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Economy Statistics > GINI index (most recent) by country

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Rank   Countries  Amount  Date  
# 1   Namibia: 74.33   1993 Time series
# 2   Lesotho: 63.2   1995 Time series
# 3   Sierra Leone: 62.9   1989 Time series
# 4   Central African Republic: 61.33   1993 Time series
# 5   Botswana: 60.51   1993 Time series
# 6   Bolivia: 60.05   2002 Time series
# 7   Haiti: 59.21   2001 Time series
# 8   Colombia: 58.62   2003 Time series
# 9   Paraguay: 58.36   2003 Time series
# 10   South Africa: 57.78   2000 Time series
# 11   Brazil: 56.99   2004 Time series
# 12   Panama: 56.08   2003 Time series
# 13   Guatemala: 55.13   2002 Time series
# 14   Chile: 54.92   2003 Time series
# 15   Honduras: 53.84   2003 Time series
# 16   Ecuador: 53.55   1998 Time series
# 17   El Salvador: 52.36   2002 Time series
# 18   Peru: 52.02   2003 Time series
# 19   Dominican Republic: 51.64   2004 Time series
# 20   Argentina: 51.32   2004 Time series
# 21   Papua New Guinea: 50.9   1996 Time series
# 22   Zambia: 50.8   2004 Time series
# 23   Niger: 50.54   1995 Time series
# 24   Swaziland: 50.4   2001 Time series
# 25   Gambia, The: 50.23   1998 Time series
# 26   Zimbabwe: 50.1   1996 Time series
# 27   Costa Rica: 49.76   2003 Time series
# 28   Malaysia: 49.15   1997 Time series
# 29   Venezuela: 48.2   2003 Time series
# 30   Madagascar: 47.45   2001 Time series
# 31   Mozambique: 47.29   2002 Time series
# 32   Nepal: 47.17   2004 Time series
# 33   Guinea-Bissau: 47.05   1993 Time series
# 34   China: 46.9   2004 Time series
# 35   Rwanda: 46.79   2000 Time series
# 36   Mexico: 46.05   2004 Time series
# 37   Uganda: 45.7   2002 Time series
# 38   Jamaica: 45.51   2004 Time series
# 39   Uruguay: 44.85   2003 Time series
# 40   Côte d'Ivoire: 44.58   2002 Time series
# 41   Cameroon: 44.56   2001 Time series
# 42   Philippines: 44.53   2003 Time series
# 43   Nigeria: 43.7   2003 Time series
# 44   Turkey: 43.64   2003 Time series
# 45   Hong Kong: 43.44   1996 Time series
# 46   Guyana: 43.2   1999 Time series
# 47   Nicaragua: 43.11   2001 Time series
# 48   Iran: 43   1998 Time series
# 49   Saint Lucia: 42.58   1995 Time series
# 50   Kenya: 42.5   1997 Time series
# 51   Singapore: 42.48   1998 Time series
# 52   Burundi: 42.39   1998 Time series
# 53   Thailand: 41.98   2002 Time series
# 54   Cambodia: 41.71   2004 Time series
# 55   Senegal: 41.25   2001 Time series
# 56   United States: 40.81   2000 Time series
# 57   Ghana: 40.79   1998 Time series
# 58   Turkmenistan: 40.76   1998 Time series
# 59   Georgia: 40.44   2003 Time series
# 60   Sri Lanka: 40.17   2002 Time series
# 61   Mali: 40.1   2001 Time series
# 62   Russia: 39.93   2002 Time series
# 63   Tunisia: 39.8   2000 Time series
# 64   Burkina Faso: 39.51   2003 Time series
# 65   Morocco: 39.5   1999 Time series
# 66   Israel: 39.2   2001 Time series
# 67   Mauritania: 39.01   2000 Time series
# 68   Malawi: 39   2004 Time series
# 69   Macedonia, Republic of: 38.99   2003 Time series
# 70   Trinidad and Tobago: 38.88   1992 Time series
# 71   Jordan: 38.84   2003 Time series
# 72   Guinea: 38.6   2003 Time series
# 73   Portugal: 38.45   1997 Time series
# 74   Latvia: 37.67   2003 Time series
# 75   India: 36.8   2004 Time series
# 76   Uzbekistan: 36.77   2003 Time series
# 77   Azerbaijan: 36.5   2001 Time series
# 78   Benin: 36.48   2003 Time series
# 79   New Zealand: 36.17   1997 Time series
= 80   Italy: 36.03   2000 Time series
= 80   Lithuania: 36.03   2003 Time series
# 82   United Kingdom: 35.97   1999 Time series
# 83   Estonia: 35.8   2003 Time series
# 84   Algeria: 35.3   1995 Time series
# 85   Australia: 35.19   1994 Time series
# 86   Spain: 34.66   2000 Time series
# 87   Laos: 34.65   2002 Time series
# 88   Tanzania: 34.62   2000 Time series
# 89   Poland: 34.47   2002 Time series
# 90   Egypt: 34.41   2000 Time series
# 91   Vietnam: 34.4   2004 Time series
# 92   Indonesia: 34.31   2002 Time series
# 93   Ireland: 34.28   2000 Time series
# 94   Greece: 34.27   2000 Time series
# 95   Kazakhstan: 33.91   2003 Time series
# 96   Armenia: 33.77   2003 Time series
# 97   Switzerland: 33.68   2000 Time series
# 98   Yemen: 33.44   1998 Time series
# 99   Bangladesh: 33.4   2000 Time series
# 100   Moldova: 33.22   2003 Time series
# 101   Belgium: 32.97   2000 Time series
# 102   Mongolia: 32.8   2002 Time series
# 103   France: 32.74   1995 Time series
# 104   Tajikistan: 32.64   2003 Time series
# 105   Canada: 32.56   2000 Time series
# 106   Korea, South: 31.59   1998 Time series
# 107   Albania: 31.1   2004 Time series
# 108   Romania: 31.05   2003 Time series
# 109   Netherlands: 30.9   1999 Time series
# 110   Luxembourg: 30.76   2000 Time series
# 111   Pakistan: 30.56   2002 Time series
# 112   Kyrgyzstan: 30.31   2003 Time series
# 113   Serbia and Montenegro: 30.02   2003 Time series
# 114   Ethiopia: 29.97   2000 Time series
# 115   Belarus: 29.72   2002 Time series
# 116   Bulgaria: 29.21   2003 Time series
# 117   Austria: 29.15   2000 Time series
# 118   Croatia: 29   2001 Time series
# 119   Slovenia: 28.41   1998 Time series
# 120   Germany: 28.31   2000 Time series
# 121   Ukraine: 28.06   2003 Time series
# 122   Finland: 26.88   2000 Time series
# 123   Hungary: 26.85   2002 Time series
# 124   Bosnia and Herzegovina: 26.15   2001 Time series
# 125   Slovakia: 25.81   1996 Time series
# 126   Norway: 25.79   2000 Time series
# 127   Czech Republic: 25.4   1996 Time series
# 128   Sweden: 25   2000 Time series
# 129   Japan: 24.85   1993 Time series
# 130   Denmark: 24.7   1997 Time series
Weighted average: 40.7   



DEFINITION: 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.

SOURCE: World Development Indicators database

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