Rankings · economy

Countries by income inequality (gini)

The Gini coefficient measures inequality on a scale from 0 to 1. Higher values indicate higher inequality. 80 countries ranked for 2021 (index).

Watch it on the map →

1Colombia0.55 index

2Brazil0.53 index

3Panama0.51 index

		Value
1	Colombia	0.55 index	+3.4%	=
2	Brazil	0.53 index	+0.0%	=
3	Panama	0.51 index	-0.8%	▲ 2
4	Kosovo	0.49 index	–	–
5	Costa Rica	0.49 index	-0.2%	▲ 2
6	Ecuador	0.46 index	-0.2%	▲ 6
7	Turkey	0.44 index	+11.0%	▲ 17
8	Central African Republic	0.43 index	–	–
9	Paraguay	0.43 index	-18.0%	▼ 5
10	Cameroon	0.42 index	–	–
11	Bolivia	0.41 index	-11.3%	▼ 1
12	Uruguay	0.41 index	-3.3%	▲ 8
13	Malaysia	0.41 index	-6.7%	▲ 1
14	Peru	0.4 index	-10.3%	▼ 1
15	Jamaica	0.4 index	–	–
16	United States	0.4 index	-3.6%	▲ 6
17	Bulgaria	0.39 index	+13.7%	▲ 22
18	El Salvador	0.39 index	-7.8%	▲ 1
19	Kenya	0.39 index	–	–
20	Dominican Republic	0.39 index	-19.3%	▼ 12
21	Israel	0.38 index	-8.7%	=
22	Togo	0.38 index	-17.6%	▼ 11
23	Burkina Faso	0.37 index	–	–
24	Philippines	0.37 index	–	–
25	Madagascar	0.37 index	–	–
26	Lithuania	0.37 index	+12.9%	▲ 25
27	Senegal	0.36 index	-10.2%	▼ 4
28	China	0.36 index	-15.4%	▼ 10
29	Mali	0.36 index	–	–
30	Indonesia	0.36 index	-6.3%	▼ 2
31	Iran	0.36 index	+2.3%	▲ 6
32	Ivory Coast	0.35 index	–	–
33	Thailand	0.35 index	-6.9%	▼ 3
34	Italy	0.35 index	-0.9%	▲ 1
35	Portugal	0.35 index	-4.7%	▼ 4
36	Benin	0.34 index	-20.7%	▼ 21
37	Latvia	0.34 index	-4.2%	▼ 4
38	Montenegro	0.34 index	–	–
39	Georgia	0.34 index	-13.6%	▼ 13
40	Spain	0.34 index	-5.0%	▼ 6
41	Romania	0.34 index	-5.6%	▼ 9
42	Switzerland	0.34 index	+6.6%	▲ 13
43	Tunisia	0.34 index	–	–
44	Germany	0.34 index	+10.5%	▲ 15
45	Guinea-Bissau	0.33 index	–	–
46	Republic of Serbia	0.33 index	–	–
47	Greece	0.33 index	-5.5%	▼ 11
48	South Korea	0.33 index	–	–
49	Niger	0.33 index	+4.4%	▲ 7
50	Uzbekistan	0.33 index	–	–
51	Luxembourg	0.33 index	+1.9%	▲ 2
52	United Kingdom	0.32 index	-2.4%	▼ 8
53	Tajikistan	0.32 index	–	–
54	Estonia	0.32 index	-2.2%	▼ 4
55	Malta	0.32 index	+8.6%	▲ 8
56	Taiwan	0.32 index	–	–
57	France	0.32 index	-5.4%	▼ 14
58	Cyprus	0.31 index	-4.0%	▼ 9
59	Canada	0.31 index	-4.9%	▼ 11
60	Ethiopia	0.31 index	–	–
61	Austria	0.31 index	-0.3%	▼ 4
62	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0.3 index	-9.0%	▼ 20
63	Sweden	0.3 index	+8.0%	▲ 8
64	Ireland	0.29 index	-10.6%	▼ 17
65	Kazakhstan	0.29 index	+4.3%	▲ 1
66	Norway	0.29 index	+15.0%	▲ 11
67	Croatia	0.29 index	-10.5%	▼ 15
68	Kyrgyzstan	0.29 index	+3.6%	▼ 1
69	Egypt	0.29 index	–	–
70	Poland	0.29 index	-14.2%	▼ 25
71	Denmark	0.28 index	+3.7%	▲ 1
72	Armenia	0.28 index	-5.1%	▼ 11
73	Finland	0.28 index	+0.4%	▼ 3
74	Tonga	0.27 index	–	–
75	Belgium	0.27 index	-5.3%	▼ 10
76	Czechia	0.26 index	-0.8%	=
77	Moldova	0.26 index	-16.0%	▼ 19
78	Netherlands	0.26 index	-7.6%	▼ 10
79	Slovenia	0.24 index	-2.4%	▼ 1
80	Slovakia	0.24 index	-9.1%	▼ 5