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List of countries by income inequality

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Global map of countries by Gini coefficient of income according to the World Bank, Poverty and Inequality Platform (2022).[1]
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This is a list of countries and territories by income inequality metrics, as calculated by the World Bank, UNU-WIDER, OECD, and World Inequality Database, based on different indicators, like the Gini coefficient and specific income ratios. Income from black market economic activity is not included.

The Gini coefficient is a number between 0 and 100, where 0 represents perfect equality (everyone has the same income). Meanwhile, an index of 100 implies perfect inequality (one person has all the income, and everyone else has no income).

Income ratios include the pre-tax national income share held by the top 10% of the population and the ratio of the upper bound value of the ninth decile (i.e., the 10% of people with the highest income) to that of the upper bound value of the first decile (the ratio of the average income of the richest 10% to the poorest 10%).

Income distribution can vary greatly from wealth distribution in a country.

Gini coefficient

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Country/TerritoryUN RegionWorld Bank Income group
(2024)		Gini coefficient[a]
WB[1]YearUNU-
WIDER[2]		YearOECD[3][4][5]Year
Image AfghanistanSouthern AsiaLow income 31.00 2017 
Image AlbaniaSouthern EuropeUpper middle income 29.4 2020 29.42 2020 
Image AlgeriaNorthern AfricaUpper middle income 27.6 2011 27.62 2012 
Image AndorraSouthern EuropeHigh income 27.96 2016 
Image AngolaMiddle AfricaLower middle income 51.3 2018 51.27 2019 
Image ArgentinaSouth AmericaUpper middle income 42.4 2024 37.80 2022 
Image ArmeniaWestern AsiaUpper middle income 27.2 2023 27.94 2021 
Image AustraliaAustralia and New ZealandHigh income 33.8 2020 34.33 2018 
Image AustriaWestern EuropeHigh income 31.2 2023 30.70 2022 28.5 2022
Image AzerbaijanWestern AsiaUpper middle income 26.6 2005 26.55 2005 
Image BahamasCaribbeanHigh income 41.40 2013 
Image BahrainWestern AsiaHigh income 59.60 2015 
Image BangladeshSouthern AsiaLower middle income 30.9 2022 32.39 2016 
Image BarbadosCaribbeanHigh income 34.1201632.00 2017 
Image BelarusEastern EuropeUpper middle income 24.4 2020 24.38 2020 
Image BelgiumWestern EuropeHigh income 26.8 2023 26.70 2022 25.0 2022
Image BelizeCentral AmericaUpper middle income 39.9 2018 53.26 1999 
Image BeninWestern AfricaLower middle income 34.4 2021 37.95 2019 
Image BhutanSouthern AsiaLower middle income 28.5 2022 28.46 2022 
Image BoliviaSouth AmericaLower middle income 40.9 2024 40.91 2021 
Image Bosnia and HerzegovinaSouthern EuropeUpper middle income 30.3 2021 33.03 2011 
Image BotswanaSouthern AfricaUpper middle income 54.9 2015 53.33 2016 
Image BrazilSouth AmericaUpper middle income 50.3 2024 51.40 2022 
Image BruneiSouth-eastern AsiaHigh income 56.40 1981 
Image Burkina FasoWestern AfricaLow income 37.4 2021 43.02 2019 
Image BurundiEastern AfricaLow income 37.5 2020 38.62 2014 
Image BulgariaEastern EuropeHigh income 39.5 2023 39.01 2022 
Image CambodiaSouth-eastern AsiaLower middle income 30.76 2012 
Image CameroonMiddle AfricaLower middle income 42.2 2021 46.64 2014 
Image CanadaNorthern AmericaHigh income 31.5 2022 28.80 2021 30.6 2023
Image Cape VerdeWestern AfricaLower middle income 42.4 2015 42.38 2015 
Image Central African RepublicMiddle AfricaLow income 43.0 2021 43.05 2021 
Image ChadMiddle AfricaLow income 37.4 2022 37.50 2019 
Image ChileSouth AmericaHigh income 43.0 2022 44.50 2022 44.8 2022
Image ChinaEastern AsiaUpper middle income 36.0 2022 36.67 2020 
Image ColombiaSouth AmericaUpper middle income 54.4 2024 52.90 2021 
Image ComorosEastern AfricaLower middle income 30.3 2024 45.33 2014 
Image Democratic Republic of the CongoMiddle AfricaLow income 44.7 2020 
Image Republic of the CongoMiddle AfricaLower middle income 48.9 2011 48.94 2012 
Image Costa RicaCentral AmericaUpper middle income 45.5 2025 47.15 2022 47.0 2023
Image CroatiaSouthern EuropeHigh income 30.1 2023 28.92 2022 
Image CubaCaribbeanUpper middle income 38.00 2000 
Image CyprusWestern AsiaHigh income 31.8 2023 31.25 2022 
Image Czech RepublicEastern EuropeHigh income 25.7 2023 26.24 2022 24.9 2022
Image DenmarkNorthern EuropeHigh income 29.9 202328.47 2022 
Image DjiboutiEastern AfricaLower middle income 41.6 2017 41.59 2017 
Image Dominican RepublicCaribbeanUpper middle income 39.0 2024 38.10 2022 
Image EcuadorSouth AmericaUpper middle income 45.9 202545.47 2022 
Image EgyptNorthern AfricaLower middle income 28.5 202131.89 2020 
Image El SalvadorCentral AmericaUpper middle income 39.8 2023 38.76 2022 
Image EstoniaNorthern EuropeHigh income 30.7 2023 31.95 2022 32.1 2021
Image EswatiniSouthern AfricaLower middle income 54.6 2016 54.58 2017 
Image EthiopiaEastern AfricaNA31.1 202134.99 2016 
Image FijiMelanesiaUpper middle income 30.7 2019 30.71 2020 
Image FinlandNorthern EuropeHigh income 27.4 2023 28.71 2022 26.9 2023
Image FranceWestern EuropeHigh income 31.8 2023 31.63 2022 29.7 2022
Image GabonMiddle AfricaUpper middle income 38.0 2017 38.02 2017 
Image GambiaWestern AfricaLow income 38.8 2020 38.76 2021 
Image GeorgiaWestern AsiaUpper middle income 33.9 2024 36.93 2021 
Image GermanyWestern EuropeHigh income 33.7 2022 30.64 2022 
Image GhanaWestern AfricaLower middle income 43.5 2016 43.52 2017 
Image GreeceSouthern EuropeHigh income 33.4 2022 33.25 2022 31.6 2022
Image GreenlandNorthern AmericaHigh income 35.40 2018 
Image GrenadaCaribbeanUpper middle income 43.8 2018 36.60 2008 
Image Equatorial GuineaMiddle AfricaUpper middle income38.5 202250.20 2006 
Image GuineaWestern AfricaLower middle income 29.6 2018 29.59 2019 
Image Guinea-BissauWestern AfricaLow income 33.4 2021 34.77 2019 
Image GuatemalaCentral AmericaUpper middle income 45.2 2023 48.28 2014 
Image GuyanaSouth AmericaHigh income 45.1 1998 35.00 2006 
Image HaitiCaribbeanLower middle income 41.1 2012 41.10 2012 
Image HondurasCentral AmericaLower middle income 45.7 2024 48.10 2021 
Image Hong KongEastern AsiaHigh income 42.00 2016 
Image HungaryEastern EuropeHigh income 30.6 2017 29.32 2022 29.4 2022
Image IcelandNorthern EuropeHigh income 26.8 2019 26.27 2018 
Image IndiaSouthern AsiaLower middle income 25.5 2022 37.06 2022 
Image IndonesiaSouth-eastern AsiaUpper middle income 34.4 2025 37.92 2022 
Image IranSouthern AsiaUpper middle income 35.9 2023 40.94 2020 
Image IraqWestern AsiaUpper middle income 29.8 2023 47.20 2013 
Image IrelandNorthern EuropeHigh income 29.0 2023 30.29 2022 28.5 2022
Image IsraelWestern AsiaHigh income 37.9 2021 34.00 2020 34.5 2022
Image ItalySouthern EuropeHigh income 34.3 202334.92 2022 31.9 2022
Image Ivory CoastWestern AfricaLower middle income 35.3 2021 37.17 2019 
Image JamaicaCaribbeanUpper middle income 39.9 2021 37.48 2017 
Image JapanEastern AsiaHigh income 32.9 2013 33.40 2018 33.8 2021
Image JordanWestern AsiaLower middle income 33.7 2010 33.58 2014 
Image KazakhstanCentral AsiaUpper middle income 29.2 2021 27.79 2018 
Image KenyaEastern AfricaLower middle income 38.5 2022 38.70 2021 
Image KiribatiMicronesiaLower middle income 24.7202327.83 2020 
Image KosovoSouthern EuropeUpper middle income 38.3202229.01 2017 
Image KuwaitWestern AsiaHigh income 36.02 2000 
Image KyrgyzstanCentral AsiaLower middle income 27.5 2024 28.99 2020 
Image LaosSouth-eastern AsiaLower middle income 34.7 2024 38.80 2019 
Image LatviaNorthern EuropeHigh income 34.0 2023 34.56 2022 34.0 2022
Image LebanonWestern AsiaLower middle income 35.5 2022 31.83 2012 
Image LesothoSouthern AfricaLower middle income 44.9 2017 44.88 2018 
Image LiberiaWestern AfricaLow income 35.3 2016 35.27 2016 
Image LibyaNorthern AfricaUpper middle income 30.20 2008 
Image LithuaniaNorthern EuropeHigh income 36.0 202336.68 2022 36.0 2022
Image LuxembourgWestern EuropeHigh income 33.6 2023 32.91 2022 29.6 2022
Image MadagascarEastern AfricaLow income 36.8 2021 42.65 2013 
Image MalawiEastern AfricaLow income 38.5 2019 38.54 2020 
Image MalaysiaSouth-eastern AsiaUpper middle income 40.7 2021 
Image MaldivesSouthern AsiaUpper middle income 29.3 2019 29.29 2020 
Image MaliWestern AfricaLow income 35.7 2021 35.28 2021 
Image MaltaSouthern EuropeHigh income 31.8 2023 31.64 2022 
Image Marshall IslandsMicronesiaUpper middle income 35.5 2019 35.48 2020 
Image MauritaniaWestern AfricaLower middle income 32.0 2019 32.62 2014 
Image MauritiusEastern AfricaUpper middle income 36.8 2017 38.47 2012 
Image MexicoCentral AmericaUpper middle income 42.6 2024 44.01 2022 40.0 2022
Image Federated States of MicronesiaMicronesiaLower middle income 40.1 2013 40.06 2013 
Image MoldovaEastern EuropeUpper middle income 26.8 2023 25.73 2021 
Image MongoliaEastern AsiaUpper middle income 31.4 2022 32.74 2018 
Image MontenegroSouthern EuropeUpper middle income 34.3 2021 32.90 2020 
Image MoroccoNorthern AfricaLower middle income 39.5 2013 39.55 2014 
Image MozambiqueEastern AfricaLow income 49.6 2022 50.45 2020 
Image MyanmarSouth-eastern AsiaLower middle income 30.7 2017 30.70 2017 
Image North MacedoniaSouthern EuropeUpper middle income 33.5 2019 33.51 2020 
Image NamibiaSouthern AfricaUpper middle income 59.1 2015 59.07 2016 
Image NauruMicronesiaHigh income 32.4 2012 32.36 2013 
Image NetherlandsWestern EuropeHigh income 25.7 2021 26.04 2022 28.8 2022
Image NepalSouthern AsiaLower middle income 30.0 2022 32.84 2011 
Image New ZealandAustralia and New ZealandHigh income 32.00 2020 
Image NigerWestern AfricaLow income 32.9 2021 37.26 2019 
Image NigeriaWestern AfricaLower middle income 33.9 2022 35.13 2019 
Image NicaraguaCentral AmericaLower middle income 46.2 2014 46.16 2014 
Image NorwayNorthern EuropeHigh income 26.5 2023 29.48 2021 26.2 2022
Image OmanWestern AsiaHigh income 30.09 2019 
Image PakistanSouthern AsiaLower middle income 33.5 2024 29.59 2019 
Image PalauMicronesiaHigh income 43.00 2014 
Image PalestineWestern AsiaLower middle income 33.7 2016 33.69 2017 
Image PanamaCentral AmericaHigh income 49.7 2024 49.60 2022 
Image Papua New GuineaMelanesiaLower middle income 41.9 2009 41.85 2010 
Image ParaguaySouth AmericaUpper middle income 44.2 2024 45.11 2022 
Image PeruSouth AmericaUpper middle income 40.1 2024 40.25 2021 
Image PhilippinesSouth-eastern AsiaLower middle income 39.3 2023 40.68 2021 
Image PolandEastern EuropeHigh income 28.5 2023 28.56 2022 27.0 2022
Image PortugalSouthern EuropeHigh income 33.9 2023 34.59 2022 33.2 2022
Image Puerto RicoCaribbeanHigh income 55.80 2003 
Image QatarWestern AsiaHigh income 35.1 2017 24.60 2013 
Image RéunionEastern Africa— 51.00 1977 
Image RomaniaEastern EuropeHigh income 29.8 2023 34.10 2022 
Image RussiaEastern EuropeHigh income 33.0 2023 36.03 2020 
Image RwandaEastern AfricaLow income 39.4 2023 43.71 2017 
Image Saint Kitts and NevisCaribbeanHigh income 40.00 2009 
Image Saint LuciaCaribbeanUpper middle income 43.7 2015 51.23 2016 
Image Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesCaribbeanUpper middle income 40.00 2008 
Image SamoaPolynesiaUpper middle income 38.7 2013 38.73 2014 
Image San MarinoSouthern EuropeHigh income 27.70 2017 
Image São Tomé and PríncipeMiddle AfricaLower middle income 40.7 2017 40.75 2017 
Image Saudi ArabiaWestern AsiaHigh income 42.20 2018 
Image SenegalWestern AfricaLower middle income 36.2 2021 38.31 2019 
Image SerbiaSouthern EuropeUpper middle income 32.8 2023 34.98 2021 
Image SeychellesEastern AfricaHigh income 32.1 2018 32.13 2019 
Image SingaporeSouth-eastern AsiaHigh income 47.30 2011 
Image Sierra LeoneWestern AfricaLow income 35.7 2018 35.69 2018 
Image SlovakiaEastern EuropeHigh income 23.8 2023 24.12 2022 22.6 2022
Image SloveniaSouthern EuropeHigh income 24.7 202324.28 2022 24.4 2022
Image Solomon IslandsMelanesiaLower middle income 37.1 2012 37.05 2013 
Image SomaliaEastern AfricaLow income 36.30 2016 
Image South AfricaSouthern AfricaUpper middle income 54.1 2022 66.99 2017 
Image South KoreaEastern AsiaHigh income 32.9 2021 33.10 2020 32.4 2022
Image South SudanEastern AfricaLow income 44.0 2016 44.14 2017 
Image SpainSouthern EuropeHigh income 33.4 2023 33.99 2022 32.0 2021
Image Sri LankaSouthern AsiaLower middle income 37.7 2019 37.66 2019 
Image SudanNorthern AfricaLow income 34.2 2014 34.24 2014 
Image SurinameSouth AmericaUpper middle income 39.2 2022 38.10 2017 
Image SwedenNorthern EuropeHigh income 29.3 2023 30.08 2022 28.9 2023
Image SwitzerlandWestern EuropeHigh income 33.8 2022 33.82 2021 
Image SyriaWestern AsiaLow income 26.4 2022 34.20 2007 
Image TaiwanEastern AsiaHigh income 32.58 2021 
Image TajikistanCentral AsiaLower middle income 36.1 2024 34.00 2015 
Image TanzaniaEastern AfricaLower middle income 40.5 2018 40.49 2018 
Image ThailandSouth-eastern AsiaUpper middle income 33.3 202435.12 2021 
Image Timor-LesteSouth-eastern AsiaLower middle income 28.7 2014 28.65 2014 
Image TogoWestern AfricaLow income 37.9 2021 
Image TongaPolynesiaUpper middle income 27.1 2021 33.52 2015 
Image Trinidad and TobagoCaribbeanHigh income 40.2 1992 40.27 1992 
Image TunisiaNorthern AfricaLower middle income 33.7 2021 32.82 2016 
Image Turkey—Upper middle income 43.7 2023 42.60 2021 42.7 2022
Image TurkmenistanCentral AsiaUpper middle income 40.8 1998 40.81 1998 
Image Turks and Caicos IslandsCaribbeanHigh income 37.00 1999 
Image TuvaluPolynesiaUpper middle income 39.1 2010 39.14 2010 
Image UgandaEastern AfricaLow income 42.7 2019 42.71 2020 
Image UkraineEastern EuropeUpper middle income 25.6 2020 25.63 2020 
Image UruguaySouth AmericaHigh income 40.9 2023 
Image United Arab EmiratesWestern AsiaHigh income 26.4 2018 25.97 2019 
Image United KingdomNorthern EuropeHigh income 32.4 2021 34.24 2022 35.4 2021
Image United StatesNorthern AmericaHigh income 41.8 202439.79 2022 39.6 2022
Image UzbekistanCentral AsiaLower middle income 32.7 2025 35.27 2003 
Image VenezuelaSouth AmericaNA 44.7 2006 37.80 2014 
Image VietnamSouth-eastern AsiaLower middle income 36.1 2022 36.81 2020 
Image VanuatuMelanesiaLower middle income 32.3 2019 32.32 2020 
Image YemenWestern AsiaLow income 36.7 2014 36.71 2014 
Image ZambiaEastern AfricaLower middle income 51.5 2022 44.00 2022 
Image ZimbabweEastern AfricaLower middle income 50.3 2019 50.26 2019 
  1. ↑ The Gini coefficient, or 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.

EU countries

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Member stateGini coefficient[6]
2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Image Austria 27.427.627.027.627.227.227.926.827.527.026.727.828.1
Image Belgium 26.326.525.925.926.226.326.125.725.125.424.124.924.2
Image Bulgaria 35.033.635.435.437.037.7 40.239.640.840.039.738.437.2
Image Croatia 31.230.930.930.230.429.829.929.729.228.329.228.529.7
Image Cyprus 29.231.032.434.833.632.130.829.131.129.329.429.429.6
Image Czech Republic 25.224.924.625.125.025.124.524.024.024.224.924.824.4
Image Denmark 26.626.526.827.727.427.727.627.827.527.327.027.728.2
Image Estonia 31.932.532.935.634.832.731.630.630.530.530.631.931.8
Image Finland 25.825.925.425.625.225.425.325.926.226.525.726.626.6
Image France 30.830.530.129.229.229.328.828.529.229.229.329.829.7
Image Germany 29.028.329.730.730.129.529.131.129.730.531.229.029.4
Image Greece 33.534.334.434.534.234.333.432.331.031.432.431.431.8
Image Hungary 26.927.228.328.628.228.228.128.728.028.027.627.429.0
Image Ireland 29.830.430.731.129.729.630.628.928.328.326.626.927.4
Image Italy 32.532.432.832.432.433.132.733.432.832.532.932.731.5
Image Latvia 35.135.735.235.535.434.534.535.635.234.535.734.334.0
Image Lithuania 33.032.034.635.037.937.037.636.935.435.135.436.235.7
Image Luxembourg 27.228.030.428.728.529.629.231.332.331.229.629.130.6
Image Malta 27.227.128.027.728.128.628.228.728.030.331.231.133.0
Image Netherlands 25.825.425.126.226.726.927.127.426.828.226.426.326.4
Image Poland 31.130.930.730.830.629.829.227.828.527.226.826.327.0
Image Portugal 34.234.534.234.534.033.933.532.131.931.233.032.033.7
Image Romania 33.534.034.635.037.434.733.135.134.833.834.332.031.0
Image Slovakia 25.725.324.226.123.724.323.220.922.820.921.821.221.6
Image Slovenia 23.823.724.425.024.524.423.723.423.923.523.023.123.4
Image Spain 34.034.233.734.734.634.534.133.233.032.133.032.031.5
Image Sweden 26.026.026.026.926.727.628.027.027.626.926.827.629.5
Image European Union 30.530.430.630.930.830.630.330.430.230.030.229.629.6
European Union Eurozone 30.630.530.731.030.730.730.430.630.230.330.5——
Image Serbia[a] ——38.038.340.039.837.835.633.333.333.333.2—
Image Montenegro[b] ——38.536.536.536.536.734.734.132.932.531.5—
Notes:
  Pink-colored cells indicate a break in the time series.
  Green-colored cells indicate estimated values.
  1. ↑ Serbia is a negotiating candidate for the EU.
  2. ↑ Montenegro is a negotiating candidate for the EU.

OECD countries

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CountryGini coefficient[7]
Before taxes
and transfers		After taxes
and transfers		Year
Image Australia0.4410.3182020
Image Austria0.4860.2742019
Image Belgium0.4890.2622019
Image Canada0.4380.2802020
Image Chile0.4950.4602017
Image Costa Rica0.5510.4872021
Image Czech Republic0.4320.2482019
Image Denmark0.4450.2682019
Image Estonia0.4650.3052019
Image Finland0.5160.2652020
Image France0.5190.2922019
Image Germany0.5050.3092022
Image Greece0.5250.3082019
Image Hungary0.4630.2862019
Image Iceland0.3690.2502017
Image Ireland0.5200.2922018
Image Israel0.4490.3422019
Image Italy0.5110.3302018
Image Japan0.5700.3812021
Image Latvia0.4830.3552020
Image Lithuania0.4950.3572019
Image Luxembourg0.4900.3052019
Image Mexico0.4350.4202020
Image Netherlands0.4530.3042020
Image New Zealand0.4540.3202020
Image Norway0.4360.2632020
Image Poland0.4520.2812018
Image Portugal0.5110.3102019
Image Slovakia0.3830.2222019
Image Slovenia0.4440.2462019
Image South Korea0.4050.3312020
Image Spain0.4910.3202019
Image Sweden0.4330.2762020
Image Switzerland0.4020.3162019
Image Turkey0.5020.4152019
Image United Kingdom0.5070.3552020
Image United States0.5170.3752021

Different income ratios

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List of countries by income inequality based on Pre-tax national income share held by the top 10% of the population, Income Decile 1 and Interdecile P90/P10

Country/TerritoryUN RegionWorld Bank Income group
(2024)		Pre-tax national income
Top 10% share[a]		Income Decile 1[b]Interdecile P90/P10[c]
World
Inequality
Database[8]		YearUNU-
WIDER[2]		YearPoverty
and
Inequality
Platform[9]		YearOECD[10][11][12]Year
Image AfghanistanSouthern AsiaLow income 41.94% 2022 
Image AngolaMiddle AfricaLower middle income 58.01% 2022 1.33 2019 1.335 2018 
Image AlbaniaSouthern EuropeUpper middle income 32.14% 2022 3.41 2020 3.418 2020 
Image AndorraSouthern EuropeHigh income 34.84% 2022 4.30 2016 
Image United Arab EmiratesWestern AsiaHigh income 47.78% 2022 3.98 2019 2.835 2018 
Image ArgentinaSouth AmericaUpper middle income 43.91% 2022 1.83 2021 2.008 2022 
Image ArmeniaWestern AsiaUpper middle income 46.77% 2022 3.97 2021 3.904 2022 
Image AustraliaAustralia and New ZealandHigh income 32.91% 2022 2.68 2018 2.765 2018 4.3 2020
Image AustriaWestern EuropeHigh income 34.19% 2022 1.89 2022 2.765 2021 3.5 2021
Image AzerbaijanWestern AsiaUpper middle income 42.87% 2022 6.14 2018 4.848 2005 
Image BurundiEastern AfricaLow income 48.39% 2022 2.76 2014 2.876 2020 
Image BelgiumWestern EuropeHigh income 29.54% 2022 2.26 2022 3.645 2021 3.1 2021
Image BeninWestern AfricaLower middle income 46.94% 2022 2.88 2019 3.108 2021 
Image Burkina FasoWestern AfricaLow income 54.84% 2022 2.62 2019 3.029 2021 
Image BangladeshSouthern AsiaLower middle income 36.52% 2022 3.63 2022 3.467 2022 
Image BulgariaEastern EuropeHigh income 44.18% 2022 1.58 2022 2.007 2021 5.8 2021
Image BahrainWestern AsiaHigh income 55.72% 2022 
Image BahamasCaribbeanHigh income 52.41% 2022 2.20 2013 
Image Bosnia and HerzegovinaSouthern EuropeUpper middle income 34.25% 2022 2.94 2011 2.936 2011 
Image BelarusEastern EuropeUpper middle income 29.92% 2022 4.45 2020 4.454 2020 
Image BelizeCentral AmericaUpper middle income 52.41% 2022 0.93 1999 0.950 1999 
Image BoliviaSouth AmericaLower middle income 52.41% 2022 1.77 2021 1.775 2021 
Image BrazilSouth AmericaUpper middle income 56.78% 2022 1.02 2021 1.196 2022 8.4 2022
Image BarbadosCaribbeanHigh income 48.52% 2022 1.40 2010 
Image BruneiSouth-eastern AsiaHigh income 36.40% 2022 0.80 1981 
Image BhutanSouthern AsiaLower middle income 49.19% 2022 3.63 2022 3.633 2022 
Image BotswanaSouthern AfricaUpper middle income 59.26% 2022 1.53 2016 1.532 2015 
Image Central African RepublicMiddle AfricaLow income 64.91% 2022 2.13 2021 2.143 2021 
Image CanadaNorthern AmericaHigh income 35.18% 2022 3.30 2020 2.973 2019 3.7 2021
Image SwitzerlandWestern EuropeHigh income 31.64% 2022 2.50 2021 2.950 2020 3.8 2020
Image ChileSouth AmericaHigh income 58.95% 2022 2.06 2020 2.268 2022 7.3 2022
Image ChinaEastern AsiaUpper middle income 43.35% 2022 2.92 2020 3.039 2021 23.0 2011
Image Ivory CoastWestern AfricaLower middle income 54.66% 2022 2.90 2019 3.150 2021 
Image CameroonMiddle AfricaLower middle income 52.05% 2022 1.72 2014 2.127 2021 
Image Democratic Republic of the CongoMiddle AfricaLow income 48.84% 2022 2.09 2013 2.128 2020 
Image Republic of the CongoMiddle AfricaLower middle income 55.93% 2022 1.56 2012 1.562 2011 
Image ColombiaSouth AmericaUpper middle income 60.62% 2022 1.17 2021 1.033 2022 
Image ComorosEastern AfricaLower middle income 50.26% 2022 1.61 2014 1.617 2014 
Image Cape VerdeWestern AfricaLower middle income 49.08% 2022 2.22 2015 2.219 2015 
Image Costa RicaCentral AmericaUpper middle income 57.50% 2022 1.66 2022 1.639 2023 9.7 2023
Image CubaCaribbeanUpper middle income 45.29% 2022 3.40 1978 
Image CyprusWestern AsiaHigh income 33.45% 2022 2.46 2022 3.547 2021 
Image Czech RepublicEastern EuropeHigh income 29.66% 2022 2.58 2022 3.893 2021 3.1 2021
Image GermanyWestern EuropeHigh income 34.04% 2022 1.82 2022 2.940 2020 3.9 2020
Image DjiboutiEastern AfricaLower middle income 49.55% 2022 1.94 2017 1.944 2017 
Image DenmarkNorthern EuropeHigh income 40.57% 2022 1.99 2022 3.695 2021 3.0 2019
Image Dominican RepublicCaribbeanUpper middle income 47.77% 2022 2.56 2021 2.610 2022 
Image AlgeriaNorthern AfricaUpper middle income 38.08% 2022 4.05 2012 4.046 2011 
Image EcuadorSouth AmericaUpper middle income 44.83% 2022 1.66 2022 1.640 2023 
Image EgyptNorthern AfricaLower middle income 47.60% 2022 3.84 2020 3.841 2019 
Image SpainSouthern EuropeHigh income 33.13% 2022 1.73 2022 2.211 2021 4.6 2021
Image EstoniaNorthern EuropeHigh income 38.16% 2022 1.67 2022 3.093 2021 5.0 2021
Image EthiopiaEastern AfricaNA45.47% 2022 2.89 2016 2.889 2015 
Image FinlandNorthern EuropeHigh income 31.64% 2022 2.18 2022 3.840 2021 3.2 2022
Image FijiMelanesiaUpper middle income 48.59% 2022 3.47 2020 3.468 2019 
Image FranceWestern EuropeHigh income 34.79% 2022 2.16 2022 2.933 2021 3.5 2021
Image Federated States of MicronesiaMicronesiaLower middle income 48.59% 2022 1.87 2013 1.874 2013 
Image GabonMiddle AfricaUpper middle income 43.32% 2022 2.24 2017 2.241 2017 
Image United KingdomNorthern EuropeHigh income 33.70% 2022 2.27 2021 3.041 2021 4.3 2021
Image GeorgiaWestern AsiaUpper middle income 45.03% 2022 2.65 2021 2.638 2022 
Image GhanaWestern AfricaLower middle income 48.91% 2022 1.61 2017 1.611 2016 
Image GuineaWestern AfricaLower middle income 37.89% 2022 3.48 2019 3.478 2018 
Image GambiaWestern AfricaLow income 45.87% 2022 2.59 2021 2.594 2020 
Image Guinea-BissauWestern AfricaLow income 44.09% 2022 3.31 2019 3.393 2021 
Image Equatorial GuineaMiddle AfricaUpper middle income 51.39% 2022 
Image GreeceSouthern EuropeHigh income 35.00% 2022 1.94 2022 2.610 2021 4.0 2021
Image GrenadaCaribbeanUpper middle income 48.52% 2022 2.88 2008 2.128 2018 
Image GreenlandNorthern AmericaHigh income 48.59% 2022 2.10 2018 
Image GuatemalaCentral AmericaUpper middle income 52.41% 2022 1.67 2014 1.672 2014 
Image GuyanaSouth AmericaHigh income 52.41% 2022 1.09 1998 1.158 1998 
Image Hong KongEastern AsiaHigh income 48.18% 2022 0.70 2016 
Image HondurasCentral AmericaLower middle income 52.41% 2022 1.24 2019 1.243 2019 
Image CroatiaSouthern EuropeHigh income 32.04% 2022 1.40 2022 3.110 2021 4.0 2021
Image HaitiCaribbeanLower middle income 52.41% 2022 2.10 2012 0.765 2012 
Image HungaryEastern EuropeHigh income 33.50% 2022 1.83 2022 3.518 2021 3.1 2021
Image IndonesiaSouth-eastern AsiaUpper middle income 41.24% 2022 2.80 2022 3.328 2023 
Image IndiaSouthern AsiaLower middle income 57.13% 2022 2.90 2022 2.898 2021 9.4 2011
Image IrelandNorthern EuropeHigh income 40.86% 2022 1.77 2022 3.633 2021 3.6 2021
Image IranSouthern AsiaUpper middle income 52.39% 2022 2.31 2020 2.831 2022 
Image IraqWestern AsiaUpper middle income 50.67% 2022 1.28 2013 3.680 2012 
Image IcelandNorthern EuropeHigh income 29.51% 2022 4.03 2018 4.033 2017 2.8 2017
Image IsraelWestern AsiaHigh income 47.80% 2022 1.87 2018 2.000 2021 5.4 2021
Image ItalySouthern EuropeHigh income 39.05% 2022 1.54 2022 2.303 2021 4.4 2021
Image JamaicaCaribbeanUpper middle income 52.41% 2022 2.61 2015 2.176 2021 
Image JordanWestern AsiaLower middle income 48.36% 2022 3.16 2014 3.455 2010 
Image JapanEastern AsiaHigh income 44.24% 2022 1.85 2014 2.993 2013 5.2 2021
Image KazakhstanCentral AsiaUpper middle income 35.29% 2022 4.28 2018 4.299 2021 
Image KenyaEastern AfricaLower middle income 48.72% 2022 2.91 2021 2.923 2021 
Image KyrgyzstanCentral AsiaLower middle income 43.35% 2022 4.04 2020 4.375 2022 
Image CambodiaSouth-eastern AsiaLower middle income 55.74% 2022 3.93 2012 
Image KiribatiMicronesiaLower middle income 48.59% 2022 4.04 2020 4.038 2019 
Image Saint Kitts and NevisCaribbeanHigh income 48.52% 2022 
Image South KoreaEastern AsiaHigh income 32.55% 2022 1.24 2016 2.946 2021 4.9 2022
Image KuwaitWestern AsiaHigh income 52.90% 2022 2.80 1973 
Image LaosSouth-eastern AsiaLower middle income 45.68% 2022 2.95 2019 2.955 2018 
Image LebanonWestern AsiaLower middle income 54.17% 2022 3.09 2012 3.093 2011 
Image LiberiaWestern AfricaLow income 43.24% 2022 2.94 2016 2.941 2016 
Image LibyaNorthern AfricaUpper middle income 44.13% 2022 
Image Saint LuciaCaribbeanUpper middle income 48.52% 2022 0.90 2016 0.906 2015 
Image Sri LankaSouthern AsiaLower middle income 42.23% 2022 3.11 2019 3.113 2019 
Image LesothoSouthern AfricaLower middle income 49.51% 2022 1.72 2018 1.722 2017 
Image LithuaniaNorthern EuropeHigh income 41.84% 2022 1.29 2022 2.625 2021 5.1 2021
Image LuxembourgWestern EuropeHigh income 31.48% 2022 2.19 2022 2.787 2021 3.6 2021
Image LatviaNorthern EuropeHigh income 34.61% 2022 1.37 2022 2.607 2021 5.2 2022
Image MoroccoNorthern AfricaLower middle income 49.43% 2022 2.70 2014 2.700 2013 
Image MoldovaEastern EuropeUpper middle income 33.29% 2022 4.34 2021 4.344 2021 
Image MadagascarEastern AfricaLow income 50.76% 2022 2.16 2013 2.223 2012 
Image MaldivesSouthern AsiaUpper middle income 57.72% 2022 3.78 2020 3.776 2019 
Image MexicoCentral AmericaUpper middle income 64.61% 2022 1.87 2022 2.124 2022 5.8 2022
Image Marshall IslandsMicronesiaUpper middle income 48.59% 2022 2.84 2020 2.842 2019 
Image North MacedoniaSouthern EuropeUpper middle income 29.66% 2022 1.88 2020 1.878 2019 
Image MaliWestern AfricaLow income 44.61% 2022 2.93 2021 3.230 2021 
Image MaltaSouthern EuropeHigh income 34.13% 2022 1.99 2022 3.095 2020 
Image MyanmarSouth-eastern AsiaLower middle income 51.12% 2022 3.76 2017 3.764 2017 
Image MontenegroSouthern EuropeUpper middle income 32.13% 2022 2.30 2021 2.141 2021 
Image MongoliaEastern AsiaUpper middle income 42.51% 2022 3.27 2018 3.387 2022 
Image MozambiqueEastern AfricaLow income 64.63% 2022 1.59 2020 1.714 2019 
Image MauritaniaWestern AfricaLower middle income 40.48% 2022 2.98 2014 3.133 2019 
Image MauritiusEastern AfricaUpper middle income 47.40% 2022 2.91 2017 2.915 2017 
Image MalawiEastern AfricaLow income 48.41% 2022 2.85 2020 2.851 2019 
Image MalaysiaSouth-eastern AsiaUpper middle income 47.48% 2022 2.26 2019 2.346 2021 
Image NamibiaSouthern AfricaUpper middle income 64.20% 2022 0.96 2016 0.965 2015 
Image NigerWestern AfricaLow income 49.19% 2022 3.20 2019 3.777 2021 
Image NigeriaWestern AfricaLower middle income 42.72% 2022 2.88 2019 2.885 2018 
Image NicaraguaCentral AmericaLower middle income 52.41% 2022 1.98 2014 1.977 2014 
Image NetherlandsWestern EuropeHigh income 33.14% 2022 1.92 2022 3.625 2021 3.2 2022
Image NorwayNorthern EuropeHigh income 25.17% 2022 1.94 2021 3.365 2019 3.1 2022
Image NepalSouthern AsiaLower middle income 33.81% 2022 3.50 2011 3.672 2022 
Image NauruMicronesiaHigh income 48.59% 2022 3.39 2013 3.403 2012 
Image New ZealandAustralia and New ZealandHigh income 34.63% 2022 2.90 2018 4.2 2020
Image OmanWestern AsiaHigh income 54.88% 2022 
Image PakistanSouthern AsiaLower middle income 43.94% 2022 4.22 2019 4.222 2018 
Image PanamaCentral AmericaHigh income 52.41% 2022 1.23 2021 1.234 2023 
Image PeruSouth AmericaUpper middle income 57.27% 2022 2.12 2021 2.112 2022 
Image PhilippinesSouth-eastern AsiaLower middle income 49.42% 2022 2.91 2021 2.678 2021 
Image PalauMicronesiaHigh income 48.59% 2022 1.00 2014 
Image Papua New GuineaMelanesiaLower middle income 50.25% 2022 1.87 2010 1.870 2009 
Image PolandEastern EuropeHigh income 34.59% 2022 2.09 2022 3.354 2021 3.3 2021
Image Puerto RicoCaribbeanHigh income 48.52% 2022 2.10 1977 
Image PortugalSouthern EuropeHigh income 35.60% 2022 1.85 2022 2.796 2021 4.0 2021
Image ParaguaySouth AmericaUpper middle income 52.41% 2022 1.83 2022 1.831 2022 
Image PalestineWestern AsiaLower middle income 50.06% 2022 2.90 2017 2.898 2016 
Image QatarWestern AsiaHigh income 53.78% 2022 2.556 2017 
Image RomaniaEastern EuropeHigh income 35.77% 2022 1.17 2022 1.901 2021 5.0 2021
Image RussiaEastern EuropeHigh income 50.77% 2022 3.08 2020 2.686 2021 4.3 2017
Image RwandaEastern AfricaLow income 53.94% 2022 2.44 2017 2.437 2016 
Image Saudi ArabiaWestern AsiaHigh income 54.41% 2022 
Image SudanNorthern AfricaLow income 45.04% 2022 3.17 2014 3.175 2014 
Image SenegalWestern AfricaLower middle income 47.80% 2022 2.96 2019 3.021 2021 
Image SingaporeSouth-eastern AsiaHigh income 32.89% 2022 1.59 2012 
Image Solomon IslandsMelanesiaLower middle income 48.59% 2022 2.76 2013 2.758 2012 
Image Sierra LeoneWestern AfricaLow income 47.00% 2022 3.35 2018 3.352 2018 
Image El SalvadorCentral AmericaUpper middle income 42.70% 2022 1.92 2022 1.926 2022 
Image San MarinoSouthern EuropeHigh income 34.84% 2022 
Image SomaliaEastern AfricaLow income 44.06% 2022 1.70 2016 
Image SerbiaSouthern EuropeUpper middle income 33.75% 2022 2.28 2021 2.489 2021 
Image South SudanEastern AfricaLow income 49.39% 2022 1.71 2017 1.788 2016 
Image São Tomé and PríncipeMiddle AfricaLower middle income 39.38% 2022 2.57 2017 2.569 2017 
Image SurinameSouth AmericaUpper middle income 52.41% 2022 2.207 2022 F
Image SlovakiaEastern EuropeHigh income 25.98% 2022 2.97 2022 3.421 2021 2.8 2021
Image SloveniaSouthern EuropeHigh income 30.65% 2022 1.97 2022 4.196 2021 3.0 2021
Image SwedenNorthern EuropeHigh income 33.75% 2022 1.78 2022 2.806 2021 3.3 2022
Image EswatiniSouthern AfricaLower middle income 59.88% 2022 1.41 2017 1.407 2016 
Image SeychellesEastern AfricaHigh income 52.09% 2022 2.58 2019 2.622 2018 
Image SyriaWestern AsiaLow income 54.25% 2022 3.80 2007 3.798 2022 
Image Turks and Caicos IslandsCaribbeanHigh income 48.52% 2022 
Image ChadMiddle AfricaLow income 46.73% 2022 2.92 2019 2.808 2022 
Image TogoWestern AfricaLow income 50.03% 2022 2.29 2019 2.785 2021 
Image ThailandSouth-eastern AsiaUpper middle income 51.75% 2022 3.17 2021 3.186 2021 
Image TajikistanCentral AsiaLower middle income 38.12% 2022 2.95 2015 2.953 2015 
Image TurkmenistanCentral AsiaUpper middle income 47.99% 2022 2.72 1993 2.404 1998 
Image Timor-LesteSouth-eastern AsiaLower middle income 46.30% 2022 4.04 2014 4.045 2014 
Image TongaPolynesiaUpper middle income 48.59% 2022 3.18 2015 3.965 2021 
Image Trinidad and TobagoCaribbeanHigh income 52.41% 2022 2.07 1992 2.127 1992 
Image TunisiaNorthern AfricaLower middle income 41.37% 2022 3.16 2016 3.083 2021 
Image Turkey—Upper middle income 51.68% 2022 2.00 2021 1.988 2021 5.3 2021
Image TuvaluPolynesiaUpper middle income 48.59% 2022 2.68 2010 2.684 2010 
Image TaiwanEastern AsiaHigh income 34.92% 2022 2.53 2021 3.515 2021 
Image TanzaniaEastern AfricaLower middle income 51.37% 2022 2.88 2018 2.875 2018 
Image UgandaEastern AfricaLow income 52.82% 2022 2.43 2020 2.428 2019 
Image UkraineEastern EuropeUpper middle income 38.26% 2022 4.25 2020 4.257 2020 
Image UruguaySouth AmericaHigh income 47.17% 2022 2.24 2022 2.162 2022 
Image United StatesNorthern AmericaHigh income 48.27% 2022 1.42 2022 1.762 2022 6.3 2022
Image UzbekistanCentral AsiaLower middle income 48.30% 2022 2.88 2003 2.495 2022 
Image Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesCaribbeanUpper middle income 48.52% 2022 
Image VenezuelaSouth AmericaNA54.96% 2022 2.50 2014 1.244 2006 
Image VietnamSouth-eastern AsiaLower middle income 45.82% 2022 2.53 2020 2.569 2022 
Image VanuatuMelanesiaLower middle income 48.59% 2022 3.04 2020 3.044 2019 
Image SamoaPolynesiaUpper middle income 48.59% 2022 2.74 2014 2.738 2013 
Image KosovoSouthern EuropeUpper middle income 31.64% 2022 0.50 2018 3.790 2017 
Image YemenWestern AsiaLow income 55.11% 2022 3.00 2014 3.005 2014 
Image South AfricaSouthern AfricaUpper middle income 65.41% 2022 1.09 2017 0.857 2014 22.3 2017
Image ZambiaEastern AfricaLower middle income 61.74% 2022 1.10 2015 1.473 2022 
Image ZimbabweEastern AfricaLower middle income 58.95% 2022 1.93 2019 2.539 2017 
  1. ↑ Pre-tax national income share held by the top 10% of the population (WID): Pre-tax national income is the sum of all pre-tax personal income flows accruing to the owners of the production factors, labor, and capital before taking into account the operation of the tax/transfer system, but after taking into account the operation of the pension system. The central difference between personal factor income and pre-tax income is the treatment of pensions, which are counted on a contribution basis by factor income and on a distribution basis by pre-tax income. The population is composed of individuals over the age of 20. The base unit is the tax unit defined by national fiscal administrations to measure personal income taxes.
  2. ↑ Decile 1 group shares of resource (UNU-WIDER, PIP): A decile is a quantitative method of dividing data into 10 equal parts. Income Decile 1 measures the percentage share of income of the bottom (poorest) 10% of the population.
  3. ↑ Interdecile P90/P10 (OECD): The P90/P10 ratio is the ratio of the upper bound value of the ninth decile (i.e., the 10% of people with the highest income) to that of the upper bound value of the first decile, after taxes and adjusted for household size.

See also

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References

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  1. 1 2 "Gini index". World Bank Group. 2025. Retrieved 21 June 2026.
  2. 1 2 "World Income Inequality Database (WIID). Version 28". wider.unu.edu. World Income Inequality Database - WIID. UNU-WIDER. November 2023. doi:10.35188/UNU-WIDER/WIID-281123. Retrieved 25 October 2024.
  3. ↑ "Income inequality (disposable income), Gini coefficient, 2021". oecd.org. Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. 2024. Retrieved 25 October 2024.
  4. ↑ "Income inequality (disposable income), Gini coefficient, 2022". oecd.org. Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. 2024. Retrieved 25 October 2024.
  5. ↑ "Income distribution database. Gini (disposable income)". data-explorer.oecd.org. OECD Data Explorer. Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. 2024. Retrieved 25 October 2024.
  6. ↑ "Gini coefficient of equivalised disposable income". ec.europa.eu/eurostat. EC Data Browser. Eurostat. Retrieved 25 October 2024.
  7. ↑ "Income distribution database. Gini (disposable income)". data-explorer.oecd.org. OECD Data Explorer. Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. 2024. Retrieved 25 October 2024.
  8. ↑ "Pre-tax national income share held by top 10% of the population". wid.world. World Inequality Database (WID). 2024. Retrieved 25 October 2024.
  9. ↑ "Poverty & Inequality Indicators. Income Decile 1". pip.worldbank.org. Poverty and Inequality Platform. World Bank. 2024. Retrieved 25 October 2024.
  10. ↑ "Income distribution database. P90/P10 disposable income decile ratio". data-explorer.oecd.org. OECD Data Explorer. Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. 2024. Retrieved 25 October 2024.
  11. ↑ "Income inequality (disposable income), Interdecile P90/P10, 2021". oecd.org. Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. 2024. Retrieved 25 October 2024.
  12. ↑ "Income inequality (disposable income), Interdecile P90/P10, 2022". oecd.org. Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. 2024. Retrieved 25 October 2024.

Further reading

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  • Chancel, L.; Piketty, T.; Saez, E.; Zucman, G.; et al. "World Inequality Report 2022" (PDF). wir2022.wid.world. World Inequality Lab. UNESCO Inclusive Policy Lab.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
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