List of countries by income equality

This is a list of countries or dependencies by income inequality metrics, including Gini coefficients. The Gini coefficient is a number between 0 and 1, where 0 corresponds with perfect equality (where everyone has the same income) and 1 corresponds with perfect inequality (where one person has all the incomeand everyone else has zero income). Income distribution can vary greatly from wealth distribution in a country (see List of countries by distribution of wealth). Income from black market economic activity is not included and is the subject of current economic research.[1][2]

Countries' income inequality (2014) according to their Gini coefficients measured in percent: red = high, green = low inequality. The map is potentially misleading as the green/red divide is arbitrary.

UN and CIA combined list – income ratios and Gini indices (1995–present)

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Key:
R/P 10%: The ratio of the average income of the richest 10% to the poorest 10%
R/P 20%: The ratio of the average income of the richest 20% to the poorest 20%
Gini: Gini index, a quantified representation of a nation's Lorenz curve
UN: Data from the United Nations Development Programme.
CIA: Data from the Central Intelligence Agency's The World Factbook.



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Country UN R/P World Bank Gini [3] CIA R/P [4] CIA Gini[5]
10%[6] 20%[7] % Year 10% Year % Year

Afghanistan 27.8 2008
Albania 7.2 4.8 29.0 2012 7.2 2004 26.9 2012 est.
Algeria 9.6 6.1 35.3 1995 9.6 1995 35.3 1995
Angola 42.7 2008
Argentina 31.6 17.8 42.7 2014 35.0 2007 Jan.-Mar. 45.8 2009
Armenia 8.0 5.0 31.5 2014 25.8 2004 30.3 2012
Australia 12.5 7.0 34.9 2010 12.7 1994 30.3 2008
Austria 6.9 4.4 30.5 2012 6.8 2004 26.3 2007
Azerbaijan 9.7 6.0 33.7 2008 9.5 2001 33.7 2008
Bahrain
Bangladesh 7.5 4.9 32.0 2010 7.5 2000 est. 32.1 2010
Belarus 6.9 4.5 26.0 2012 6.9 2002 26.5 2011
Belgium 8.2 4.9 27.6 2012 8.3 2000 25.9 2013 est.
Belize 53.3 1999
Benin 9.4 6.0 43.5 2012 9.4 2003 36.5 2003
Bhutan 38.7 2012 38.7 2012
Bolivia 93.9 42.3 48.4 2014 157.3 2002 46.6 2012
Bosnia and Herzegovina 5.4 3.8 33.0 2007 5.5 2001 36.2 2007
Botswana 43.0 20.4 60.5 2009 63.0 1993
Brazil 16 13 48.4 2014 14.6 2013 48.7 2013
Bulgaria 7.0 4.4 36.0 2012 8.8 2005 35.4 2012
Burkina Faso 11.6 6.9 39.8 2009 11.5 2003 39.5 2007
Burundi 19.3 9.5 33.4 2006 19.3 1998 42.4 1998
Cambodia 12.2 7.3 30.8 2012 12.0 2004 37.9 2008 est.
Cameroon 15.7 9.1 42.8 2007 15.4 2001 44.6 2001
Canada 9.4 5.5 33.7 2010 9.5 2000 32.1 2005
Cape Verde 42.7 2007
Central African Republic 69.2 32.7 56.2 2008 68.1 1993 61.3 1993
Chad 43.3 2011 43.3 2011 est.
Chile 26.2 15.7 50.5 2013 32.1 2003 52.1 2009
China 21.6 12.2 42.2 2012 21.8 2004 42.2 2012
Colombia 60.4 25.3 53.5 2013 56.3 2008 53.5 2012
Comoros 64.3 2004
DR Congo 42.1 2012
Congo, Republic of the 40.2 2011
Costa Rica 23.4 15.6 48.5 2014 37.3 2003 50.3 2009
Côte d'Ivoire 16.6 9.7 43.2 2008 17.0 2002 41.5 2008
Croatia 7.3 4.8 32.0 2011 7.2 2003 est. 32.0 2010
Cuba
Cyprus 34.3 2012 32.4 2013 est.
Czech Republic 5.2 3.5 26.1 2012 5.2 1996 24.9 2012
Denmark 8.1 4.3 29.1 2012 12.0 2000 est. 24.8 2011 est.
Djibouti 45.1 2012 40.9 2002
Dominican Republic 25.3 14.3 47.1 2013 18.8 2012 45.7 2012 est.
Ecuador 35.2 17.3 45.4 2014 17.5 2006 Oct.[8] 48.5 2013 Dec.[8]
Egypt 8.0 5.1 30.8 2008 8.0 2000 30.8 2008
El Salvador 38.6 20.9 41.8 2013 55.4 2002 46.9 2007
Equatorial Guinea
Estonia 10.8 6.4 33.2 2012 11.0 2003 32.9 2013
Ethiopia 6.6 4.3 33.2 2010 6.5 2000 33.0 2011
European Union 30.6 2012 est.
Fiji 42.8 2008
Finland 5.6 3.8 27.1 2012 5.7 2000 26.8 2008
France 9.1 5.6 33.1 2012 8.3 2004 30.1 2013
Gabon 41.5 2005
The Gambia 20.2 11.2 47.3 2003 20.6 1998 50.2 1998
Georgia 15.4 8.3 40.0 2013 15.2 2003 46.0 2011
Germany 6.9 4.3 30.1 2011 6.9 2000 27.0 2006
Ghana 14.1 8.4 42.8 2006 13.7 1999 42.3 2012–2013
Greece 10.2 6.2 36.7 2012 10.4 2000 est. 34.4 2013 est.
Guatemala 33.9 20.3 48.7 2014 48.2 2002 55.1 2007
Guinea 10.5 6.6 33.7 2012 21.6 2006 39.4 2007
Guinea-Bissau 19.0 10.3 50.7 2010 84.8 1991
Guyana 44.5 1998 26.0 1999 44.6 2007
Haiti 54.4 26.6 60.8 2012 68.1 2001 59.2 2001
Honduras 59.4 17.2 50.6 2014 35.2 2003 57.7 2007
Hong Kong 17.8 9.7 53.7 2011
Hungary 5.5 3.8 30.6 2012 5.6 2002 24.7 2009
Iceland 26.9 2012 28.0 2006
India 8.6 5.6 35.1 2011 8.6 2004 35.1 2011
Indonesia 7.8 5.2 35.6 2010 7.9 2002 41.0 2015
Iran 17.2 9.7 37.4 2013 16.9 1998 44.5 2006
Iraq 29.5 2012
Ireland 9.4 5.6 32.5 2012 9.4 2000 33.9 2010
Israel 13.4 7.9 42.8 2010 11.8 2005 37.6 2012
Italy 11.6 6.5 35.2 2012 11.7 2000 31.9 2012 est.
Jamaica 17.3 9.8 45.5 2004 17.0 2004 45.5 2004
Japan 4.5 3.4 32.1 2008 4.5 1993 37.9 2011
Jordan 11.3 6.9 35.4 2010 11.3 2003 39.7 2007
Kazakhstan 8.5 5.6 26.4 2013 8.0 2004 est. 28.9 2011
Kenya 13.6 8.2 47.7 2005 18.6 2000 42.5 2008 est.
North Korea
South Korea 7.8 4.7 31.3 2007 5.9 2011 30.2 2013 est.
Kuwait
Kyrgyzstan 6.4 4.4 27.4 2012 6.4 2003 33.4 2007
Laos 8.3 5.4 37.9 2012 8.4 2002 36.7 2008
Latvia 11.6 6.8 35.5 2012 11.6 2003 35.2 2010
Lebanon
Lesotho 39.8 44.2 54.2 2015 48.2 2002 est. 63.2 1995
Liberia 12.8 36.5 2007
Libya
Lithuania 10.4 6.3 35.2 2012 10.3 2003 35.5 2009
Luxembourg 34.8 2012 6.8 2000 30.4 2013 est.
Macau 35 2013
Macedonia 12.5 7.5 43.2 2009 12.3 2003 43.6 2013
Madagascar 19.2 11.0 40.6 2010 19.3 2001 47.5 2001
Malawi 10.9 6.7 46.1 2010 11.0 2004 39.0 2004
Malaysia 22.1 12.4 46.3 2009 28.0 2003 est. 46.2 2009
Maldives 36.8 2009 37.4 2004 est.
Mali 12.5 7.6 33.0 2010 12.6 2001 40.1 2001
Malta 27.9 2013
Mauritania 12.0 7.4 37.5 2008 11.8 2000 39.0 2000
Mauritius 35.8 2012 35.9 2012 est.
Mexico 21.6 12.8 48.2 2014 24.6 2004 48.3 2008
Moldova 8.2 5.3 28.5 2013 8.3 2003 33.0 2010
Mongolia 8.2 5.4 33.8 2012 8.2 2002 36.5 2008
Montenegro 33.2 2013 26.2 2013 est.
Morocco 11.7 7.2 40.7 2007 11.9 1999 40.9 2007 est.
Mozambique 18.8 9.9 45.6 2008 18.8 2002 45.6 2008
Myanmar 11.6 1998
Namibia 106.6 56.1 61.3 2010 129.0 2003 59.7 2010
Nepal 15.8 9.1 32.8 2010 15.6 2004 32.8 2010
Netherlands 9.2 2.5[9] 28.0 2012 9.2 1999 25.1 2013
New Zealand 12.4 6.8 36.2 1997 36.2 1997
Nicaragua 31.0 8.8 47.0 2014 15.4 2001 40.5 2010
Niger 46.0 20.7 31.5 2011 44.3 1995 34.0 2007
Nigeria 17.8 9.7 43.0 2009 17.5 2003 43.7 2003
Norway 6.1 3.9 25.9 2012 6.0 2000 26.8 2010
Oman
Pakistan 6.5 4.3 29.6 2010 6.6 2002 29.6 FY 2011
Panama 49.9 23.9 50.7 2014 61.4 2003 51.9 2010 est.
Papua New Guinea 23.8 12.6 43.9 2009 23.8 1996 50.9 1996
Paraguay 38.8 25.7 48.3 2013 65.9 2003 53.2 2009
Peru 26.1 15.2 44.1 2014 31.5 2003 45.3 2012
Philippines 15.5 9.3 43.0 2012 15.5 2003 46.0 2012
Poland 8.8 5.6 32.4 2012 8.7 2002 34.1 2009
Portugal 15.0 8.0 36.0 2012 9.2 1995 est. 34.2 2013 est.
Qatar 41.1 2007
Romania 7.5 4.9 27.3 2012 7.4 2003 27.3 2012
Russia 12.7 7.6 41.6 2012 12.8 2002 42 2012
Rwanda 18.6 9.9 50.8 2011 18.2 2000 46.8 2000
Sao Tome and Principe 30.8 2010
Saudi Arabia
Senegal 12.3 7.4 40.3 2011 12.4 2001 40.3 2011
Serbia 29.7 2010 38.7 2014 est.
Seychelles 42.8 2006
Sierra Leone 87.2 57.6 34.0 2011 87.2 1989 62.9 1989
Singapore 17.7 9.7 17.3 1998 46.4 2014
Slovakia 6.7 4.0 26.1 2012 6.7 1996 25.3 2012
Slovenia 5.9 3.9 25.6 2012 5.9 1998 23.7 2012
Somalia
South Africa 33.1 17.9 63.4 2011 31.9 2000 62.5 2013 est.
South Sudan 45.5 2009 46.0 2010 est.
Spain 10.3 6.0 35.9 2012 10.2 2000 34.0 2011
Sri Lanka 11.1 6.9 38.6 2012 36.1 FY 2003/04 49.0 2010
St. Lucia 42.6 1995
Sudan 35.4 2009
Suriname 57.6 1999
Swaziland 25.1 13.0 51.5 2010 25.4 2001 50.4 2001
Sweden 6.2 4.0 27.3 2012 6.2 2000 24.9 2013
Switzerland 9.0 5.5 31.6 2012 8.9 2000 28.7 2012 est.
Syria 35.8 2004
Taiwan 6.1 2002 est. 33.8 2012
Tajikistan 7.8 5.2 30.8 2009 7.8 2003 32.6 2006
Tanzania 9.2 5.8 37.8 2011 9.3 2000 37.6 2007
Thailand 12.6 7.7 39.3 2012 12.4 2002 39.4 2010
Timor-Leste 31.6 2007 31.9 2007 est.
Togo 46.0 2011
Trinidad and Tobago 12.9 7.6 40.3 1992
Tunisia 13.4 7.9 35.8 2010 13.7 2000 40.0 2005 est.
Turkey 6.6 4.6 40.2 2012 17.1 2003 40.2 2010
Turkmenistan 12.3 7.7 40.8 1998 12.2 1998 40.8 1998
Uganda 16.6 9.2 42.4 2012 16.4 2002 39.5 2013
Ukraine 5.9 4.1 24.6 2013 7.6 2006 28.2 2009
United Arab Emirates
United Kingdom 13.8 7.2 32.6 2012 13.6 1999 32.4 2012
United States 18.5 9.4 46.1 2013 14.0 2014 est. 47.0 2014
Uruguay 11.8 41.6 2014 17.9 2003 45.3 2010
Uzbekistan 10.6 6.2 36.7 2003 10.6 2003 36.8 2003
Venezuela 18.8 16.0 46.9 2006 50.3 2003 39.0 2011
Vietnam 6.9 4.9 38.9 2012 10.0 2004 37.6 2008
Palestine 35.5 2009
Yemen 8.6 5.6 37.7 2005 8.6 2003 37.7 2005
Zambia 55.6 2010 57.5 2010
Zimbabwe 50.1 1995 50.1 2006
 World 12.0 2002 est. 38.0 2007

OECD countries

Gini coefficient, before taxes and transfers



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Gini coefficient, before taxes and transfers[10]
Country mid-70s mid-80s around 1990 mid-90s around 2000 mid-2000s Late 2000s

Australia 0.467 0.476 0.465 0.468
Austria 0.433 0.472
Belgium 0.449 0.472 0.464 0.494 0.469
Canada 0.385 0.395 0.403 0.430 0.440 0.436 0.441
Chile 0.441 0.414 0.426
Czech Republic 0.442 0.472 0.474 0.444
Denmark 0.373 0.396 0.417 0.415 0.417 0.416
Estonia 0.504 0.458
Finland 0.343 0.387 0.479 0.478 0.483 0.465
France 0.380 0.370 0.473 0.490 0.485 0.483
Germany 0.439 0.429 0.459 0.471 0.499 0.504
Greece 0.448 0.426 0.446 0.466 0.454 0.436
Hungary 0.452 0.496 0.463 0.497 0.466
Iceland 0.365 0.382
Ireland
Israel 0.472 0.476 0.494 0.504 0.513 0.498
Italy 0.420 0.437 0.508 0.516 0.557 0.534
Japan 0.345 0.403 0.432 0.443 0.462
Luxembourg 0.383 0.427 0.421 0.454 0.482
Mexico 0.453 0.532 0.517 0.491 0.494
Netherlands 0.426 0.473 0.474 0.484 0.424 0.426 0.426
New Zealand 0.408 0.468 0.488 0.484 0.473 0.455
Norway 0.351 0.404 0.426 0.447 0.410
Poland 0.542 0.470
Portugal 0.457 0.436 0.490 0.479 0.542 0.521
Slovak Republic 0.458 0.416
Slovenia 0.452 0.423
South Korea 0.331 0.344
Spain 0.461
Sweden 0.389 0.404 0.408 0.438 0.446 0.432 0.426
Switzerland 0.409
Turkey 0.470
United Kingdom 0.338 0.419 0.439 0.453 0.458 0.445 0.456
United States 0.406 0.436 0.450 0.477 0.476 0.486 0.486

Gini coefficient, after taxes and transfers



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Gini coefficient, after taxes and transfers[10]
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Austria 0.236 0.238 0.252 0.265 0.261
Belgium 0.274 0.287 0.289 0.271 0.259
Canada 0.304 0.293 0.287 0.289 0.318 0.317 0.324
Chile 0.427 0.403 0.394
Czech Republic 0.232 0.257 0.260 0.268 0.256
Denmark 0.221 0.226 0.215 0.226 0.232 0.248
Estonia 0.349 0.315
Finland 0.235 0.209 0.218 0.247 0.254 0.259
France 0.300 0.290 0.277 0.287 0.288 0.293
Germany 0.251 0.256 0.266 0.264 0.285 0.295
Greece 0.413 0.336 0.336 0.345 0.321 0.307
Hungary 0.273 0.294 0.293 0.291 0.272
Iceland 0.257 0.301
Ireland 0.331 0.324 0.304 0.314 0.293
Israel 0.326 0.329 0.338 0.347 0.378 0.371
Italy 0.309 0.297 0.348 0.343 0.352 0.337
Japan 0.304 0.323 0.337 0.321 0.329
Luxembourg 0.247 0.259 0.261 0.258 0.288
Mexico 0.452 0.519 0.507 0.474 0.476
Netherlands 0.263 0.272 0.292 0.297 0.292 0.284 0.294
New Zealand 0.271 0.318 0.335 0.339 0.335 0.330
Norway 0.222 0.243 0.261 0.276 0.250
Poland 0.316 0.349 0.305
Portugal 0.354 0.329 0.359 0.356 0.385 0.353
Slovak Republic 0.268 0.257
Slovenia 0.246 0.236
South Korea 0.306 0.315
Spain 0.371 0.337 0.343 0.342 0.319 0.317
Sweden 0.212 0.198 0.209 0.211 0.243 0.234 0.259
Switzerland 0.279 0.276 0.303
Turkey 0.434 0.490 0.430 0.409
United Kingdom 0.268 0.309 0.354 0.336 0.351 0.331 0.345
United States 0.316 0.337 0.348 0.361 0.357 0.380 0.378

See also

References

  1. Underground economy and income inequality: two connected aspects in the oncoming context of Italian federalism. By Iacopo Odoardi and Carmen Pagliari. Vol. 15 No. 1, 2011. Global & Local Economic Review.
  2. The Size of the Shadow Economies of 145 Countries all over the World: First Results over the Period 1999 to 2003. December 2004. By Friedrich Schneider (University of Linz and IZA Bonn). Institute for the Study of Labor.
  3. World Bank GINI index, accessed on January 21, 2016.
  4. Data show the ratio of the household income or consumption share of the richest group to that of the poorest. Household income or consumption by percentage share (%), The World Factbook, CIA, updated on January 24, 2008. Note: To calculate the value given in the table for this article, the highest 10% value was divided by the lowest 10% value.
  5. Distribution of family income – Gini index, The World Factbook, CIA, accessed on November 24, 2011.
  6. Data show the ratio of the income or expenditure share of the richest group to that of the poorest. Human Development Report 2009, UNDP, accessed on July 30, 2011.
  7. Data show the ratio of the income or expenditure share of the richest group to that of the poorest. Human Development Report 2007/2008, UNDP, accessed on February 3, 2008.
  8. 1 2 Data for urban households only.
  9. 2015 Data
  10. 1 2 OECD. "Income Distribution and Poverty : by country –I nequalityY". Archived from the original on 2015-04-02.

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