.9% rising
109 Norway 40.55 2022 down 2.3% rising
110 Sweden 39.71 2022 up 0.8% flat
111 Iceland 39.53 2016 down 8.2% falling
112 Czechia 38.12 2022 down 1.8% rising
113 Slovakia 37.85 2022 down 5.9% rising

About this data

Indicator
Three metrics of inequality
Source
World Inequality Database (WID.world) (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
113 places, 3,075 data points, 1820–2024
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The Gini coefficient measures inequality on a scale from 0 to 1. Higher values indicate higher inequality. Inequality is measured here in terms of income before taxes and benefits.