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Income inequality

Gini index of income distribution (0 = perfect equality). Countries measure equivalized disposable income or consumption; states use pre-tax household money income, which reads a few points higher.

Darker = better (lower), by rank · 167 countries · World Bank (Poverty & Inequality Platform) · tap a country to pin it here

Countries

167 · World Bank (Poverty & Inequality Platform)
  1. 1stSlovakia23.82023
  2. 2ndBelarus24.42020
  3. 3rdKiribati24.72023
  4. 3rdSlovenia24.72023
  5. 5thIndia25.52022
  6. 6thUkraine25.62020
  7. 7thCzechia25.72023
  8. 7thNetherlands25.72021
  9. 9thSyria26.42022
  10. 9thUnited Arab Emirates26.42018
  11. 11thNorway26.52023
  12. 12thAzerbaijan26.62005
  13. 13thBelgium26.82023
  14. 13thIceland26.82019
  15. 13thMoldova26.82023
  16. 16thTonga27.12021
  17. 17thArmenia27.42024
  18. 17thFinland27.42023
  19. 19thKyrgyzstan27.52024
  20. 20thAlgeria27.62011
  21. 21stBhutan28.52022
  22. 21stEgypt28.52021
  23. 21stPoland28.52023
  24. 24thTimor-Leste28.72014
  25. 25thIreland292023
  26. 26thKazakhstan29.22021
  27. 27thMaldives29.32019
  28. 27thSweden29.32023
  29. 29thAlbania29.42020
  30. 30thGuinea29.62018
  31. 31stIraq29.82023
  32. 31stRomania29.82023
  33. 33rdDenmark29.92023
  34. 34thNepal302022
  35. 35thCroatia30.12023
  36. 36thBosnia and Herzegovina30.32021
  37. 36thComoros30.32024
  38. 38thHungary30.62017
  39. 39thEstonia30.72023
  40. 39thFiji30.72019
  41. 39thMyanmar30.72017
  42. 42ndBangladesh30.92022
  43. 43rdEthiopia31.12021
  44. 44thAustria31.22023
  45. 45thMongolia31.42022
  46. 46thCanada31.52022
  47. 47thCyprus31.82023
  48. 47thFrance31.82023
  49. 47thMalta31.82023
  50. 50thMauritania322019
  51. 51stSeychelles32.12018
  52. 52ndJapan32.32020
  53. 52ndVanuatu32.32019
  54. 54thNauru32.42012
  55. 54thUnited Kingdom32.42021
  56. 56thUzbekistan32.72025
  57. 57thSerbia32.82023
  58. 58thNiger32.92021
  59. 58thSouth Korea32.92021
  60. 60thRussia332023
  61. 61stThailand33.32024
  62. 62ndGreece33.42023
  63. 62ndGuinea-Bissau33.42021
  64. 62ndSpain33.42023
  65. 65thNorth Macedonia33.52019
  66. 65thPakistan33.52024
  67. 67thLuxembourg33.62023
  68. 68thGermany33.72022
  69. 68thJordan33.72010
  70. 68thTunisia33.72021
  71. 71stAustralia33.82020
  72. 71stSwitzerland33.82022
  73. 73rdGeorgia33.92024
  74. 73rdNigeria33.92022
  75. 73rdPortugal33.92023
  76. 76thLatvia342023
  77. 77thBarbados34.12016
  78. 78thSudan34.22014
  79. 79thItaly34.32023
  80. 79thMontenegro34.32021
  81. 81stBenin34.42021
  82. 81stIndonesia34.42025
  83. 83rdLaos34.72024
  84. 84thQatar35.12017
  85. 85thIvory Coast35.32021
  86. 85thLiberia35.32016
  87. 87thLebanon35.52022
  88. 87thMarshall Islands35.52019
  89. 89thMali35.72021
  90. 89thSierra Leone35.72018
  91. 91stIran35.92023
  92. 92ndChina362022
  93. 92ndLithuania362023
  94. 94thTajikistan36.12024
  95. 94thVietnam36.12022
  96. 96thSenegal36.22021
  97. 97thYemen36.72014
  98. 98thMadagascar36.82021
  99. 98thMauritius36.82017
  100. 100thSolomon Islands37.12012
  101. 101stBurkina Faso37.42021
  102. 101stChad37.42022
  103. 103rdBurundi37.52020
  104. 104thSri Lanka37.72019
  105. 105thTogo37.92021
  106. 106thGabon382017
  107. 107thIsrael38.32022
  108. 107thKosovo38.32022
  109. 109thEquatorial Guinea38.52022
  110. 109thKenya38.52022
  111. 109thMalawi38.52019
  112. 112thSamoa38.72013
  113. 113thGambia38.82020
  114. 114thDominican Republic392024
  115. 115thTuvalu39.12010
  116. 116thSuriname39.22022
  117. 117thPhilippines39.32023
  118. 118thRwanda39.42023
  119. 119thBulgaria39.52023
  120. 119thMorocco39.52013
  121. 121stEl Salvador39.82023
  122. 122ndBelize39.92018
  123. 122ndJamaica39.92021
  124. 124thUruguay402024
  125. 125thMicronesia40.12013
  126. 125thPeru40.12024
  127. 127thTanzania40.52018
  128. 128thMalaysia40.72021
  129. 128thSão Tomé and Príncipe40.72017
  130. 130thBolivia40.92024
  131. 131stHaiti41.12012
  132. 132ndDjibouti41.62017
  133. 133rdUnited States41.82024
  134. 134thPapua New Guinea41.92009
  135. 135thCameroon42.22021
  136. 136thArgentina42.42024
  137. 136thCape Verde42.42015
  138. 138thMexico42.62024
  139. 139thUganda42.72019
  140. 140thCentral African Republic432021
  141. 140thChile432024
  142. 142ndGhana43.52016
  143. 143rdSaint Lucia43.72015
  144. 143rdTürkiye43.72023
  145. 145thGrenada43.82018
  146. 146thSouth Sudan442016
  147. 147thParaguay44.22024
  148. 148thDR Congo44.72020
  149. 148thVenezuela44.72006
  150. 150thLesotho44.92017
  151. 151stGuatemala45.22023
  152. 152ndCosta Rica45.52025
  153. 153rdHonduras45.72024
  154. 154thEcuador45.92025
  155. 155thNicaragua46.22014
  156. 156thRepublic of the Congo48.92011
  157. 157thMozambique49.62022
  158. 158thPanama49.72024
  159. 159thBrazil50.32024
  160. 159thZimbabwe50.32019
  161. 161stAngola51.32018
  162. 162ndZambia51.52022
  163. 163rdSouth Africa54.12022
  164. 164thColombia54.42024
  165. 165thEswatini54.62016
  166. 166thBotswana54.92015
  167. 167thNamibia59.12015

US states

51 · US Census ACS (B19083)
  1. 1stUtah42.2
  2. 2ndIdaho43.5
  3. 3rdIowa43.6
  4. 4thAlaska44
  5. 5thWisconsin44.2
  6. 6thSouth Dakota44.3
  7. 7thNebraska44.6
  8. 8thDelaware44.8
  9. 8thNew Hampshire44.8
  10. 10thMinnesota45.2
  11. 11thIndiana45.2
  12. 12thHawaii45.4
  13. 13thVermont45.5
  14. 14thKansas45.6
  15. 14thOregon45.6
  16. 16thMaryland45.6
  17. 17thMaine45.7
  18. 18thNorth Dakota45.7
  19. 19thMontana45.8
  20. 20thWyoming46.1
  21. 21stColorado46.1
  22. 22ndArizona46.2
  23. 23rdOhio46.3
  24. 24thMissouri46.3
  25. 25thNevada46.5
  26. 26thSouth Carolina46.6
  27. 27thWest Virginia46.7
  28. 28thMichigan46.8
  29. 29thVirginia46.9
  30. 30thOklahoma47
  31. 31stKentucky47.1
  32. 32ndNew Jersey47.1
  33. 33rdRhode Island47.2
  34. 34thArkansas47.2
  35. 35thNew Mexico47.2
  36. 36thWashington47.3
  37. 37thGeorgia47.3
  38. 38thAlabama47.4
  39. 39thPennsylvania47.5
  40. 39thTennessee47.5
  41. 41stMississippi47.7
  42. 42ndNorth Carolina47.8
  43. 43rdTexas47.9
  44. 44thFlorida48
  45. 45thIllinois48
  46. 46thMassachusetts48.2
  47. 47thCalifornia48.5
  48. 48thLouisiana49.2
  49. 49thConnecticut49.9
  50. 50thNew York51.9
  51. 51stDistrict of Columbia52.4

167 countries ranked and 51 US states.

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