COUNTRY COMPARISON :: DISTRIBUTION OF FAMILY INCOME - GINI INDEX
Distribution of family income - Gini index measures the degree of inequality in the distribution of family income in a country. The more nearly equal a country's income distribution, the lower its Gini index, e.g., a Scandinavian country with an index of 25. The more unequal a country's income distribution, the higher its Gini index, e.g., a Sub-Saharan country with an index of 50. If income were distributed with perfect equality the index would be zero; if income were distributed with perfect inequality, the index would be 100.
Gini index
1      Lesotho                                            63.2                                              
2      South Africa                                       62.5                                              
3      Central African Republic                           61.3                                              
4      Micronesia, Federated States of                    61.1                                              
5      Haiti                                              60.8                                              
6      Botswana                                           60.5                                              
7      Namibia                                            59.7                                              
8      Zambia                                             57.5                                              
9      Hong Kong                                          53.7                                              
10     Colombia                                           53.5                                              
11     Guatemala                                          53.0                                              
12     Paraguay                                           51.7                                              
13     Papua New Guinea                                   50.9                                              
14     Panama                                             50.7                                              
15     Chile                                              50.5                                              
16     Swaziland                                          50.4                                              
17     Gambia, The                                        50.2                                              
18     Zimbabwe                                           50.1                                              
19     Brazil                                             49.7                                              
20     Sri Lanka                                          49.0                                              
21     Nigeria                                            48.8                                              
22     Costa Rica                                         48.5                                              
23     Ecuador                                            48.5                                              
24     Thailand                                           48.4                                              
25     Mexico                                             48.2                                              
26     Madagascar                                         47.5                                              
27     Nicaragua                                          47.1                                              
28     Dominican Republic                                 47.1                                              
29     Honduras                                           47.1                                              
30     Rwanda                                             46.8                                              
31     Bolivia                                            46.6                                              
32     China                                              46.5                                              
33     Malaysia                                           46.2                                              
34     Malawi                                             46.1                                              
35     South Sudan                                        46.0                                              
36     Philippines                                        46.0                                              
37     Togo                                               46.0                                              
38     Saudi Arabia                                       45.9                                              
39     Singapore                                          45.8                                              
40     Mozambique                                         45.6                                              
41     Jamaica                                            45.5                                              
42     Peru                                               45.3                                              
43     United States                                      45.0                                              
44     Cameroon                                           44.6                                              
45     Guyana                                             44.6                                              
46     Iran                                               44.5                                              
47     Chad                                               43.3                                              
48     Israel                                             42.8                                              
49     Argentina                                          42.7                                              
50     Kenya                                              42.5                                              
51     Burundi                                            42.4                                              
52     Ghana                                              42.3                                              
53     Russia                                             42.0                                              
54     Uruguay                                            41.6                                              
55     Cote d'Ivoire                                      41.5                                              
56     Djibouti                                           40.9                                              
57     Morocco                                            40.9                                              
58     Turkmenistan                                       40.8                                              
59     Senegal                                            40.3                                              
60     Turkey                                             40.2                                              
61     Mali                                               40.1                                              
62     Georgia                                            40.1                                              
63     Tunisia                                            40.0                                              
64     Jordan                                             39.7                                              
65     Uganda                                             39.5                                              
66     Burkina Faso                                       39.5                                              
67     Guinea                                             39.4                                              
68     Venezuela                                          39.0                                              
69     Bhutan                                             38.8                                              
70     Serbia                                             38.7                                              
71     Maldives                                           38.4                                              
72     Cambodia                                           37.9                                              
73     Japan                                              37.9                                              
74     Yemen                                              37.9                                              
75     Lithuania                                          37.9                                              
76     Vietnam                                            37.6                                              
77     Tanzania                                           37.6                                              
78     Bulgaria                                           37.0                                              
79     El Salvador                                        37.0                                              
80     Mauritania                                         37.0                                              
81     Indonesia                                          36.8                                              
82     Uzbekistan                                         36.8                                              
83     Greece                                             36.7                                              
84     Laos                                               36.7                                              
85     Mongolia                                           36.5                                              
86     Benin                                              36.5                                              
87     New Zealand                                        36.2                                              
88     Bosnia and Herzegovina                             36.2                                              
89     Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)                  36.0                                              
90     Spain                                              35.9                                              
91     Mauritius                                          35.9                                              
92     Algeria                                            35.3                                              
93     India                                              35.2                                              
94     Macau                                              35.0                                              
95     Cyprus                                             34.8                                              
96     Estonia                                            34.8                                              
97     Latvia                                             34.5                                              
98     West Bank                                          34.5                                              
99     Portugal                                           34.2                                              
100    Sierra Leone                                       34.0                                              
101    Niger                                              34.0                                              
102    Greenland                                          33.9                                              
103    Macedonia                                          33.7                                              
104    Azerbaijan                                         33.7                                              
105    Taiwan                                             33.6                                              
106    Kyrgyzstan                                         33.4                                              
107    Ethiopia                                           33.0                                              
108    Nepal                                              32.8                                              
109    Tajikistan                                         32.6                                              
110    United Kingdom                                     32.4                                              
111    Bangladesh                                         32.1                                              
112    Canada                                             32.1                                              
113    Croatia                                            32.0                                              
114    Italy                                              31.9                                              
115    Timor-Leste                                        31.9                                              
116    Armenia                                            31.5                                              
117    Ireland                                            31.3                                              
118    European Union                                     31.0                                              
119    Egypt                                              30.8                                              
120    Poland                                             30.8                                              
121    Pakistan                                           30.7                                              
122    Luxembourg                                         30.4                                              
123    Australia                                          30.3                                              
124    Netherlands                                        30.3                                              
125    Korea, South                                       30.2                                              
126    Kosovo                                             30.0                                              
127    Switzerland                                        29.5                                              
128    Austria                                            29.2                                              
129    France                                             29.2                                              
130    Albania                                            29.0                                              
131    Kazakhstan                                         28.9                                              
132    Denmark                                            28.8                                              
133    Hungary                                            28.2                                              
134    Malta                                              28.1                                              
135    Iceland                                            28.0                                              
136    Romania                                            27.3                                              
137    Germany                                            27.0                                              
138    Moldova                                            26.8                                              
139    Norway                                             26.8                                              
140    Belarus                                            26.5                                              
141    Montenegro                                         26.2                                              
142    Belgium                                            25.9                                              
143    Czechia                                            25.0                                              
144    Sweden                                             24.9                                              
145    Ukraine                                            24.6                                              
146    Slovenia                                           24.5                                              
147    Slovakia                                           23.7                                              
148    Faroe Islands                                      22.7                                              
149    Finland                                            21.5                                              
