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COUNTRY COMPARISON :: 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.
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RankCountryDISTRIBUTION OF FAMILY INCOME - GINI INDEXDate of Information
1Lesotho63.21995
2South Africa62.52013 est.
3Central African Republic61.31993
4Micronesia, Federated States of61.12013 est.
5Haiti60.82012
6Botswana60.52009
7Namibia59.72010
8Zambia57.52013
9Hong Kong53.72011
10Colombia53.52014
11Guatemala53.02014 est.
12Paraguay51.72014
13Papua New Guinea50.91996
14Panama50.72014 est.
15Chile50.52013
16Swaziland50.42001
17Gambia, The50.21998
18Zimbabwe50.12006
19Brazil49.72014
20Sri Lanka49.02010
21Nigeria48.82013
22Costa Rica48.52014
23Ecuador48.5December 2013
24Mexico48.22014
25Dominican Republic47.12013 est.
26Nicaragua47.12014
27Honduras47.12014
28Bolivia47.02016 est.
29Rwanda46.82000
30China46.52016 est.
31Malaysia46.22009
32Malawi46.12010
33South Sudan46.02010 est.
34Togo46.02011
35Saudi Arabia45.92013 est.
36Singapore45.82016
37Mozambique45.62008
38Jamaica45.52004
39Peru45.32012
40United States45.02007
41Cameroon44.62001
42Guyana44.62007
43Thailand44.52015
44Iran44.52006
45Philippines44.42015 est.
46Chad43.32011 est.
47Israel42.82013
48Argentina42.72014
49Kenya42.52008 est.
50Burundi42.41998
51Ghana42.32012-13
52Uruguay41.62014
53Cote d'Ivoire41.52008
54Russia41.22015
55Madagascar41.02012
56Djibouti40.92002
57Morocco40.92007 est.
58Turkmenistan40.81998
59Senegal40.32011
60Turkey40.22010
61Mali40.12001
62Georgia40.12014
63Tunisia40.02005 est.
64Jordan39.72007
65Uganda39.52013
66Burkina Faso39.52007
67Guinea39.42007
68Venezuela39.02011
69Bhutan38.82012
70Serbia38.72014 est.
71Maldives38.42009 est.
72Cambodia37.92008 est.
73Japan37.92011
74Yemen37.92009 est.
75Lithuania37.92015
76Vietnam37.62008
77Tanzania37.62007
78Bulgaria37.02015
79El Salvador37.02015 est.
80Mauritania37.02014
81Indonesia36.82009
82Uzbekistan36.82003
83Greece36.72012 est.
84Laos36.72008
85Mongolia36.52008
86Benin36.52003
87New Zealand36.21997
88Bosnia and Herzegovina36.22007
89Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)36.02015
90Spain35.92012
91Mauritius35.92012 est.
92Algeria35.31995
93India35.22011
94Macau35.02013
95Cyprus34.82014 est.
96Estonia34.82015
97Latvia34.52015
98West Bank34.52009 est.
99Korea, South34.12015 est.
100Niger34.02007
101Sierra Leone34.02011
102Portugal33.92015 est.
103Greenland33.92015 est.
104Azerbaijan33.72008
105Macedonia33.72015
106Taiwan33.62014
107Kyrgyzstan33.42007
108Ethiopia33.02011
109Nepal32.82010
110Tajikistan32.62006
111United Kingdom32.42012
112Canada32.12005
113Bangladesh32.12010
114Croatia32.02010
115Liberia32.02014
116Italy31.92012 est.
117Timor-Leste31.92007 est.
118Armenia31.52014
119Ireland31.32013 est.
120European Union31.02015 est.
121Egypt30.82008
122Poland30.82015
123Pakistan30.7FY2013
124Luxembourg30.42013 est.
125Netherlands30.32015 est.
126Australia30.32008
127Kosovo30.0FY05/06
128Switzerland29.52014 est.
129Austria29.22013
130France29.22015
131Albania29.02012 est.
132Denmark28.82015 est.
133Hungary28.22015 est.
134Malta28.12015
135Iceland28.02006
136Romania27.32012
137Germany27.02006
138Moldova26.82015 est.
139Norway26.82010
140Belarus26.52011
141Kazakhstan26.32013
142Montenegro26.22013 est.
143Belgium25.92013 est.
144Czechia25.02015
145Sweden24.92013
146Ukraine24.62013
147Slovenia24.52015
148Slovakia23.72015
149Faroe Islands22.72013 est.
150Finland21.52015