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How evenly is income shared?

Income inequality (Gini), 155 countries & territories. Gini index, 0 = everyone earns the same, 100 = one person has everything. Based on household surveys; survey years differ by country.

lowest≥ 29≥ 31.8≥ 33.7≥ 36≥ 39.2≥ 43.7 no data
Source: World Bank· 2014 / 2025

Dots sit on a scale from the lowest (23) to the highest value (59.1).

The ranking

  1. 1 Namibia 59.1 2015
  2. 2 Botswana 54.9 2015
  3. 3 Eswatini 54.6 2016
  4. 4 Colombia 54.4 2024
  5. 5 South Africa 54.1 2022
  6. 6 Zambia 51.5 2022
  7. 7 Angola 51.3 2018
  8. 8 Brazil 50.3 2024
  9. 9 Zimbabwe 50.3 2019
  10. 10 Panama 49.7 2024
  11. 11 Mozambique 49.6 2022
  12. 12 Nicaragua 46.2 2014
  13. 13 Ecuador 45.9 2025
  14. 14 Honduras 45.7 2024
  15. 15 Costa Rica 45.5 2025
  16. 16 Guatemala 45.2 2023
  17. 17 Lesotho 44.9 2017
  18. 18 DR Congo 44.7 2020
  19. 19 Paraguay 44.2 2024
  20. 20 South Sudan 44 2016
  21. 21 Grenada 43.8 2018
  22. 22 Saint Lucia 43.7 2015
  23. 23 Türkiye 43.7 2023
  24. 24 Ghana 43.5 2016
  25. 26 Chile 43 2024
  26. 27 Mexico 42.6 2024
  27. 28 Argentina 42.4 2024
  28. 29 Cape Verde 42.4 2015
  29. 30 Cameroon 42.2 2021
  30. 31 United States 41.8 2024
  31. 32 Djibouti 41.6 2017
  32. 33 Bolivia 40.9 2024
  33. 34 Malaysia 40.7 2021
  34. 36 Tanzania 40.5 2018
  35. 37 Peru 40.1 2024
  36. 38 Uruguay 40 2024
  37. 39 Belize 39.9 2018
  38. 40 Jamaica 39.9 2021
  39. 41 El Salvador 39.8 2023
  40. 42 Bulgaria 39.5 2023
  41. 43 Rwanda 39.4 2023
  42. 44 Philippines 39.3 2023
  43. 45 Suriname 39.2 2022
  44. 47 Gambia 38.8 2020
  45. 48 Equatorial Guinea 38.5 2022
  46. 49 Kenya 38.5 2022
  47. 50 Malawi 38.5 2019

Reference years differ by country (2014–2025); each row shows its own year.