Gini Index Ranking (2024)

In 2023, gini index was highest in Colombia at 53.90 points, followed by Brazil at 51.60 points and Zambia at 51.50 points. The average across countries was 35.53 points, the median was 34.60 points, and Slovakia recorded the lowest gini index at 24.10 points, according to the World Bank.

Data is available for the period 1963 to 2024 across 135 countries.

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Rank	Country	Current Value ↓	Previous Value	Year
1	Colombia	53.9 points	54.8 points	2023
2	Brazil	51.6 points	52 points	2023
3	Zambia	51.5 points	55.8 points	2022
4	Angola	51.3 points	42.7 points	2018
5	Mozambique	50.3 points	54 points	2019
6	Zimbabwe	50.3 points	44.3 points	2019
7	Kosovo	49.4 points	57.4 points	2021
8	Panama	48.9 points	50.9 points	2023
9	Honduras	46.8 points	48.2 points	2023
10	Costa Rica	45.8 points	46.7 points	2024
11	Guatemala	45.2 points	48.3 points	2023
12	Lesotho	44.9 points	51.2 points	2017
13	Congo - Kinshasa	44.7 points	42.1 points	2020
14	Ecuador	44.6 points	45.5 points	2023
15	Turkey	44.5 points	44.4 points	2022
16	Paraguay	44.4 points	44.8 points	2023
17	Grenada	43.8 points		2018
18	Mexico	43.5 points	44.6 points	2022
19	Central African Republic	43 points	56.2 points	2021
20	Chile	43 points	47 points	2022
21	Uganda	42.7 points	42.8 points	2019
22	Argentina	42.4 points	40.7 points	2023
23	Cameroon	42.2 points	46.6 points	2021
24	Bolivia	42.1 points	41.2 points	2023
25	United States	41.8 points	41.7 points	2023
26	Djibouti	41.6 points	44.1 points	2017
27	Uruguay	40.9 points	40.6 points	2023
28	Malaysia	40.7 points	41.2 points	2021
29	Peru	40.7 points	40.3 points	2023
30	São Tomé & Príncipe	40.7 points	30.8 points	2017
31	Tanzania	40.5 points	37.8 points	2018
32	Belize	39.9 points	53.2 points	2018
33	Jamaica	39.9 points	35.3 points	2021
34	El Salvador	39.8 points	38.8 points	2023
35	Philippines	39.3 points	40.7 points	2023
36	Suriname	39.2 points	57.5 points	2022
37	Gambia	38.8 points	35.9 points	2020
38	Laos	38.8 points	36 points	2018
39	Kenya	38.7 points	36.2 points	2021
40	Equatorial Guinea	38.5 points		2022
41	Malawi	38.5 points	44.7 points	2019
42	Dominican Republic	38.4 points	37 points	2023
43	Bulgaria	38.2 points	39 points	2022
44	Gabon	38 points	42.2 points	2017
45	Israel	37.9 points	37.8 points	2021
46	Togo	37.9 points	42.5 points	2021
47	Sri Lanka	37.7 points	39.3 points	2019
48	Burundi	37.5 points	38.6 points	2020
49	Burkina Faso	37.4 points	43 points	2021
50	Chad	37.4 points	37.5 points	2022
51	Mauritius	36.8 points	38.5 points	2017
52	Lithuania	36.6 points	36.7 points	2022
53	Palestinian Territories	36.4 points	33.7 points	2023
54	Portugal	36.3 points	34.6 points	2022
55	Senegal	36.2 points	38.3 points	2021
56	Vietnam	36.1 points	36.8 points	2022
57	Iran	35.9 points	34.8 points	2023
58	China	35.7 points	37.1 points	2021
59	Mali	35.7 points	36 points	2021
60	Sierra Leone	35.7 points	34 points	2018
61	Marshall Islands	35.5 points		2019
62	Côte d'Ivoire	35.3 points	37.2 points	2021
63	Nigeria	35.1 points	35.9 points	2018
64	Qatar	35.1 points		2017
65	Russia	35.1 points	33.7 points	2021
66	Indonesia	34.9 points	36.1 points	2024
67	Georgia	34.8 points	33.5 points	2023
68	Malta	34.6 points	31.6 points	2022
69	Uzbekistan	34.5 points	31.2 points	2023
70	Benin	34.4 points	37.9 points	2021
71	Australia	34.3 points	33.7 points	2018
72	Montenegro	34.3 points	35.4 points	2021
73	Luxembourg	34.1 points	32.7 points	2022
74	Switzerland	33.8 points	33.7 points	2021
75	Italy	33.7 points	34.8 points	2022
76	Latvia	33.7 points	34.3 points	2022
77	Tunisia	33.7 points	32.8 points	2021
78	Spain	33.6 points	33.9 points	2022
79	North Macedonia	33.5 points	33 points	2019
80	Thailand	33.5 points	34.3 points	2023
81	Bangladesh	33.4 points	32.4 points	2022
82	Greece	33.4 points	32.9 points	2022
83	Guinea-Bissau	33.4 points	34.8 points	2021
84	Niger	32.9 points	37.3 points	2021
85	South Korea	32.9 points	32.7 points	2021
86	Serbia	32.8 points	33.1 points	2022
87	Germany	32.4 points	31.8 points	2020
88	United Kingdom	32.4 points	32.6 points	2021
89	Estonia	32.3 points	31.8 points	2022
90	Japan	32.3 points	33 points	2020
91	Romania	32.3 points	33.9 points	2022
92	Vanuatu	32.3 points	37.4 points	2019
93	Seychelles	32.1 points	46.8 points	2018
94	Mauritania	32 points	32.6 points	2019
95	Sweden	31.6 points	29.8 points	2022
96	Cyprus	31.5 points	31.3 points	2022
97	Mongolia	31.4 points	32.7 points	2022
98	France	31.2 points	31.5 points	2022
99	Ethiopia	31.1 points	35 points	2021
100	Austria	30.9 points	30.7 points	2022
101	Fiji	30.7 points	36.7 points	2019
102	Myanmar	30.7 points	38.1 points	2017
103	Hungary	30.2 points	29.2 points	2022
104	Croatia	30 points	28.9 points	2022
105	Nepal	30 points	32.8 points	2022
106	Canada	29.9 points	31.7 points	2020
107	Ireland	29.9 points	29.4 points	2022
108	Iraq	29.8 points	29.5 points	2023
109	Guinea	29.6 points	33.7 points	2018
110	Pakistan	29.6 points	31.3 points	2018
111	Albania	29.4 points	30.1 points	2020
112	Denmark	29.3 points	28.3 points	2022
113	Maldives	29.3 points	31.3 points	2019
114	Kazakhstan	29.2 points	28.7 points	2021
115	Poland	28.9 points	28.5 points	2022
116	Bhutan	28.5 points	37.4 points	2022
117	Egypt	28.5 points	31.9 points	2021
118	Finland	27.9 points	27.7 points	2022
119	Kiribati	27.8 points	37 points	2019
120	Armenia	27.2 points	27.9 points	2023
121	Tonga	27.1 points	33.5 points	2021
122	Norway	26.9 points	29.1 points	2022
123	Iceland	26.6 points	26.1 points	2018
124	Syria	26.6 points	40.4 points	2022
125	Belgium	26.4 points	26.6 points	2022
126	Kyrgyzstan	26.4 points	28.8 points	2022
127	United Arab Emirates	26.4 points	32.5 points	2018
128	Czech Republic	25.9 points	26.2 points	2022
129	Moldova	25.9 points	25.7 points	2022
130	Netherlands	25.7 points	26 points	2021
131	Ukraine	25.6 points	26.6 points	2020
132	India	25.5 points	28.8 points	2022
133	Belarus	24.4 points	25.3 points	2020
134	Slovenia	24.3 points	24.3 points	2022
135	Slovakia	24.1 points	24.1 points	2022

Gini Index Ranking (2024) : Definition

Gini Index measures income or consumption inequality for the reference period, scaled 0 to 100 where higher values indicate greater inequality.