Gini Index by Country (latest available, 2020 to 2025)
116 countries ranked · 0 = perfect equality, 100 = perfect inequality · Source: World Bank
Each country shows its latest available year, from 2020 to 2025. The most common is 2023 (39 of 116 countries).
- Average of 116 countries
- 35.1
- Unweighted; median 33.9
- Most unequal
- Colombia
- 54.4 · 2024
- Most equal
- India
- 23.0 · 2023
- At 50 or above
- 4
- of 116 countries
Global Income Inequality
The Gini index is the most widely used single-number measure of how income is distributed. In this table, the most unequal countries are Colombia (54.4, 2024), South Africa (54.1, 2022), Zambia (51.5, 2022) and Brazil (50.3, 2024). South Africa's 54.1 in 2022 reflects, in part, the lasting economic legacy of apartheid. The most equal are India (23.0, 2023), Slovakia (23.8, 2023), Belarus (24.4, 2020) and Slovenia (24.7, 2023). Low values usually reflect taxes, social transfers and wage-setting that compress income differences, though some come from consumption surveys, which show less inequality than income surveys.
The World Bank builds these estimates from household surveys. Some countries survey income and others consumption; consumption is spread more evenly than income, so the two kinds of estimate are not strictly comparable. Countries whose latest estimate is older than 2020 are not listed, which is why the table covers 116 countries rather than every country.
Income inequality matters for economic growth, social stability and health. High inequality reduces social mobility, concentrates political power, and is associated with lower life expectancy, higher crime and worse educational outcomes. The Gini index captures income, not wealth, and wealth is usually far more unequally distributed than income.
All 116 countries ranked
| # | Country | Gini Index | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Colombia | 54.4 | 2024 |
| 2 | South Africa | 54.1 | 2022 |
| 3 | Zambia | 51.5 | 2022 |
| 4 | Brazil | 50.3 | 2024 |
| 5 | Panama | 49.7 | 2024 |
| 6 | Mozambique | 49.6 | 2022 |
| 7 | Ecuador | 45.9 | 2025 |
| 8 | Honduras | 45.7 | 2024 |
| 9 | Costa Rica | 45.5 | 2025 |
| 10 | Guatemala | 45.2 | 2023 |
| 11 | DR Congo | 44.7 | 2020 |
| 12 | Paraguay | 44.2 | 2024 |
| 13 | Türkiye | 43.7 | 2023 |
| 14 | Central African Republic | 43.0 | 2021 |
| 14 | Chile | 43.0 | 2024 |
| 16 | Mexico | 42.6 | 2024 |
| 17 | Argentina | 42.4 | 2024 |
| 18 | Cameroon | 42.2 | 2021 |
| 19 | United States | 41.8 | 2024 |
| 20 | Bolivia | 40.9 | 2024 |
| 21 | Malaysia | 40.7 | 2021 |
| 22 | Peru | 40.1 | 2024 |
| 23 | Uruguay | 40.0 | 2024 |
| 24 | Jamaica | 39.9 | 2021 |
| 25 | El Salvador | 39.8 | 2023 |
| 26 | Bulgaria | 39.5 | 2023 |
| 27 | Rwanda | 39.4 | 2023 |
| 28 | Philippines | 39.3 | 2023 |
| 29 | Suriname | 39.2 | 2022 |
| 30 | Dominican Republic | 39.0 | 2024 |
| 31 | The Gambia | 38.8 | 2020 |
| 32 | Equatorial Guinea | 38.5 | 2022 |
| 32 | Kenya | 38.5 | 2022 |
| 34 | Israel | 38.3 | 2022 |
| 34 | Kosovo | 38.3 | 2022 |
| 36 | Uganda | 38.2 | 2023 |
| 37 | Togo | 37.9 | 2021 |
| 38 | Burundi | 37.5 | 2020 |
| 39 | Burkina Faso | 37.4 | 2021 |
| 39 | Chad | 37.4 | 2022 |
| 41 | Madagascar | 36.8 | 2021 |
| 42 | West Bank and Gaza | 36.4 | 2023 |
| 43 | Senegal | 36.2 | 2021 |
| 44 | Tajikistan | 36.1 | 2024 |
| 44 | Vietnam | 36.1 | 2022 |
| 46 | China | 36.0 | 2022 |
| 46 | Lithuania | 36.0 | 2023 |
| 48 | Iran | 35.9 | 2023 |
| 49 | Mali | 35.7 | 2021 |
| 50 | Lebanon | 35.5 | 2022 |
| 51 | Côte d'Ivoire | 35.3 | 2021 |
| 52 | Laos | 34.7 | 2024 |
| 53 | Benin | 34.4 | 2021 |
| 53 | Indonesia | 34.4 | 2025 |
| 55 | Italy | 34.3 | 2023 |
| 55 | Montenegro | 34.3 | 2021 |
| 57 | Latvia | 34.0 | 2023 |
| 58 | Georgia | 33.9 | 2024 |
| 58 | Nigeria | 33.9 | 2022 |
| 58 | Portugal | 33.9 | 2023 |
| 61 | Australia | 33.8 | 2020 |
| 62 | Germany | 33.7 | 2022 |
| 62 | Tunisia | 33.7 | 2021 |
| 64 | Luxembourg | 33.6 | 2023 |
| 65 | Pakistan | 33.5 | 2024 |
| 65 | Switzerland | 33.5 | 2023 |
| 67 | Greece | 33.4 | 2023 |
| 67 | Guinea-Bissau | 33.4 | 2021 |
| 67 | Spain | 33.4 | 2023 |
| 70 | Thailand | 33.3 | 2024 |
| 71 | Russia | 33.0 | 2023 |
| 72 | Niger | 32.9 | 2021 |
| 72 | South Korea | 32.9 | 2021 |
| 74 | Serbia | 32.8 | 2023 |
| 75 | Uzbekistan | 32.7 | 2025 |
| 76 | United Kingdom | 32.4 | 2021 |
| 77 | Japan | 32.3 | 2020 |
| 78 | Cyprus | 31.8 | 2023 |
| 78 | France | 31.8 | 2023 |
| 78 | Malta | 31.8 | 2023 |
| 81 | Canada | 31.5 | 2022 |
| 82 | Mongolia | 31.4 | 2022 |
| 83 | Austria | 31.2 | 2023 |
| 84 | Ethiopia | 31.1 | 2021 |
| 85 | Bangladesh | 30.9 | 2022 |
| 86 | Estonia | 30.7 | 2023 |
| 87 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 30.3 | 2021 |
| 87 | Comoros | 30.3 | 2024 |
| 89 | Croatia | 30.1 | 2023 |
| 90 | Nepal | 30.0 | 2022 |
| 91 | Denmark | 29.9 | 2023 |
| 92 | Iraq | 29.8 | 2023 |
| 92 | Romania | 29.8 | 2023 |
| 94 | Albania | 29.4 | 2020 |
| 95 | Sweden | 29.3 | 2023 |
| 96 | Kazakhstan | 29.2 | 2021 |
| 97 | Ireland | 29.0 | 2023 |
| 98 | Bhutan | 28.5 | 2022 |
| 98 | Egypt | 28.5 | 2021 |
| 98 | Poland | 28.5 | 2023 |
| 101 | Kyrgyzstan | 27.5 | 2024 |
| 102 | Armenia | 27.4 | 2024 |
| 102 | Finland | 27.4 | 2023 |
| 104 | Tonga | 27.1 | 2021 |
| 105 | Belgium | 26.8 | 2023 |
| 105 | Moldova | 26.8 | 2024 |
| 107 | Norway | 26.5 | 2023 |
| 108 | Syria | 26.4 | 2022 |
| 109 | Czechia | 25.7 | 2023 |
| 109 | Netherlands | 25.7 | 2021 |
| 111 | Ukraine | 25.6 | 2020 |
| 112 | Kiribati | 24.7 | 2023 |
| 112 | Slovenia | 24.7 | 2023 |
| 114 | Belarus | 24.4 | 2020 |
| 115 | Slovakia | 23.8 | 2023 |
| 116 | India | 23.0 | 2023 |
About these figures
Each country shows its latest available year, from 2020 to 2025. The most common is 2023 (39 of 116 countries).
The average (35.1) and median (33.9) count every country equally. They are not a measure of inequality across the world's population, which would compare all people regardless of where they live.
The World Bank builds these estimates from household surveys. Some countries survey income and others consumption; consumption is spread more evenly than income, so the two kinds of estimate are not strictly comparable. Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform.
Questions about these figures
Which country has the highest income inequality?
Colombia has the highest Gini index in this table at 54.4 in 2024, followed by South Africa (54.1, 2022), Zambia (51.5, 2022) and Brazil (50.3, 2024). Only countries with a recent survey are listed, so the ranking covers 116 countries.
What does the Gini index measure?
The Gini index measures how evenly income, or in some countries consumption, is spread across a population, on a scale from 0 (everyone has the same) to 100 (one person has everything). In this table, the Nordic countries range from 26.5 to 29.9, the United States is at 41.8, China is at 36.0, and 4 countries are at 50 or above.
Which country has the lowest inequality?
India has the lowest Gini index in this table at 23.0 in 2023, followed by Slovakia (23.8, 2023), Belarus (24.4, 2020) and Slovenia (24.7, 2023). The World Bank builds these estimates from household surveys. Some countries survey income and others consumption; consumption is spread more evenly than income, so the two kinds of estimate are not strictly comparable.
Why are some countries missing?
Many countries run household surveys only every few years. This page lists each country's latest estimate where one exists from 2020 onward; countries whose latest survey is older, or that have none, are not shown.
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