Distribution of family income - Gini index

Distribution of family income - Gini index measures the degree of inequality in the distribution of family income in a country. The more nearly equal a country's income distribution, the lower its Gini index, e.g., a Scandinavian country with an index of 25. The more unequal a country's income distribution, the higher its Gini index, e.g., a Sub-Saharan country with an index of 50. If income were distributed with perfect equality the index would be zero; if income were distributed with perfect inequality, the index would be 100.

Rank Order Listing for the Distribution of family income - Gini index field
RankCountryDistribution of family income - Gini indexDate of Information
1Lesotho63.21995
2South Africa62.52013 est.
3Micronesia, Federated States of61.12013 est.
4Haiti60.82012
5Botswana60.52009
6Namibia59.72010
7Zambia57.52013
8Comoros55.92004 est.
9Hong Kong53.92016
10Guatemala53.02014 est.
11Paraguay51.72014
12Colombia51.12015
13Papua New Guinea50.91996
14Panama50.72014 est.
15Chile50.52013
16Eswatini50.42001
17Rwanda50.42013 est.
18Gambia, The50.21998
19Brazil49.02014
20Congo, Republic of the48.92011 est.
21Nigeria48.82013
22Costa Rica48.52014
23Kenya48.52016 est.
24Mexico48.22014
25Dominican Republic47.12013 est.
26Honduras47.12014
27Nicaragua47.12014
28Bolivia47.02016 est.
29Seychelles46.82013 est.
30Cameroon46.52014 est.
31China46.52016 est.
32Malaysia46.22009
33Malawi46.12010
34South Sudan46.02010 est.
35Togo46.02011
36Ecuador45.9December 2017
37Saudi Arabia45.92013 est.
38Singapore45.92017
39Mozambique45.62008
40Peru45.32012
41United States45.02007
42Guyana44.62007
43Iran44.52006
44Thailand44.52015
45Philippines44.42015 est.
46Central African Republic43.62003 est.
47Chad43.32011 est.
48Zimbabwe43.22011 est.
49Israel42.82013
50Angola42.72008 est.
51Burundi42.41998
52Gabon42.22005 est.
53Congo, Democratic Republic of the42.12012 est.
54Argentina41.72017 est.
55Uruguay41.62014
56Cote d'Ivoire41.52008
57Russia41.22015
58Qatar41.12007
59Madagascar41.02012
60Djibouti40.92002
61Morocco40.92007 est.
62Turkmenistan40.81998
63Senegal40.32011
64Bulgaria40.22017
65Turkey40.22010
66Georgia40.12014
67Mali40.12001
68Tunisia40.02005 est.
69Jordan39.72007
70Burkina Faso39.52007
71Uganda39.52013
72Guinea39.42007
73Sri Lanka39.22012 est.
74Venezuela39.02011
75Bhutan38.82012
76Serbia38.72014 est.
77Maldives38.42009 est.
78Cambodia37.92008 est.
79Japan37.92011
80Lithuania37.92015
81Yemen37.92009 est.
82Tanzania37.62007
83Mauritania37.02014
84Indonesia36.82009
85Uzbekistan36.82003
86Greece36.72012 est.
87Laos36.72008
88Benin36.52003
89New Zealand36.21997
90El Salvador36.02016 est.
91Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)36.02015
92Mauritius35.92012 est.
93Spain35.92012
94Korea, South35.72016 est.
95Algeria35.31995
96India35.22011
97Jamaica35.02016
98Macau35.02013
99Cyprus34.82014 est.
100Estonia34.82015
101Vietnam34.82014
102Latvia34.52015
103West Bank34.52009 est.
104Mongolia34.02017
105Niger34.02014
106Sierra Leone34.02011
107Greenland33.92015 est.
108Portugal33.92015 est.
109Bosnia and Herzegovina33.82011
110Azerbaijan33.72008
111Macedonia33.72015
112Taiwan33.62014
113Kyrgyzstan33.42007
114Ethiopia33.02011
115Nepal32.82010
116Tajikistan32.62006
117United Kingdom32.42012
118Bangladesh32.12010
119Canada32.12005
120Liberia32.02014
121Italy31.92012 est.
122Montenegro31.92014 est.
123Timor-Leste31.92007 est.
124Egypt31.82015
125Armenia31.52014
126Ireland31.32013 est.
127Croatia30.82015 est.
128Poland30.82015
129Sao Tome and Principe30.82010 est.
130Pakistan30.7FY2013
131Austria30.52015
132Luxembourg30.42013 est.
133Australia30.32008
134Netherlands30.32015 est.
135Switzerland29.52014 est.
136Afghanistan29.42008
137France29.32016
138Albania29.02012 est.
139Denmark29.02016 est.
140Hungary28.22015 est.
141Malta28.12015
142Iceland28.02006
143Romania27.32012
144Finland27.22016
145Germany27.02006
146Moldova26.82015 est.
147Norway26.82010
148Belarus26.52011
149Kazakhstan26.32013
150Belgium25.92013 est.
151Ukraine25.52015
152Czechia25.02015
153Sweden24.92013
154Slovenia24.42016
155Slovakia23.72015
156Kosovo23.22015 est.
157Faroe Islands22.72013 est.
158Jersey0.32014 est.