List of countries by income equality

This is a list of countries or dependencies by Income inequality metrics, sorted in descending order according to their Gini coefficient. A lower Gini coefficient tends to indicate a higher level of social and economic equality.

Rank	Country	Gini index	Richest 10% to poorest 10%	Richest 20% to poorest 20%	Survey year
1	Denmark	24.7	8.1	4.3	1997
2	Japan	24.9	4.5	3.4	1993
3	Sweden	25	6.2	4	2000
4	Belgium	25	7.8	4.5	1996
5	Czech Republic	25.4	5.2	3.5	1996
6	Norway	25.8	6.1	3.9	2000
7	Slovakia	25.8	6.7	4	1996
8	Bosnia and Herzegovina	26.2	5.4	3.8	2001
9	Uzbekistan	26.8	6.1	4	2000
10	Finland	26.9	5.6	3.8	2000
11	Hungary	26.9	5.5	3.8	2002
12	Republic of Macedonia	28.2	6.8	4.4	1998
13	Albania	28.2	5.9	4.1	2002
14	Germany	28.3	6.9	4.3	2000
15	Slovenia	28.4	5.9	3.9	1998
16	Rwanda	28.9	5.8	4	1983
17	Croatia	29	7.3	4.8	2001
18	Ukraine	29	6.4	4.3	1999
19	Austria	30	7.6	4.7	1997
20	Ethiopia	30	6.6	4.3	1999
21	Romania	30.3	8.1	5.2	2002
22	Mongolia	30.3	17.8	9.1	1998
23	Belarus	30.4	6.9	4.6	2000
24	Netherlands	30.9	9.2	5.1	1999
25	Russia	31	7.1	4.8	2002
26	South Korea	31.6	7.8	4.7	1998
27	Bangladesh	31.8	6.8	4.6	2000
28	Lithuania	31.9	7.9	5.1	2000
29	Bulgaria	31.9	9.9	5.8	2001
30	Kazakhstan	32.3	7.5	5.1	2003
31	Spain	32.5	9	5.4	1990
32	India	32.5	7.3	4.9	1999
33	Tajikistan	32.6	7.8	5.2	2003
34	France	32.7	9.1	5.6	1995
35	Pakistan	33	7.6	4.8	1998
36	Canada	33.1	10.1	5.8	1998
37	Switzerland	33.1	9.9	5.8	1992
38	Sri Lanka	33.2	8.1	5.1	1999
39	Burundi	33.3	19.3	9.5	1998
40	Yemen	33.4	8.6	5.6	1998
41	Latvia	33.6	9.2	5.6	1998
42	Poland	34.1	8.6	5.5	2002
43	Indonesia	34.3	7.8	5.2	2002
44	Egypt	34.4	8	5.1	1999
45	Kyrgyzstan	34.8	8.6	5.5	2002
46	Australia	35.2	12.5	7	1994
47	Algeria	35.3	9.6	6.1	1995
48	Greece	35.4	10	6.2	1998
49	Israel	35.5	11.7	6.4	1997
50	Ireland	35.9	9.7	6.1	1996
51	United Kingdom	36	13.8	7.2	1999
52	Italy	36	11.6	6.5	2000
53	New Zealand	36.2	12.5	6.8	1997
54	Jordan	36.4	9.1	5.9	1997
55	Azerbaijan	36.5	9.7	6	2001
56	Nepal	36.7	9.3	5.9	1995
57	Georgia	36.9	12	6.8	2001
58	Moldova	36.9	10.3	6.5	2002
59	Vietnam	37	9.4	6	2002
60	Laos	37	9.7	6	1997
61	Estonia	37.2	14.9	7.2	2000
62	Armenia	37.9	11.5	6.8	1998
63	Jamaica	37.9	11.4	6.9	2000
64	Tanzania	38.2	10.8	6.7	1993
65	Portugal	38.5	15	8	1997
66	Mauritania	39	12	7.4	2000
67	Morocco	39.5	11.7	7.2	1998
68	Mozambique	39.6	12.5	7.2	1996
69	Tunisia	39.8	13.4	7.9	2000
70	Turkey	40	13.3	7.7	2000
71	Trinidad and Tobago	40.3	14.4	8.3	1992
72	Guinea	40.3	12.3	7.3	1994
73	Cambodia	40.4	11.6	6.9	1997
74	Turkmenistan	40.8	12.3	7.7	1998
75	Ghana	40.8	14.1	8.4	1998
76	Senegal	41.3	12.8	7.5	1995
77	Singapore	42.5	17.7	9.7	1998
78	Kenya	42.5	13.6	8.2	1997
79	Iran	43	17.2	9.7	1998
80	Uganda	43	14.9	8.4	1999
81	Nicaragua	43.1	15.5	8.8	2001
82	Thailand	43.2	13.4	8.3	2000
83	Hong Kong, China (SAR)	43.4	17.8	9.7	1996
84	Ecuador	43.7	44.9	17.3	1998
85	Uruguay	44.6	18.9	10.4	2000
86	Cameroon	44.6	15.7	9.1	2001
87	Côte d’Ivoire	44.6	16.6	9.7	2002
88	People's Republic of China (mainland only)	44.7	18.4	10.7	2001
89	Bolivia	44.7	24.6	12.3	1999
90	Philippines	46.1	16.5	9.7	2000
91	Costa Rica	46.5	25.1	12.3	2000
92	United States*	46.6	15.9	8.4	2000
93	Guinea-Bissau	47	19	10.3	1993
94	Dominican Republic	47.4	17.7	10.5	1998
95	Madagascar	47.5	19.2	11	2001
96	The Gambia	47.5	20.2	11.2	1998
97	Burkina Faso	48.2	26.2	13.6	1998
98	Venezuela	49.1	62.9	17.9	1998
99	Malaysia	49.2	22.1	12.4	1997
100	Peru	49.8	49.9	18.4	2000
101	Malawi	50.3	22.7	11.6	1997
102	Mali	50.5	23.1	12.2	1994
103	Niger	50.5	46	20.7	1995
104	Nigeria	50.6	24.9	12.8	1996
105	Papua New Guinea	50.9	23.8	12.6	1996
106	Argentina	52.2	39.1	18.1	2001
107	Zambia	52.6	41.8	17.2	1998
108	El Salvador	53.2	47.4	19.8	2000
109	Mexico	54.6	45	19.3	2000
110	Honduras	55	49.1	21.5	1999
111	Panama	56.4	62.3	24.7	2000
112	Zimbabwe	56.8	22	12	1995
113	Chile	57.1	40.6	18.7	2000
114	Colombia	57.6	57.8	22.9	1999
115	Paraguay	57.8	73.4	27.8	2002
116	South Africa	57.8	33.1	17.9	2000
117	Brazil	59.3	68	26.4	2001
118	Guatemala	59.9	55.1	24.4	2000
119	Swaziland	60.9	49.7	23.8	1994
120	Central African Republic	61.3	69.2	32.7	1993
121	Sierra Leone	62.9	87.2	57.6	1989
122	Botswana	63	77.6	31.5	1993
123	Lesotho	63.2	105	44.2	1995
124	Namibia	70.7	128.8	56.1	1993

Sources

All countries, except noted, from the United Nations 2005 Development Programme Report (page 270).
* United States: US Census Bureau, 2004 data ^*.

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