GINI index - Income distribution - Poverty - World Development Indicators

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Gini index measures the extent to which the distribution of income (or, in some cases, consumption expenditure) among individuals or households within an economy deviates from a perfectly equal distribution. A Lorenz curve plots the cumulative percentages of total income received against the cumulative number of recipients, starting with the poorest individual or household. The Gini index measures the area between the Lorenz curve and a hypothetical line of absolute equality, expressed as a percentage of the maximum area under the line. Thus a Gini index of 0 represents perfect equality, while an index of 100 implies perfect inequality.
GINI index - Income distribution - Poverty - World Development Indicators (Most Recent Data)

Rank

Country

Value
1Namibia (1993)74.33
2Comoros (2004)64.34
3Botswana (1994)60.96
4Belize (1995)59.56
5Haiti (2001)59.5
6Angola (2000)58.64
7Colombia (2006)58.49
8South Africa (2000)57.77
9Bolivia (2007)57.19
10Honduras (2006)55.31
11Brazil (2007)55.02
12Panama (2006)54.93
13Ecuador (2007)54.37
14Guatemala (2006)53.69
15Paraguay (2007)53.24
16Suriname (1999)52.81
17Liberia (2007)52.56
18Lesotho (2003)52.5
19Nicaragua (2005)52.33
20Chile (2006)52
21Mexico (2008)51.61
22Papua New Guinea (1996)50.88
23Zambia (2004)50.74
24Swaziland (2001)50.68
25Sao Tome and Principe (2001)50.6
26Peru (2007)50.52
27Cape Verde (2001)50.4
28Zimbabwe (1995)50.1
29Costa Rica (2007)48.91
30Argentina (2006)48.81
31Ivory Coast (2002)48.39
32Dominican Republic (2007)48.35
33Kenya (2005)47.68
34Republic of the Congo (2005)47.32
35Nepal (2004)47.3
36Gambia (2003)47.28
37Madagascar (2005)47.24
38Mozambique (2003)47.11
39Uruguay (2007)47.06
40El Salvador (2007)46.85
41Bhutan (2003)46.74
42Rwanda (2000)46.68
43Jamaica (2004)45.51
44Cameroon (2001)44.56
45Democratic Republic of the Congo (2006)44.43
46Cambodia (2007)44.2
47Philippines (2006)44.04
48Niger (2005)43.89
49Russia (2007)43.67
50Central African Republic (2003)43.57
51Venezuela (2006)43.44
52Hong Kong (1996)43.44
53Guinea (2003)43.34
54Guyana (1998)43.2
55Nigeria (2004)42.93
56Macedonia (2006)42.8
57Ghana (2006)42.76
58Uganda (2005)42.62
59St. Lucia (1995)42.6
60Sierra Leone (2003)42.52
61Singapore (1998)42.48
62Thailand (2004)42.45
63China (2005)41.53
64Gabon (2005)41.45
65Turkey (2006)41.15
66Qatar (2007)41.1
67Sri Lanka (2002)41.06
68Morocco (2007)40.88
69United States (2000)40.81
70Tunisia (2000)40.81
71Georgia (2005)40.8
72Turkmenistan (1998)40.77
73Trinidad and Tobago (1992)40.27
74Djibouti (2002)39.85
75Chad (2003)39.78
76Burkina Faso (2003)39.6
77Israel (2001)39.2
78Senegal (2005)39.19
79Mauritania (2000)39.04
80Malawi (2004)39.02
81Mali (2006)38.99
82Benin (2003)38.62
83Portugal (1997)38.45
84Iran (2005)38.28
85Malaysia (2004)37.91
86Vietnam (2006)37.77
87Jordan (2006)37.72
88Yemen (2005)37.69
89Indonesia (2007)37.58
90Maldives (2004)37.41
91Moldova (2007)37.35
92Montenegro (2007)36.91
93India (2005)36.8
94Uzbekistan (2003)36.72
95Mongolia (2008)36.57
96Latvia (2007)36.29
97Bosnia and Herzegovina (2007)36.26
98New Zealand (1997)36.17
99Italy (2000)36.03
100Estonia (2004)36
101United Kingdom (1999)35.97
102Lithuania (2004)35.81
103Guinea-Bissau (2002)35.52
104Algeria (1995)35.33
105Australia (1994)35.19
106Poland (2005)34.92
107Spain (2000)34.66
108Tanzania (2000)34.62
109Togo (2006)34.41
110Ireland (2000)34.28
111Greece (2000)34.27
112Switzerland (2000)33.68
113Tajikistan (2004)33.6
114Kyrgyzstan (2007)33.47
115Burundi (2006)33.27
116Albania (2005)33.03
117Belgium (2000)32.97
118France (1995)32.74
119Laos (2002)32.63
120Canada (2000)32.56
121Egypt (2005)32.14
122Romania (2007)32.13
123Timor-Leste (2007)31.92
124North Korea (1998)31.59
125South Korea (1998)31.59
126Pakistan (2005)31.18
127Slovenia (2004)31.15
128Bangladesh (2005)31.02
129Kazakhstan (2007)30.92
130Netherlands (1999)30.9
131Armenia (2007)30.25
132Hungary (2004)30.04
133Ethiopia (2005)29.76
134Bulgaria (2003)29.24
135Austria (2000)29.15
136Croatia (2005)29.03
137Belarus (2007)28.8
138Germany (2000)28.31
139Serbia (2008)28.18
140Ukraine (2008)27.56
141Finland (2000)26.88
142Czech Republic (1996)25.82
143Slovakia (1996)25.81
144Norway (2000)25.79
145Sweden (2000)25
146Japan (1993)24.85
147Denmark (1997)24.7
148Azerbaijan (2005)16.83
149Seychelles (2007)0
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