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Distribution Of Family Income gini index (most recent) by country
 

Economy Statistics > Distribution of family income > Gini index (most recent) by country


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Rank   Countries  Amount  Date  
# 1   Namibia: 70.7  2003 Time series
# 2   South Africa: 65  2005 Time series
# 3   Lesotho: 63.2  1995 Time series
# 4   Botswana: 63  1993 Time series
# 5   Central African Republic: 61.3  1993 Time series
= 6   Bolivia: 59.2  2006 Time series
= 6   Haiti: 59.2  2001 Time series
# 8   Paraguay: 58.4  2003 Time series
# 9   Brazil: 56.7  2005 Time series
# 10   Panama: 56.1  2003 Time series
# 11   Guatemala: 55.1  2007 Time series
# 12   Chile: 54.9  2003 Time series
= 13   Colombia: 53.8  2005 Time series
= 13   Honduras: 53.8  2003 Time series
# 15   Hong Kong: 53.3  2007 Time series
# 16   El Salvador: 52.4  2002 Time series
# 17   Singapore: 52.2  2005 Time series
# 18   Peru: 52  2003 Time series
# 19   Dominican Republic: 51.6  2004 Time series
= 20   Papua New Guinea: 50.9  1996 Time series
= 20   Mexico: 50.9  2005 Time series
# 22   Zambia: 50.8  2004 Time series
# 23   Niger: 50.5  1995 Time series
# 24   Swaziland: 50.4  2001 Time series
# 25   Gambia, The: 50.2  1998 Time series
# 26   Zimbabwe: 50.1  2006 Time series
# 27   Sri Lanka: 50  2003 Time series
# 28   Costa Rica: 49.8  2003 Time series
# 29   Argentina: 48.3  2006 Time series
# 30   Venezuela: 48.2  2003 Time series
# 31   Madagascar: 47.5  2001 Time series
# 32   Mozambique: 47.3  2002 Time series
# 33   Nepal: 47.2  2004 Time series
# 34   China: 47  2007 Time series
# 35   Rwanda: 46.8  2000 Time series
# 36   Malaysia: 46.1  2002 Time series
# 37   Ecuador: 46  2006 Time series
# 38   Philippines: 45.8  2006 Time series
# 39   Uganda: 45.7  2002 Time series
# 40   Jamaica: 45.5  2004 Time series
# 41   Uruguay: 45.2  2006 Time series
# 42   United States: 45  2007 Time series
= 43   Cameroon: 44.6  2001 Time series
= 43   Côte d'Ivoire: 44.6  2002 Time series
= 45   Kenya: 44.5  1997 Time series
= 45   Iran: 44.5  2006 Time series
# 47   Nigeria: 43.7  2003 Time series
# 48   Turkey: 43.6  2003 Time series
# 49   Guyana: 43.2  1999 Time series
# 50   Nicaragua: 43.1  2001 Time series
# 51   Burundi: 42.4  1998 Time series
# 52   Thailand: 42  2002 Time series
# 53   Cambodia: 41.7  2004 Time series
= 54   Senegal: 41.3  2001 Time series
= 54   Russia: 41.3  2007 Time series
# 56   Turkmenistan: 40.8  1998 Time series
# 57   Georgia: 40.4  2003 Time series
# 58   Mali: 40.1  2001 Time series
= 59   Morocco: 40  2005 Time series
= 59   Tunisia: 40  2005 Time series
# 61   Burkina Faso: 39.5  2007 Time series
# 62   Ghana: 39.4  2005 Time series
= 63   Mauritius: 39  2006 Time series
= 63   Malawi: 39  2004 Time series
= 63   Macedonia, Republic of: 39  2003 Time series
= 63   Mauritania: 39  2000 Time series
# 67   Jordan: 38.8  2003 Time series
# 68   Israel: 38.6  2005 Time series
# 69   Portugal: 38.5  2007 Time series
= 70   Guinea: 38.1  2006 Time series
= 70   Japan: 38.1  2002 Time series
# 72   East Timor: 38  2002 Time series
# 73   Latvia: 37.7  2003 Time series
= 74   Armenia: 37  2006 Time series
= 74   Vietnam: 37  2004 Time series
= 76   India: 36.8  2004 Time series
= 76   Uzbekistan: 36.8  2003 Time series
= 78   Azerbaijan: 36.5  2001 Time series
= 78   Benin: 36.5  2003 Time series
# 80   Indonesia: 36.3  2005 Time series
# 81   New Zealand: 36.2  1997 Time series
= 82   Lithuania: 36  2005 Time series
= 82   Poland: 36  2005 Time series
# 84   Algeria: 35.3  1995 Time series
# 85   Korea, South: 35.1  2006 Time series
= 86   Laos: 34.6  2002 Time series
= 86   Tanzania: 34.6  2000 Time series
# 88   Egypt: 34.4  2001 Time series
= 89   Estonia: 34  2005 Time series
= 89   United Kingdom: 34  2005 Time series
# 91   Switzerland: 33.7  2000 Time series
= 92   Bangladesh: 33.4  2000 Time series
= 92   Yemen: 33.4  1998 Time series
# 94   Moldova: 33.2  2003 Time series
= 95   Greece: 33  2005 Time series
= 95   Italy: 33  2005 Time series
# 97   Mongolia: 32.8  2002 Time series
= 98   Tajikistan: 32.6  2003 Time series
= 98   Taiwan: 32.6  2000 Time series
# 100   Canada: 32.1  2005 Time series
= 101   Spain: 32  2005 Time series
= 101   Ireland: 32  2005 Time series
# 103   Bulgaria: 31.6  2005 Time series
= 104   Romania: 31  2005 Time series
= 104   Ukraine: 31  2006 Time series
# 106   Netherlands: 30.9  2005 Time series
# 108   Pakistan: 30.6  2002 Time series
# 109   Australia: 30.5  2006 Time series
# 110   Kazakhstan: 30.4  2005 Time series
# 111   Kyrgyzstan: 30.3  2003 Time series
= 112   Serbia and Montenegro: 30  2003 Time series
= 112   Montenegro: 30  2003 Time series
= 112   Ethiopia: 30  2000 Time series
# 115   Belarus: 29.7  2002 Time series
= 116   Cyprus: 29  2005 Time series
= 116   Croatia: 29  2001 Time series
= 118   Hungary: 28  2005 Time series
= 118   France: 28  2005 Time series
= 118   Germany: 28  2005 Time series
= 118   Norway: 28  2005 Time series
= 118   Malta: 28  2005 Time series
= 118   Belgium: 28  2005 Time series
# 124   Albania: 26.7  2005 Time series
# 125   Bosnia and Herzegovina: 26.2  2001 Time series
= 126   Czech Republic: 26  2005 Time series
= 126   Luxembourg: 26  2005 Time series
= 126   Finland: 26  2005 Time series
= 126   Austria: 26  2005 Time series
= 126   Slovakia: 26  2005 Time series
# 131   Iceland: 25  2005 Time series
= 132   Slovenia: 24  2005 Time series
= 132   Denmark: 24  2005 Time series
# 134   Sweden: 23  2005 Time series
Weighted average: 39.8  

Historical countries, unions or other regions:
European Union 30.7  



DEFINITION: This index measures the degree of inequality in the distribution of family income in a country. The index is calculated from the Lorenz curve, in which cumulative family income is plotted against the number of families arranged from the poorest to the ric

SOURCE: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008 via NationMaster

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