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Gini index of income inequality: ranking of countries
151 countries ranked by their latest value (2015–2025). Namibia is highest at 59.1; India is lowest at 23.0.
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Latest value for each country; the year column shows when it was reported.
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| # | Country | Region | Gini index | Year | Relative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Namibia | Sub-Saharan Africa | 59.1 | 2015 | |
| 2 | Botswana | Sub-Saharan Africa | 54.9 | 2015 | |
| 3 | Eswatini | Sub-Saharan Africa | 54.6 | 2016 | |
| 4 | Colombia | Latin America & Caribbean | 54.4 | 2024 | |
| 5 | South Africa | Sub-Saharan Africa | 54.1 | 2022 | |
| 6 | Zambia | Sub-Saharan Africa | 51.5 | 2022 | |
| 7 | Angola | Sub-Saharan Africa | 51.3 | 2018 | |
| 8 | Brazil | Latin America & Caribbean | 50.3 | 2024 | |
| 9 | Zimbabwe | Sub-Saharan Africa | 50.3 | 2019 | |
| 10 | Panama | Latin America & Caribbean | 49.7 | 2024 | |
| 11 | Mozambique | Sub-Saharan Africa | 49.6 | 2022 | |
| 12 | Ecuador | Latin America & Caribbean | 45.9 | 2025 | |
| 13 | Honduras | Latin America & Caribbean | 45.7 | 2024 | |
| 14 | Costa Rica | Latin America & Caribbean | 45.5 | 2025 | |
| 15 | Guatemala | Latin America & Caribbean | 45.2 | 2023 | |
| 16 | Lesotho | Sub-Saharan Africa | 44.9 | 2017 | |
| 17 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | Sub-Saharan Africa | 44.7 | 2020 | |
| 18 | Paraguay | Latin America & Caribbean | 44.2 | 2024 | |
| 19 | South Sudan | Sub-Saharan Africa | 44.0 | 2016 | |
| 20 | Grenada | Latin America & Caribbean | 43.8 | 2018 | |
| 21 | Saint Lucia | Latin America & Caribbean | 43.7 | 2015 | |
| 22 | Türkiye | Europe & Central Asia | 43.7 | 2023 | |
| 23 | Ghana | Sub-Saharan Africa | 43.5 | 2016 | |
| 24 | Central African Republic | Sub-Saharan Africa | 43.0 | 2021 | |
| 25 | Chile | Latin America & Caribbean | 43.0 | 2024 | |
| 26 | Mexico | Latin America & Caribbean | 42.6 | 2024 | |
| 27 | Argentina | Latin America & Caribbean | 42.4 | 2024 | |
| 28 | Cabo Verde | Sub-Saharan Africa | 42.4 | 2015 | |
| 29 | Cameroon | Sub-Saharan Africa | 42.2 | 2021 | |
| 30 | United States | North America | 41.8 | 2024 | |
| 31 | Djibouti | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 41.6 | 2017 | |
| 32 | Bolivia | Latin America & Caribbean | 40.9 | 2024 | |
| 33 | Malaysia | East Asia & Pacific | 40.7 | 2021 | |
| 34 | São Tomé and Príncipe | Sub-Saharan Africa | 40.7 | 2017 | |
| 35 | Tanzania | Sub-Saharan Africa | 40.5 | 2018 | |
| 36 | Peru | Latin America & Caribbean | 40.1 | 2024 | |
| 37 | Uruguay | Latin America & Caribbean | 40.0 | 2024 | |
| 38 | Belize | Latin America & Caribbean | 39.9 | 2018 | |
| 39 | Jamaica | Latin America & Caribbean | 39.9 | 2021 | |
| 40 | El Salvador | Latin America & Caribbean | 39.8 | 2023 | |
| 41 | Bulgaria | Europe & Central Asia | 39.5 | 2023 | |
| 42 | Rwanda | Sub-Saharan Africa | 39.4 | 2023 | |
| 43 | Philippines | East Asia & Pacific | 39.3 | 2023 | |
| 44 | Suriname | Latin America & Caribbean | 39.2 | 2022 | |
| 45 | Dominican Republic | Latin America & Caribbean | 39.0 | 2024 | |
| 46 | The Gambia | Sub-Saharan Africa | 38.8 | 2020 | |
| 47 | Equatorial Guinea | Sub-Saharan Africa | 38.5 | 2022 | |
| 48 | Kenya | Sub-Saharan Africa | 38.5 | 2022 | |
| 49 | Malawi | Sub-Saharan Africa | 38.5 | 2019 | |
| 50 | Israel | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 38.3 | 2022 | |
| 51 | Kosovo | Europe & Central Asia | 38.3 | 2022 | |
| 52 | Uganda | Sub-Saharan Africa | 38.2 | 2023 | |
| 53 | Gabon | Sub-Saharan Africa | 38.0 | 2017 | |
| 54 | Togo | Sub-Saharan Africa | 37.9 | 2021 | |
| 55 | Sri Lanka | South Asia | 37.7 | 2019 | |
| 56 | Burundi | Sub-Saharan Africa | 37.5 | 2020 | |
| 57 | Burkina Faso | Sub-Saharan Africa | 37.4 | 2021 | |
| 58 | Chad | Sub-Saharan Africa | 37.4 | 2022 | |
| 59 | Madagascar | Sub-Saharan Africa | 36.8 | 2021 | |
| 60 | Mauritius | Sub-Saharan Africa | 36.8 | 2017 | |
| 61 | West Bank and Gaza | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 36.4 | 2023 | |
| 62 | Senegal | Sub-Saharan Africa | 36.2 | 2021 | |
| 63 | Tajikistan | Europe & Central Asia | 36.1 | 2024 | |
| 64 | Vietnam | East Asia & Pacific | 36.1 | 2022 | |
| 65 | China | East Asia & Pacific | 36.0 | 2022 | |
| 66 | Lithuania | Europe & Central Asia | 36.0 | 2023 | |
| 67 | Iran | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 35.9 | 2023 | |
| 68 | Mali | Sub-Saharan Africa | 35.7 | 2021 | |
| 69 | Sierra Leone | Sub-Saharan Africa | 35.7 | 2018 | |
| 70 | Lebanon | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 35.5 | 2022 | |
| 71 | Marshall Islands | East Asia & Pacific | 35.5 | 2019 | |
| 72 | Côte d'Ivoire | Sub-Saharan Africa | 35.3 | 2021 | |
| 73 | Liberia | Sub-Saharan Africa | 35.3 | 2016 | |
| 74 | Qatar | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 35.1 | 2017 | |
| 75 | Laos | East Asia & Pacific | 34.7 | 2024 | |
| 76 | Benin | Sub-Saharan Africa | 34.4 | 2021 | |
| 77 | Indonesia | East Asia & Pacific | 34.4 | 2025 | |
| 78 | Italy | Europe & Central Asia | 34.3 | 2023 | |
| 79 | Montenegro | Europe & Central Asia | 34.3 | 2021 | |
| 80 | Barbados | Latin America & Caribbean | 34.1 | 2016 | |
| 81 | Latvia | Europe & Central Asia | 34.0 | 2023 | |
| 82 | Georgia | Europe & Central Asia | 33.9 | 2024 | |
| 83 | Nigeria | Sub-Saharan Africa | 33.9 | 2022 | |
| 84 | Portugal | Europe & Central Asia | 33.9 | 2023 | |
| 85 | Australia | East Asia & Pacific | 33.8 | 2020 | |
| 86 | Germany | Europe & Central Asia | 33.7 | 2022 | |
| 87 | Tunisia | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 33.7 | 2021 | |
| 88 | Luxembourg | Europe & Central Asia | 33.6 | 2023 | |
| 89 | North Macedonia | Europe & Central Asia | 33.5 | 2019 | |
| 90 | Pakistan | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 33.5 | 2024 | |
| 91 | Switzerland | Europe & Central Asia | 33.5 | 2023 | |
| 92 | Greece | Europe & Central Asia | 33.4 | 2023 | |
| 93 | Guinea-Bissau | Sub-Saharan Africa | 33.4 | 2021 | |
| 94 | Spain | Europe & Central Asia | 33.4 | 2023 | |
| 95 | Thailand | East Asia & Pacific | 33.3 | 2024 | |
| 96 | Russia | Europe & Central Asia | 33.0 | 2023 | |
| 97 | Niger | Sub-Saharan Africa | 32.9 | 2021 | |
| 98 | South Korea | East Asia & Pacific | 32.9 | 2021 | |
| 99 | Serbia | Europe & Central Asia | 32.8 | 2023 | |
| 100 | Uzbekistan | Europe & Central Asia | 32.7 | 2025 | |
| 101 | United Kingdom | Europe & Central Asia | 32.4 | 2021 | |
| 102 | Japan | East Asia & Pacific | 32.3 | 2020 | |
| 103 | Vanuatu | East Asia & Pacific | 32.3 | 2019 | |
| 104 | Seychelles | Sub-Saharan Africa | 32.1 | 2018 | |
| 105 | Mauritania | Sub-Saharan Africa | 32.0 | 2019 | |
| 106 | Cyprus | Europe & Central Asia | 31.8 | 2023 | |
| 107 | France | Europe & Central Asia | 31.8 | 2023 | |
| 108 | Malta | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 31.8 | 2023 | |
| 109 | Canada | North America | 31.5 | 2022 | |
| 110 | Mongolia | East Asia & Pacific | 31.4 | 2022 | |
| 111 | Austria | Europe & Central Asia | 31.2 | 2023 | |
| 112 | Ethiopia | Sub-Saharan Africa | 31.1 | 2021 | |
| 113 | Bangladesh | South Asia | 30.9 | 2022 | |
| 114 | Estonia | Europe & Central Asia | 30.7 | 2023 | |
| 115 | Fiji | East Asia & Pacific | 30.7 | 2019 | |
| 116 | Myanmar | East Asia & Pacific | 30.7 | 2017 | |
| 117 | Hungary | Europe & Central Asia | 30.6 | 2017 | |
| 118 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Europe & Central Asia | 30.3 | 2021 | |
| 119 | Comoros | Sub-Saharan Africa | 30.3 | 2024 | |
| 120 | Croatia | Europe & Central Asia | 30.1 | 2023 | |
| 121 | Nepal | South Asia | 30.0 | 2022 | |
| 122 | Denmark | Europe & Central Asia | 29.9 | 2023 | |
| 123 | Iraq | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 29.8 | 2023 | |
| 124 | Romania | Europe & Central Asia | 29.8 | 2023 | |
| 125 | Guinea | Sub-Saharan Africa | 29.6 | 2018 | |
| 126 | Albania | Europe & Central Asia | 29.4 | 2020 | |
| 127 | Maldives | South Asia | 29.3 | 2019 | |
| 128 | Sweden | Europe & Central Asia | 29.3 | 2023 | |
| 129 | Kazakhstan | Europe & Central Asia | 29.2 | 2021 | |
| 130 | Ireland | Europe & Central Asia | 29.0 | 2023 | |
| 131 | Bhutan | South Asia | 28.5 | 2022 | |
| 132 | Egypt | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 28.5 | 2021 | |
| 133 | Poland | Europe & Central Asia | 28.5 | 2023 | |
| 134 | Kyrgyzstan | Europe & Central Asia | 27.5 | 2024 | |
| 135 | Armenia | Europe & Central Asia | 27.4 | 2024 | |
| 136 | Finland | Europe & Central Asia | 27.4 | 2023 | |
| 137 | Tonga | East Asia & Pacific | 27.1 | 2021 | |
| 138 | Belgium | Europe & Central Asia | 26.8 | 2023 | |
| 139 | Iceland | Europe & Central Asia | 26.8 | 2019 | |
| 140 | Moldova | Europe & Central Asia | 26.8 | 2024 | |
| 141 | Norway | Europe & Central Asia | 26.5 | 2023 | |
| 142 | Syria | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 26.4 | 2022 | |
| 143 | United Arab Emirates | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 26.4 | 2018 | |
| 144 | Czechia | Europe & Central Asia | 25.7 | 2023 | |
| 145 | Netherlands | Europe & Central Asia | 25.7 | 2021 | |
| 146 | Ukraine | Europe & Central Asia | 25.6 | 2020 | |
| 147 | Kiribati | East Asia & Pacific | 24.7 | 2023 | |
| 148 | Slovenia | Europe & Central Asia | 24.7 | 2023 | |
| 149 | Belarus | Europe & Central Asia | 24.4 | 2020 | |
| 150 | Slovakia | Europe & Central Asia | 23.8 | 2023 | |
| 151 | India | South Asia | 23.0 | 2023 |
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0)Gini index