This is a list of countries or dependencies by income inequality metrics, including Gini coefficients. The Gini coefficient is a number between 0 and 1, where 0 corresponds with perfect equality (where everyone has the same income) and 1 corresponds with perfect inequality (where one person has all the income—and everyone else has no income).
Income distribution can vary greatly from wealth distribution in a country (see List of countries by distribution of wealth). Income from black market economic activity is not included and is the subject of current economic research.
UN, World Bank and CIA list – income ratios and Gini indices
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Key:
- R/P 10%
- The ratio of the average income of the richest 10% to the poorest 10%.
- R/P 20%
- The ratio of the average income of the richest 20% to the poorest 20%.
- Gini
- Gini index, a quantified representation of a nation’s Lorenz curve. A Gini index of 0% expresses perfect equality, while index of 100% expresses maximal inequality.
- UN
- Data from the United Nations Development Programme.
- World Bank
- Data from the World Bank.
- CIA
- Data from the Central Intelligence Agency’s The World Factbook.
| Country | UN R/P | World Bank Gini | CIA R/P | CIA Gini | ||||
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| 10% | 20% | % | Year | 10% | Year | % | Year | |
 Afghanistan |
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 Albania |
7.2 | 4.2 | 33.2 | 2017 | 7.2 | 2004 | 26.9 | 2012 est. |
 Algeria |
9.6 | 4.0 | 27.6 | 2011 | 9.6 | 1995 | 35.3 | 1995 |
 Angola |
9.0 | 51.3 | 2018 | |||||
 Argentina |
31.6 | 8.8 | 41.4 | 2018 | 35.0 | 2007 Jan.–Mar. | 41.7 | 2017 |
 Armenia |
8.0 | 5.0 | 34.4 | 2018 | 25.8 | 2004 | 34.4 | 2018 |
 Australia |
12.5 | 6.3 | 34.4 | 2014 | 12.7 | 1994 | 30.3 | 2008 |
 Austria |
6.9 | 4.9 | 29.7 | 2017 | 6.8 | 2004 | 26.3 | 2007 |
 Azerbaijan |
9.7 | 26.6 | 2005 | 9.5 | 2001 | 33.7 | 2008 | |
 Bahrain |
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 Bangladesh |
7.5 | 4.8 | 32.4 | 2016 | 7.5 | 2000 est. | 32.1 | 2010 |
 Belarus |
6.9 | 3.6 | 25.2 | 2018 | 6.9 | 2002 | 26.5 | 2011 |
 Belgium |
8.2 | 4.2 | 27.4 | 2017 | 8.3 | 2000 | 25.9 | 2013 est. |
 Belize |
28.8 | 53.3 | 1999 | 19.9 | 2013 | 49.8 | 2014 | |
 Benin |
9.4 | 16.3 | 47.8 | 2015 | 9.4 | 2003 | 36.5 | 2003 |
 Bhutan |
6.6 | 37.4 | 2017 | 38.7 | 2012 | |||
 Bolivia |
93.9 | 11.8 | 42.2 | 2018 | 157.3 | 2002 | 46.6 | 2012 |
 Bosnia and Herzegovina |
5.4 | 5.4 | 33.0 | 2011 | 5.5 | 2001 | 36.2 | 2007 |
 Botswana |
43.0 | 15.0 | 53.3 | 2015 | 60.9 | 2009 | ||
 Brazil |
16.5 | 21.1 | 53.9 | 2018 | 16.3 | 2013 | 48.8 | 2018 |
 Bulgaria |
7.0 | 7.3 | 40.4 | 2017 | 8.8 | 2005 | 35.4 | 2012 |
 Burkina Faso |
11.6 | 5.3 | 35.3 | 2014 | 11.5 | 2003 | 39.5 | 2007 |
 Burundi |
19.3 | 6.7 | 38.6 | 2013 | 19.3 | 1998 | 42.4 | 1998 |
 Cambodia |
12.2 | 12.0 | 2004 | 37.9 | 2008 est. | |||
 Cameroon |
15.7 | 11.5 | 46.6 | 2014 | 15.4 | 2001 | 44.6 | 2001 |
 Canada |
9.4 | 6.2 | 33.8 | 2013 | 9.5 | 2000 | 32.1 | 2005 |
 Cabo Verde |
10.7 | 47.2 | 2007 | |||||
 Central African Republic |
69.2 | 18.5 | 56.2 | 2008 | 68.1 | 1993 | 43.6 | 2003 |
 Chad |
10.0 | 43.3 | 2011 | 43.3 | 2011 est. | |||
 Chile |
26.2 | 11.2 | 44.4 | 2017 | 32.1 | 2003 | 52.1 | 2009 |
 China |
21.6 | 10.2 | 38.5 | 2016 | 21.8 | 2004 | 46.5 | 2016 |
 Colombia |
60.4 | 13.4 | 50.4 | 2018 | 56.3 | 2008 | 53.5 | 2012 |
 Comoros |
11.2 | 45.3 | 2014 | 55.9 | 2004 est. | |||
 DR Congo |
8.8 | 42.1 | 2012 | |||||
 Congo, Republic of the |
12.8 | 48.9 | 2011 | |||||
 Costa Rica |
23.4 | 12.3 | 48.0 | 2018 | 37.3 | 2003 | 50.3 | 2009 |
 Côte d’Ivoire |
16.6 | 8.4 | 41.5 | 2015 | 17.0 | 2002 | 41.5 | 2008 |
 Croatia |
7.3 | 5.3 | 30.4 | 2017 | 7.2 | 2003 est. | 32.0 | 2010 |
 Cuba |
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 Cyprus |
5.3 | 31.4 | 2017 | 32.4 | 2013 est. | |||
 Czech Republic |
5.2 | 3.7 | 24.9 | 2017 | 5.2 | 1996 | 24.9 | 2012 |
 Denmark |
8.1 | 4.0 | 28.7 | 2017 | 12.0 | 2000 est. | 24.8 | 2011 est. |
 Djibouti |
8.8 | 44.6 | 2017 | 40.9 | 2002 | |||
 Dominican Republic |
25.3 | 10.5 | 43.7 | 2018 | 18.8 | 2012 | 45.7 | 2012 est. |
 Ecuador |
35.2 | 10.7 | 45.4 | 2018 | 17.5 | 2006 Oct. | 48.5 | 2013 Dec. |
 Egypt |
8.0 | 4.6 | 31.5 | 2017 | 8.0 | 2000 | 30.8 | 2008 |
 El Salvador |
38.6 | 7.0 | 38.6 | 2018 | 55.4 | 2002 | 46.9 | 2007 |
 Equatorial Guinea |
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 Estonia |
10.8 | 5.4 | 30.4 | 2017 | 11.0 | 2003 | 32.9 | 2013 |
 Eswatini |
25.1 | 14.2 | 54.6 | 2016 | 25.4 | 2001 | 50.4 | 2001 |
 Ethiopia |
6.6 | 7.1 | 35.0 | 2015 | 6.5 | 2000 | 33.0 | 2011 |
 European Union |
8.6 | 2015 est. | 30.6 | 2012 est. | ||||
 Fiji |
6.0 | 36.7 | 2013 | |||||
 Finland |
5.6 | 3.9 | 27.4 | 2017 | 5.7 | 2000 | 26.8 | 2008 |
 France |
9.1 | 5.2 | 31.6 | 2017 | 8.3 | 2004 | 30.1 | 2013 |
 Gabon |
7.4 | 38.0 | 2017 | |||||
 The Gambia |
20.2 | 5.9 | 35.9 | 2015 | 20.6 | 1998 | 50.2 | 1998 |
 Georgia |
15.4 | 7.1 | 36.4 | 2018 | 15.2 | 2003 | 46.0 | 2011 |
 Germany |
6.9 | 5.1 | 31.9 | 2016 | 6.9 | 2000 | 27.0 | 2006 |
 Ghana |
14.1 | 10.3 | 43.5 | 2016 | 13.7 | 1999 | 42.3 | 2012–2013 |
 Greece |
10.2 | 7.1 | 34.4 | 2017 | 10.4 | 2000 est. | 34.4 | 2013 est. |
 Guatemala |
33.9 | 11.9 | 48.3 | 2014 | 48.2 | 2002 | 55.1 | 2007 |
 Guinea |
10.5 | 5.5 | 33.7 | 2012 | 21.6 | 2006 | 39.4 | 2007 |
 Guinea-Bissau |
19.0 | 12.6 | 50.7 | 2010 | 84.8 | 1991 | ||
 Guyana |
44.6 | 1998 | 26.0 | 1999 | 44.6 | 2007 | ||
 Haiti |
54.4 | 8.6 | 41.1 | 2012 | 68.1 | 2001 | 60.8 | 2012 |
 Honduras |
59.4 | 17.1 | 52.1 | 2018 | 35.2 | 2003 | 57.7 | 2007 |
 Hong Kong |
17.8 | 53.9 | 2016 | |||||
 Hungary |
5.5 | 4.9 | 30.6 | 2017 | 5.6 | 2002 | 24.7 | 2009 |
 Iceland |
4.0 | 26.8 | 2015 | 28.0 | 2006 | |||
 India |
8.6 | 5.5 | 37.8 | 2011 | 8.6 | 2004 | 35.1 | 2011 |
 Indonesia |
7.8 | 6.6 | 39.0 | 2018 | 7.9 | 2002 | 38.8 | 2018 |
 Iran |
17.2 | 7.7 | 40.8 | 2017 | 16.9 | 1998 | 44.5 | 2006 |
 Iraq |
4.4 | 29.5 | 2012 | |||||
 Ireland |
9.4 | 5.0 | 32.8 | 2016 | 9.4 | 2000 | 33.9 | 2010 |
 Israel |
13.4 | 8.5 | 39.0 | 2016 | 11.8 | 2005 | 37.6 | 2012 |
 Italy |
11.6 | 7.0 | 35.9 | 2017 | 11.7 | 2000 | 31.9 | 2012 est. |
 Jamaica |
17.3 | 45.5 | 2004 | 17.0 | 2004 | 45.5 | 2004 | |
 Japan |
4.5 | 5.4 | 32.9 | 2013 | 4.5 | 1993 | 37.9 | 2011 |
 Jordan |
11.3 | 5.2 | 33.7 | 2010 | 11.3 | 2003 | 39.7 | 2007 |
 Kazakhstan |
8.5 | 3.8 | 27.5 | 2017 | 8.0 | 2004 est. | 28.9 | 2011 |
 Kenya |
13.6 | 7.7 | 40.8 | 2015 | 18.6 | 2000 | 42.5 | 2008 est. |
 North Korea |
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 South Korea |
7.8 | 5.3 | 31.6 | 2012 | 5.9 | 2011 | 34.1 | 2015 |
 Kosovo |
29.0 | 2017 | ||||||
 Kuwait |
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 Kyrgyzstan |
6.4 | 3.8 | 27.7 | 2018 | 6.4 | 2003 | 33.4 | 2007 |
 Laos |
8.3 | 5.9 | 36.4 | 2012 | 8.4 | 2002 | 36.7 | 2008 |
 Latvia |
11.6 | 5.8 | 35.6 | 2017 | 11.6 | 2003 | 35.2 | 2010 |
 Lebanon |
5.1 | 31.8 | 2011 | |||||
 Lesotho |
39.8 | 20.8 | 44.9 | 2017 | 48.2 | 2002 est. | 63.2 | 1995 |
 Liberia |
12.8 | 5.9 | 35.3 | 2016 | ||||
 Libya |
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 Lithuania |
10.4 | 7.2 | 37.3 | 2017 | 10.3 | 2003 | 35.5 | 2009 |
 Luxembourg |
5.7 | 34.9 | 2017 | 6.8 | 2000 | 30.4 | 2013 est. | |
 Macau |
35 | 2013 | ||||||
 North Macedonia |
12.5 | 7.3 | 34.2 | 2017 | 12.3 | 2003 | 43.6 | 2013 |
 Madagascar |
19.2 | 8.7 | 42.6 | 2012 | 19.3 | 2001 | 47.5 | 2001 |
 Malawi |
10.9 | 8.1 | 44.7 | 2016 | 11.0 | 2004 | 39.0 | 2004 |
 Malaysia |
22.1 | 8.2 | 41.0 | 2015 | 28.0 | 2003 est. | 46.2 | 2009 |
 Maldives |
7.0 | 31.3 | 2016 | 37.4 | 2004 est. | |||
 Mali |
12.5 | 5.2 | 33.0 | 2009 | 12.6 | 2001 | 40.1 | 2001 |
 Malta |
4.5 | 29.2 | 2017 | 27.9 | 2013 | |||
 Mauritania |
12.0 | 5.4 | 32.6 | 2014 | 11.8 | 2000 | 39.0 | 2000 |
 Mauritius |
5.9 | 36.8 | 2017 | 35.9 | 2012 est. | |||
 Mexico |
21.6 | 8.8 | 45.4 | 2018 | 24.6 | 2004 | 48.3 | 2008 |
 Micronesia |
8.4 | 40.1 | 2013 | 61.1 | 2013 est. | |||
 Moldova |
8.2 | 3.6 | 25.7 | 2018 | 8.3 | 2003 | 33.0 | 2010 |
 Mongolia |
8.2 | 5.1 | 32.7 | 2018 | 8.2 | 2002 | 36.5 | 2008 |
 Montenegro |
4.8 | 39.0 | 2015 | 26.2 | 2013 est. | |||
 Morocco |
11.7 | 7.0 | 39.5 | 2013 | 11.9 | 1999 | 40.9 | 2007 est. |
 Mozambique |
18.8 | 14.2 | 54.0 | 2014 | 18.8 | 2002 | 45.6 | 2008 |
 Myanmar |
6.3 | 30.7 | 2017 | 11.6 | 1998 | |||
 Namibia |
106.6 | 22.8 | 59.1 | 2015 | 129.0 | 2003 | 59.7 | 2010 |
 Nepal |
15.8 | 5.0 | 32.8 | 2010 | 15.6 | 2004 | 32.8 | 2010 |
 Netherlands |
9.2 | 4.2 | 28.5 | 2017 | 9.2 | 1999 | 25.1 | 2013 |
 New Zealand |
12.4 | 36.2 | 1997 | |||||
 Nicaragua |
31.0 | 10.2 | 46.2 | 2014 | 15.4 | 2001 | 40.5 | 2010 |
 Niger |
46.0 | 5.4 | 34.3 | 2014 | 44.3 | 1995 | 34.0 | 2007 |
 Nigeria |
17.8 | 9.1 | 35.1 | 2020 | 17.5 | 2003 | 43.7 | 2003 |
 Norway |
6.1 | 4.1 | 27.0 | 2017 | 6.0 | 2000 | 26.8 | 2010 |
 Oman |
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 Pakistan |
6.5 | 4.8 | 33.5 | 2015 | 6.6 | 2002 | 29.6 | 2011 FY |
 Panama |
49.9 | 15.9 | 49.2 | 2018 | 61.4 | 2003 | 51.9 | 2010 est. |
 Papua New Guinea |
23.8 | 9.3 | 41.9 | 2009 | 23.8 | 1996 | 50.9 | 1996 |
 Paraguay |
38.8 | 11.7 | 46.2 | 2018 | 65.9 | 2003 | 53.2 | 2009 |
 Peru |
26.1 | 10.3 | 42.8 | 2018 | 31.5 | 2003 | 45.3 | 2012 |
 Philippines |
15.5 | 7.2 | 44.4 | 2015 | 15.5 | 2003 | 46.0 | 2012 |
 Poland |
8.8 | 4.6 | 29.7 | 2017 | 8.7 | 2002 | 34.1 | 2009 |
 Portugal |
15.0 | 6.4 | 33.8 | 2017 | 9.2 | 1995 est. | 34.2 | 2013 est. |
 Qatar |
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 Romania |
7.5 | 8.0 | 36.0 | 2017 | 7.4 | 2003 | 27.3 | 2012 |
 Russia |
12.7 | 6.6 | 37.5 | 2018 | 12.8 | 2002 | 42 | 2012 |
 Rwanda |
18.6 | 8.5 | 43.7 | 2016 | 18.2 | 2000 | 46.8 | 2000 |
 Sao Tome and Principe |
4.7 | 56.3 | 2017 | |||||
 Saudi Arabia |
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 Senegal |
12.3 | 7.7 | 40.3 | 2011 | 12.4 | 2001 | 40.3 | 2011 |
 Serbia |
4.2 | 36.2 | 2017 | 38.7 | 2014 est. | |||
 Seychelles |
9.8 | 46.8 | 2013 | |||||
 Sierra Leone |
87.2 | 5.4 | 35.7 | 2018 | 87.2 | 1989 | 34.0 | 2011 |
 Singapore |
17.7 | 17.3 | 1998 | 46.4 | 2014 | |||
 Slovakia |
6.7 | 4.1 | 25.2 | 2016 | 6.7 | 1996 | 25.3 | 2012 |
 Slovenia |
5.9 | 3.7 | 24.2 | 2017 | 5.9 | 1998 | 23.7 | 2012 |
 Somalia |
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 South Africa |
33.1 | 28.4 | 63.0 | 2014 | 31.9 | 2000 | 62.5 | 2013 est. |
 South Sudan |
13.0 | 46.3 | 2009 | 46.0 | 2010 est. | |||
 Spain |
10.3 | 7.3 | 34.7 | 2017 | 10.2 | 2000 | 34.0 | 2011 |
 Sri Lanka |
11.1 | 6.8 | 39.8 | 2016 | 36.1 | 2003/04 FY | 49.0 | 2010 |
 St. Lucia |
6.8 | 51.2 | 2016 | |||||
 Sudan |
6.2 | 35.4 | 2009 | |||||
 Suriname |
57.6 | 1999 | ||||||
 Sweden |
6.2 | 4.6 | 28.8 | 2017 | 6.2 | 2000 | 24.9 | 2013 |
 Switzerland |
9.0 | 5.2 | 32.7 | 2017 | 8.9 | 2000 | 28.7 | 2012 est. |
 Syria |
35.8 | 2004 | ||||||
 Taiwan |
6.1 | 2002 est. | 33.8 | 2012 | ||||
 Tajikistan |
7.8 | 5.6 | 34.0 | 2015 | 7.8 | 2003 | 32.6 | 2006 |
 Tanzania |
9.2 | 6.2 | 40.5 | 2017 | 9.3 | 2000 | 37.6 | 2007 |
 Thailand |
12.6 | 6.0 | 36.4 | 2018 | 12.4 | 2002 | 39.4 | 2010 |
 Timor-Leste |
4.1 | 28.7 | 2014 | 31.9 | 2007 est. | |||
 Togo |
9.7 | 43.1 | 2015 | |||||
 Trinidad and Tobago |
12.9 | 40.3 | 1992 | |||||
 Tunisia |
13.4 | 5.2 | 32.8 | 2015 | 13.7 | 2000 | 40.0 | 2005 est. |
 Turkey |
6.6 | 8.5 | 41.9 | 2018 | 17.1 | 2003 | 40.2 | 2010 |
 Turkmenistan |
12.3 | 40.8 | 1999 | 12.2 | 1998 | 40.8 | 1998 | |
 Uganda |
16.6 | 8.2 | 42.8 | 2016 | 16.4 | 2002 | 39.5 | 2013 |
 Ukraine |
5.9 | 3.5 | 26.1 | 2018 | 7.6 | 2006 | 28.2 | 2009 |
 United Arab Emirates |
32.5 | 2014 | ||||||
 United Kingdom |
13.8 | 5.4 | 34.8 | 2016 | 13.6 | 1999 | 32.4 | 2012 |
 United States |
18.5 | 9.4 | 41.4 | 2016 | 14.0 | 2014 est. | 47.0 | 2014 |
 Uruguay |
11.8 | 7.8 | 39.7 | 2018 | 17.9 | 2003 | 45.3 | 2010 |
 Uzbekistan |
10.6 | 35.3 | 2003 | 10.6 | 2003 | 36.8 | 2003 | |
 Venezuela |
18.8 | 15.8 | 46.9 | 2006 | 50.3 | 2003 | 39.0 | 2011 |
 Vietnam |
6.9 | 6.2 | 35.7 | 2018 | 10.0 | 2004 | 37.6 | 2008 |
 Palestine |
5.6 | 33.7 | 2016 | |||||
 Yemen |
8.6 | 6.1 | 36.7 | 2014 | 8.6 | 2003 | 37.7 | 2005 |
 Zambia |
21.1 | 57.1 | 2015 | 57.5 | 2010 | |||
 Zimbabwe |
8.6 | 44.3 | 2017 | 50.1 | 2006 | |||
| World | 12.0 | 2002 est. | 38.0 | 2007 | ||||
|} Other estimates for the World: Gini = 63.0 in 2006 (Lafuente et al., 2006).
EU27 countries
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| Member state | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 |
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| Austria |
27.4 | 27.6 | 27.0 | 27.6 | 27.2 | 27.2 | 27.9 | 26.8 | 27.5 |
| Belgium |
26.3 | 26.5 | 25.9 | 25.9 | 26.2 | 26.3 | 26.1 | 25.7 | 25.1 |
| Bulgaria |
35.0 | 33.6 | 35.4 | 35.4 | 37.0 | 37.7 | 40.2 | 39.6 | 40.8 |
| Croatia |
31.2 | 30.9 | 30.9 | 30.2 | 30.4 | 29.8 | 29.9 | 29.7 | 29.2 |
| Cyprus |
29.2 | 31.0 | 32.4 | 34.8 | 33.6 | 32.1 | 30.8 | 29.1 | 31.1 |
| Czech Republic |
25.2 | 24.9 | 24.6 | 25.1 | 25.0 | 25.1 | 24.5 | 24.0 | 24.0 |
| Denmark |
26.6 | 26.5 | 26.8 | 27.7 | 27.4 | 27.7 | 27.6 | 27.8 | 27.5 |
| Estonia |
31.9 | 32.5 | 32.9 | 35.6 | 34.8 | 32.7 | 31.6 | 30.6 | 30.5 |
| Finland |
25.8 | 25.9 | 25.4 | 25.6 | 25.2 | 25.4 | 25.3 | 25.9 | 26.2 |
| France |
30.8 | 30.5 | 30.1 | 29.2 | 29.2 | 29.3 | 28.8 | 28.5 | |
| Germany |
29.0 | 28.3 | 29.7 | 30.7 | 30.1 | 29.5 | 29.1 | 31.1 | 29.7 |
| Greece |
33.5 | 34.3 | 34.4 | 34.5 | 34.2 | 34.3 | 33.4 | 32.3 | 31.0 |
| Hungary |
26.9 | 27.2 | 28.3 | 28.6 | 28.2 | 28.2 | 28.1 | 28.7 | 28.0 |
| Ireland |
29.8 | 30.4 | 30.7 | 31.1 | 29.7 | 29.6 | 30.6 | 28.9 | |
| Italy |
32.5 | 32.4 | 32.8 | 32.4 | 32.4 | 33.1 | 32.7 | 33.4 | |
| Latvia |
35.1 | 35.7 | 35.2 | 35.5 | 35.4 | 34.5 | 34.5 | 35.6 | 35.2 |
| Lithuania |
33.0 | 32.0 | 34.6 | 35.0 | 37.9 | 37.0 | 37.6 | 36.9 | 35.4 |
| Luxembourg |
27.2 | 28.0 | 30.4 | 28.7 | 28.5 | 29.6 | 29.2 | 31.3 | 32.3 |
| Malta |
27.2 | 27.1 | 28.0 | 27.7 | 28.1 | 28.6 | 28.2 | 28.7 | 28.0 |
| Netherlands |
25.8 | 25.4 | 25.1 | 26.2 | 26.7 | 26.9 | 27.1 | 27.4 | 26.8 |
| Poland |
31.1 | 30.9 | 30.7 | 30.8 | 30.6 | 29.8 | 29.2 | 27.8 | 28.5 |
| Portugal |
34.2 | 34.5 | 34.2 | 34.5 | 34.0 | 33.9 | 33.5 | 32.1 | 31.9 |
| Romania |
33.5 | 34.0 | 34.6 | 35.0 | 37.4 | 34.7 | 33.1 | 35.1 | 34.8 |
| Slovakia |
25.7 | 25.3 | 24.2 | 26.1 | 23.7 | 24.3 | 23.2 | 20.9 | |
| Slovenia |
23.8 | 23.7 | 24.4 | 25.0 | 24.5 | 24.4 | 23.7 | 23.4 | 23.9 |
| Spain |
34.0 | 34.2 | 33.7 | 34.7 | 34.6 | 34.5 | 34.1 | 33.2 | 33.0 |
| Sweden |
26.0 | 26.0 | 26.0 | 26.9 | 26.7 | 27.6 | 28.0 | 27.0 | 27.6 |
| Serbia |
— | — | 38.0 | 38.3 | 40.0 | 39.8 | 37.6 | 35.6 | |
| Montenegro |
— | — | 38.5 | 36.5 | 36.5 | 36.5 | 36.7 | ||
| European Union |
30.5 | 30.4 | 30.6 | 30.9 | 30.8 | 30.6 | 30.3 | 30.4 | |
| Eurozone (EA19) | 30.6 | 30.5 | 30.7 | 31.0 | 30.7 | 30.7 | 30.4 | 30.6 |
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OECD countries
Gini coefficient, before taxes and transfers
| Country | mid-70s | mid-80s | ~ 1990 | mid-90s | ~ 2000 | mid-2000s | Late 2000s |
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| Australia |
0.467 | 0.476 | 0.465 | 0.469 | |||
| Austria |
0.433 | 0.472 | |||||
| Belgium |
0.449 | 0.472 | 0.464 | 0.494 | 0.469 | ||
| Canada |
0.385 | 0.395 | 0.403 | 0.430 | 0.440 | 0.436 | 0.441 |
| Chile |
0.441 | 0.414 | 0.426 | ||||
| Czech Republic |
0.442 | 0.472 | 0.474 | 0.444 | |||
| Denmark |
0.373 | 0.396 | 0.417 | 0.415 | 0.417 | 0.416 | |
| Estonia |
0.504 | 0.458 | |||||
| Finland |
0.343 | 0.387 | 0.479 | 0.478 | 0.483 | 0.465 | |
| France |
0.380 | 0.370 | 0.473 | 0.490 | 0.485 | 0.483 | |
| Germany |
0.439 | 0.429 | 0.459 | 0.471 | 0.499 | 0.504 | |
| Greece |
0.448 | 0.426 | 0.446 | 0.466 | 0.454 | 0.436 | |
| Hungary |
0.452 | 0.496 | 0.463 | 0.497 | 0.466 | ||
| Iceland |
0.365 | 0.382 | |||||
| Ireland |
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| Israel |
0.472 | 0.476 | 0.494 | 0.504 | 0.513 | 0.498 | |
| Italy |
0.420 | 0.437 | 0.508 | 0.516 | 0.557 | 0.534 | |
| Japan |
0.345 | 0.403 | 0.432 | 0.443 | 0.462 | ||
| Luxembourg |
0.383 | 0.427 | 0.421 | 0.454 | 0.482 | ||
| Mexico |
0.453 | 0.532 | 0.517 | 0.491 | 0.494 | ||
| Netherlands |
0.426 | 0.473 | 0.474 | 0.484 | 0.424 | 0.426 | 0.426 |
| New Zealand |
0.408 | 0.468 | 0.488 | 0.484 | 0.473 | 0.455 | |
| Norway |
0.351 | 0.404 | 0.426 | 0.447 | 0.410 | ||
| Poland |
0.542 | 0.470 | |||||
| Portugal |
0.457 | 0.436 | 0.490 | 0.479 | 0.542 | 0.521 | |
| Slovakia |
0.458 | 0.416 | |||||
| Slovenia |
0.452 | 0.423 | |||||
| South Korea |
0.331 | 0.344 | |||||
| Spain |
0.461 | ||||||
| Sweden |
0.389 | 0.404 | 0.408 | 0.438 | 0.446 | 0.432 | 0.426 |
| Switzerland |
0.409 | ||||||
| Turkey |
0.470 | ||||||
| United Kingdom |
0.338 | 0.419 | 0.439 | 0.453 | 0.458 | 0.445 | 0.456 |
| United States |
0.406 | 0.436 | 0.450 | 0.477 | 0.476 | 0.486 | 0.486 |
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Gini coefficient, after taxes and transfers
| Country | mid-70s | mid-80s | ~ 1990 | mid-90s | ~ 2000 | mid-2000s | Late 2000s |
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| Australia |
0.309 | 0.317 | 0.315 | 0.336 | |||
| Austria |
0.236 | 0.238 | 0.252 | 0.265 | 0.261 | ||
| Belgium |
0.274 | 0.287 | 0.289 | 0.271 | 0.259 | ||
| Canada |
0.304 | 0.293 | 0.287 | 0.289 | 0.318 | 0.317 | 0.324 |
| Chile |
0.427 | 0.403 | 0.394 | ||||
| Czech Republic |
0.232 | 0.257 | 0.260 | 0.268 | 0.256 | ||
| Denmark |
0.221 | 0.226 | 0.215 | 0.226 | 0.232 | 0.248 | |
| Estonia |
0.349 | 0.315 | |||||
| Finland |
0.235 | 0.209 | 0.218 | 0.247 | 0.254 | 0.259 | |
| France |
0.300 | 0.290 | 0.277 | 0.287 | 0.288 | 0.293 | |
| Germany |
0.251 | 0.256 | 0.266 | 0.264 | 0.285 | 0.295 | |
| Greece |
0.413 | 0.336 | 0.336 | 0.345 | 0.321 | 0.307 | |
| Hungary |
0.273 | 0.294 | 0.293 | 0.291 | 0.272 | ||
| Iceland |
0.257 | 0.301 | |||||
| Ireland |
0.331 | 0.324 | 0.304 | 0.314 | 0.293 | ||
| Israel |
0.326 | 0.329 | 0.338 | 0.347 | 0.378 | 0.371 | |
| Italy |
0.309 | 0.297 | 0.348 | 0.343 | 0.352 | 0.337 | |
| Japan |
0.304 | 0.323 | 0.337 | 0.321 | 0.329 | ||
| Luxembourg |
0.247 | 0.259 | 0.261 | 0.258 | 0.288 | ||
| Mexico |
0.452 | 0.519 | 0.507 | 0.474 | 0.476 | ||
| Netherlands |
0.263 | 0.272 | 0.292 | 0.297 | 0.292 | 0.284 | 0.294 |
| New Zealand |
0.271 | 0.318 | 0.335 | 0.339 | 0.335 | 0.330 | |
| Norway |
0.222 | 0.243 | 0.261 | 0.276 | 0.250 | ||
| Poland |
0.316 | 0.349 | 0.305 | ||||
| Portugal |
0.354 | 0.329 | 0.359 | 0.356 | 0.385 | 0.353 | |
| Slovakia |
0.268 | 0.257 | |||||
| Slovenia |
0.246 | 0.236 | |||||
| South Korea |
0.306 | 0.315 | |||||
| Spain |
0.371 | 0.337 | 0.343 | 0.342 | 0.319 | 0.317 | |
| Sweden |
0.212 | 0.198 | 0.209 | 0.211 | 0.243 | 0.234 | 0.259 |
| Switzerland |
0.279 | 0.276 | 0.303 | ||||
| Turkey |
0.434 | 0.490 | 0.430 | 0.409 | |||
| United Kingdom |
0.268 | 0.309 | 0.354 | 0.336 | 0.351 | 0.331 | 0.345 |
| United States |
0.316 | 0.337 | 0.348 | 0.361 | 0.357 | 0.380 | 0.378 |