Global Gini index (Distribution of family income) ranking by country


All data from the CIA World Factbook. Last updated Jan 25, 2010.



This index measures the degree of inequality in the distribution of family income in a country. The index is calculated from the Lorenz curve, in which cumulative family income is plotted against the number of families arranged from the poorest to the richest. The index is the ratio of (a) the area between a country's Lorenz curve and the 45 degree helping line to (b) the entire triangular area under the 45 degree line. The more nearly equal a country's income distribution, the closer its Lorenz curve to the 45 degree line and the lower its Gini index, e.g., a Scandinavian country with an index of 25. The more unequal a country's income distribution, the farther its Lorenz curve from the 45 degree line and the higher its Gini index, e.g., a Sub-Saharan country with an index of 50. If income were distributed with perfect equality, the Lorenz curve would coincide with the 45 degree line and the index would be zero; if income were distributed with perfect inequality, the Lorenz curve would coincide with the horizontal axis and the right vertical axis and the index would be 100.
Rank country Distribution of family income - Gini index Date of Information
1 Namibia 70.7 2003
2 South Africa 65.0 2005
3 Lesotho 63.2 1995
4 Botswana 63.0 1993
5 Sierra Leone 62.9 1989
6 Central African Republic 61.3 1993
7 Bolivia 59.2 2006
8 Haiti 59.2 2001
9 Paraguay 56.8 2008
10 Brazil 56.7 2005
11 Bosnia and Herzegovina 56.2 2007
12 Panama 56.1 2003
13 Guatemala 55.1 2007
14 Chile 54.9 2003
15 Colombia 53.8 2005
16 Honduras 53.8 2003
17 Hong Kong 53.3 2007
18 El Salvador 52.4 2002
19 Papua New Guinea 50.9 1996
20 Zambia 50.8 2004
21 Niger 50.5 1995
22 Swaziland 50.4 2001
23 Gambia, The 50.2 1998
24 Zimbabwe 50.1 2006
25 Dominican Republic 49.9 2005
26 Peru 49.8 2005
27 Argentina 49.0 January-March 2007
28 Sri Lanka 49.0 2004
29 Venezuela 48.2 2003
30 Singapore 48.1 2008
31 Costa Rica 48.0 2008
32 Mexico 47.9 2006
33 Madagascar 47.5 2001
34 Mozambique 47.3 2002
35 Nepal 47.2 2008
36 China 47.0 2007
37 Rwanda 46.8 2000
38 Malaysia 46.1 2002
39 Ecuador 46.0 2006
40 Philippines 45.8 2006
41 Uganda 45.7 2002
42 Jamaica 45.5 2004
43 Uruguay 45.2 2006
44 United States 45.0 2007
45 Cameroon 44.6 2001
46 Cote d'Ivoire 44.6 2002
47 Iran 44.5 2006
48 Nigeria 43.7 2003
49 Turkey 43.6 2003
50 Guyana 43.2 1999
51 Nicaragua 43.1 2001
52 Cambodia 43.0 2007 est.
53 Kenya 42.5 2008 est.
54 Burundi 42.4 1998
55 Thailand 42.0 2002
56 Russia 41.5 September 2008
57 Senegal 41.3 2001
58 Georgia 40.8 2005
59 Turkmenistan 40.8 1998
60 Mali 40.1 2001
61 Morocco 40.0 2005 est.
62 Tunisia 40.0 2005 est.
63 Jordan 39.7 2007
64 Burkina Faso 39.5 2007
65 Ghana 39.4 2005-06
66 Indonesia 39.4 2005
67 Malawi 39.0 2004
68 Macedonia 39.0 2003
69 Mauritius 39.0 2006 est.
70 Mauritania 39.0 2000
71 Israel 38.6 2005
72 Portugal 38.5 2007
73 Guinea 38.1 2006
74 Japan 38.1 2002
75 Timor-Leste 38.0
76 Yemen 37.7 2005
77 Armenia 37.0 2006
78 Vietnam 37.0 2004
79 India 36.8 2004
80 Uzbekistan 36.8 2003
81 Azerbaijan 36.5 2001
82 Benin 36.5 2003
83 New Zealand 36.2 1997
84 Latvia 36.0 2005
85 Lithuania 36.0 2005
86 Algeria 35.3 1995
87 Poland 34.9 2005
88 Laos 34.6 2002
89 Tanzania 34.6 2000
90 Egypt 34.4 2001
91 Estonia 34.0 2008
92 United Kingdom 34.0 2005
93 Switzerland 33.7 2008
94 Bangladesh 33.2 2005
95 Moldova 33.2 2003
96 Greece 33.0 2005
97 Mongolia 32.8 2002
98 France 32.7 2008
99 Tajikistan 32.6 2006
100 Canada 32.1 2005
101 Ireland 32.0 2005
102 Spain 32.0 2005
103 Romania 32.0 2008
104 Italy 32.0 2006
105 Korea, South 31.3 2007
106 European Union 31.0 2005 est.
107 Ukraine 31.0 2006
108 Netherlands 30.9 2007
109 Bulgaria 30.7 2007
110 Pakistan 30.6 FY07/08
111 Australia 30.5 2006
112 Kazakhstan 30.4 2005
113 Kyrgyzstan 30.3 2003
114 Ethiopia 30.0 2000
115 Montenegro 30.0 2003
116 Serbia 30.0 2003
117 Finland 29.5 2007
118 Cyprus 29.0 2005
119 Croatia 29.0 2008
120 Belgium 28.0 2005
121 Hungary 28.0 2005
122 Belarus 27.9 2005
123 Germany 27.0 2006
124 Albania 26.7 2005
125 Austria 26.0 2007
126 Luxembourg 26.0 2005
127 Malta 26.0 2007
128 Slovakia 26.0 2005
129 Czech Republic 26.0 2005
130 Iceland 25.0 2005
131 Norway 25.0 2008
132 Denmark 24.0 2005
133 Slovenia 24.0 2005
134 Sweden 23.0 2005



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