Gini index of income inequality: the extent to which the distribution of income (or consumption) among individuals or households within a country deviates from a perfectly equal distribution. A value of 0 represents absolute equality, a value of 100 absolute inequality. Only nations of 200,000+ population included. Source: The United Nations Human Development Reports.

Complete List

Ranking	Nation	Value
1	Namibia	74.3
2	Comoros	64.3
3	Botswana	61.0
4	Belize	59.6
5	Haiti	59.5
6	Angola	58.6
7	Colombia	58.5
8	South Africa	57.8
9	Bolivia	57.2
10	Honduras	55.3
11	Brazil	55.0
12	Panama	54.9
13	Ecuador	54.4
14	Guatemala	53.7
15	Paraguay	53.2
16	Suriname	52.8
17	Liberia	52.6
18	Lesotho	52.5
19	Nicaragua	52.3
20	Chile	52.0
21	Mexico	51.6
22	Papua New Guinea	50.9
23	Swaziland	50.7
23	Zambia	50.7
24	Peru	50.5
25	Cape Verde	50.4
26	Zimbabwe	50.1
27	Costa Rica	48.9
28	Argentina	48.8
29	Cote d'Ivoire	48.4
29	Dominican Republic	48.4
30	Kenya	47.7
31	Congo, Republic of the	47.3
31	Gambia, The	47.3
31	Nepal	47.3
32	Madagascar	47.2
33	Mozambique	47.1
33	Uruguay	47.1
34	El Salvador	46.9
35	Bhutan	46.8
36	Rwanda	46.7
37	Jamaica	45.5
38	Cameroon	44.6
39	Congo, Democratic Republic of the	44.4
40	Cambodia	44.2
41	Philippines	44.0
42	Niger	43.9
43	Russia	43.7
44	Central African Republic	43.6
45	Hong Kong	43.4
45	Venezuela	43.4
46	Guinea	43.3
47	Guyana	43.2
48	Nigeria	42.9
49	Ghana	42.8
49	Macedonia	42.8
50	Uganda	42.6
51	Sierra Leone	42.5
51	Singapore	42.5
51	Thailand	42.5
52	China	41.5
52	Gabon	41.5
53	Turkey	41.2
54	Sri Lanka	41.1
55	Morocco	40.9
56	Georgia	40.8
56	Tunisia	40.8
56	Turkmenistan	40.8
56	United States (General)	40.8
57	Trinidad and Tobago	40.3
58	Djibouti	39.9
59	Chad	39.8
60	Burkina Faso	39.6
61	Israel	39.2
61	Senegal	39.2
62	Malawi	39.0
62	Mali	39.0
62	Mauritania	39.0
63	Benin	38.6
64	Portugal	38.5
65	Iran	38.3
66	Malaysia	37.9
67	Vietnam	37.8
68	Jordan	37.7
68	Yemen	37.7
69	Indonesia	37.6
70	Maldives	37.4
70	Moldova	37.4
71	Montenegro	36.9
72	India	36.8
73	Uzbekistan	36.7
74	Mongolia	36.6
75	Bosnia and Herzegovina	36.3
75	Latvia	36.3
76	New Zealand	36.2
77	Estonia	36.0
77	Italy	36.0
77	United Kingdom	36.0
78	Lithuania	35.8
79	Guinea-Bissau	35.5
80	Algeria	35.3
81	Australia	35.2
82	Poland	34.9
83	Spain	34.7
84	Tanzania	34.6
85	Togo	34.4
86	Greece	34.3
86	Ireland	34.3
87	Switzerland	33.7
88	Tajikistan	33.6
89	Kyrgyzstan	33.5
90	Burundi	33.3
91	Albania	33.0
91	Belgium	33.0
92	France	32.7
93	Canada	32.6
93	Laos	32.6
94	Egypt	32.1
94	Romania	32.1
95	Timor-Leste	31.9
96	Korea, (South) Republic of	31.6
97	Pakistan	31.2
97	Slovenia	31.2
98	Bangladesh	31.0
99	Kazakhstan	30.9
99	Netherlands	30.9
100	Armenia	30.2
101	Hungary	30.0
102	Ethiopia	29.8
103	Bulgaria	29.2
104	Austria	29.1
105	Croatia	29.0
106	Belarus	28.8
107	Germany	28.3
108	Serbia	28.2
109	Ukraine	27.6
110	Finland	26.9
111	Czech Republic	25.8
111	Norway	25.8
111	Slovakia	25.8
112	Sweden	25.0
113	Japan	24.9
114	Denmark	24.7
115	Azerbaijan	16.8
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Source

The data presented in QuickLists are from a variety of sources including the U.S. Census Bureau's International Data Base, the U.S. State Department's International Religious Freedom Report, the United Nations Human Development Reports, and others.

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