This is a list of countries and territories by income inequality metrics, as calculated by the World Bank, UNU-WIDER, OCDE, and World Inequality Database, based on different indicators, like Gini coefficient and specific income ratios. Income from black market economic activity is not included.
The Gini coefficient is a number between 0 and 1 or 100, where 0 represents perfect equality (everyone has the same income), while an index of 1 or 100 implies perfect inequality (one person has all the income and everyone else has no income).
Income ratios include the pre-tax national income share held by top 10% of the population and the ratio of the upper bound value of the ninth decile (i.e. the 10% of people with highest income) to that of the upper bound value of the first decile (the ratio of the average income of the richest 10% to the poorest 10%).
Income distribution can vary greatly from wealth distribution in a country.
+ | Country/Territory | UN Region | World Bank Income group (2024) | Gini coefficient | ||||||
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WB [1] | Year | UNU- WIDER[2] | Year | OECD[3] [4] [5] | Year | |||||
Southern Asia | data-sort-value="cc" | Low income | 2017 | |||||||
Middle Africa | data-sort-value="tt" | Lower middle income | 2018 | 2019 | ||||||
Southern Europe | data-sort-value="ww" | Upper middle income | 2020 | 2020 | ||||||
Southern Europe | data-sort-value="zz" | High income | 2016 | |||||||
Western Asia | data-sort-value="zz" | High income | 2018 | 2019 | ||||||
South America | data-sort-value="ww" | Upper middle income | 2022 | 2022 | ||||||
Western Asia | data-sort-value="ww" | Upper middle income | 2022 | 2021 | ||||||
Australia and New Zealand | data-sort-value="zz" | High income | 2018 | 2018 | ||||||
Western Europe | data-sort-value="zz" | High income | 2021 | 2022 | 2021 | |||||
Western Asia | data-sort-value="ww" | Upper middle income | 2005 | 2005 | ||||||
Eastern Africa | data-sort-value="cc" | Low income | 2020 | 2014 | ||||||
Western Europe | data-sort-value="zz" | High income | 2021 | 2022 | 2021 | |||||
Western Africa | data-sort-value="tt" | Lower middle income | 2021 | 2019 | ||||||
Western Africa | data-sort-value="cc" | Low income | 2021 | 2019 | ||||||
Southern Asia | data-sort-value="tt" | Lower middle income | 2022 | 2016 | ||||||
Eastern Europe | data-sort-value="zz" | High income | 2021 | 2022 | ||||||
Western Asia | data-sort-value="zz" | High income | 2015 | |||||||
Caribbean | data-sort-value="zz" | High income | 2013 | |||||||
Southern Europe | data-sort-value="ww" | Upper middle income | 2011 | 2011 | ||||||
Eastern Europe | data-sort-value="ww" | Upper middle income | 2020 | 2020 | ||||||
Central America | data-sort-value="ww" | Upper middle income | 1999 | 1999 | ||||||
South America | data-sort-value="tt" | Lower middle income | 2021 | 2021 | ||||||
South America | data-sort-value="ww" | Upper middle income | 2022 | 2022 | ||||||
Caribbean | data-sort-value="zz" | High income | 2017 | |||||||
South-eastern Asia | data-sort-value="zz" | High income | 1981 | |||||||
Southern Asia | data-sort-value="tt" | Lower middle income | 2022 | 2022 | ||||||
Southern Africa | data-sort-value="ww" | Upper middle income | 2015 | 2016 | ||||||
Middle Africa | data-sort-value="cc" | Low income | 2021 | 2021 | ||||||
Northern America | data-sort-value="zz" | High income | 2019 | 2021 | 2021 | |||||
Western Europe | data-sort-value="zz" | High income | 2020 | 2021 | ||||||
South America | data-sort-value="zz" | High income | 2022 | 2022 | 2022 | |||||
Eastern Asia | data-sort-value="ww" | Upper middle income | 2021 | 2020 | ||||||
Western Africa | data-sort-value="tt" | Lower middle income | 2021 | 2019 | ||||||
Middle Africa | data-sort-value="tt" | Lower middle income | 2021 | 2014 | ||||||
Middle Africa | data-sort-value="cc" | Low income | 2020 | |||||||
Middle Africa | data-sort-value="tt" | Lower middle income | 2011 | 2012 | ||||||
South America | data-sort-value="ww" | Upper middle income | 2022 | 2021 | ||||||
Eastern Africa | data-sort-value="tt" | Lower middle income | 2014 | 2014 | ||||||
Western Africa | data-sort-value="tt" | Lower middle income | 2015 | 2015 | ||||||
Central America | data-sort-value="ww" | Upper middle income | 2023 | 2022 | 2022 | |||||
Caribbean | data-sort-value="ww" | Upper middle income | 2000 | |||||||
Western Asia | data-sort-value="zz" | High income | 2021 | 2022 | ||||||
Eastern Europe | data-sort-value="zz" | High income | 2021 | 2022 | 2021 | |||||
Western Europe | data-sort-value="zz" | High income | 2020 | 2022 | ||||||
Eastern Africa | data-sort-value="tt" | Lower middle income | 2017 | 2017 | ||||||
Northern Europe | data-sort-value="zz" | High income | 2021 | 2022 | ||||||
Caribbean | data-sort-value="ww" | Upper middle income | 2022 | 2022 | ||||||
Northern Africa | data-sort-value="ww" | Upper middle income | 2011 | 2012 | ||||||
South America | data-sort-value="ww" | Upper middle income | 2023 | 2022 | ||||||
Northern Africa | data-sort-value="tt" | Lower middle income | 2019 | 2020 | ||||||
Southern Europe | data-sort-value="zz" | High income | 2021 | 2022 | 2021 | |||||
Northern Europe | data-sort-value="zz" | High income | 2021 | 2022 | 2021 | |||||
Eastern Africa | data-sort-value="cc" | Low income | 2015 | 2016 | ||||||
Northern Europe | data-sort-value="zz" | High income | 2021 | 2022 | 2022 | |||||
Melanesia | data-sort-value="ww" | Upper middle income | 2019 | 2020 | ||||||
Western Europe | data-sort-value="zz" | High income | 2021 | 2022 | 2021 | |||||
Micronesia | data-sort-value="tt" | Lower middle income | 2013 | 2013 | ||||||
Middle Africa | data-sort-value="ww" | Upper middle income | 2017 | 2017 | ||||||
Northern Europe | data-sort-value="zz" | High income | 2021 | 2022 | 2021 | |||||
Eastern Europe | data-sort-value="ww" | Upper middle income | 2022 | 2021 | ||||||
Western Africa | data-sort-value="tt" | Lower middle income | 2016 | 2017 | ||||||
Western Africa | data-sort-value="tt" | Lower middle income | 2018 | 2019 | ||||||
Western Africa | data-sort-value="cc" | Low income | 2020 | 2021 | ||||||
Western Africa | data-sort-value="cc" | Low income | 2021 | 2019 | ||||||
Middle Africa | data-sort-value="ww" | Upper middle income | 2006 | |||||||
Southern Europe | data-sort-value="zz" | High income | 2021 | 2022 | 2021 | |||||
Caribbean | data-sort-value="ww" | Upper middle income | 2018 | 2008 | ||||||
Northern America | data-sort-value="zz" | High income | 2018 | |||||||
Central America | data-sort-value="ww" | Upper middle income | 2014 | 2014 | ||||||
South America | data-sort-value="zz" | High income | 1998 | 2006 | ||||||
Eastern Asia | data-sort-value="zz" | High income | 2016 | |||||||
Central America | data-sort-value="tt" | Lower middle income | 2019 | 2021 | ||||||
Southern Europe | data-sort-value="zz" | High income | 2021 | 2022 | ||||||
Caribbean | data-sort-value="tt" | Lower middle income | 2012 | 2012 | ||||||
Eastern Europe | data-sort-value="zz" | High income | 2021 | 2022 | 2021 | |||||
South-eastern Asia | data-sort-value="ww" | Upper middle income | 2023 | 2022 | ||||||
Southern Asia | data-sort-value="tt" | Lower middle income | 2021 | 2022 | ||||||
Northern Europe | data-sort-value="zz" | High income | 2021 | 2022 | 2021 | |||||
Southern Asia | data-sort-value="ww" | Upper middle income | 2022 | 2020 | ||||||
Western Asia | data-sort-value="ww" | Upper middle income | 2012 | 2013 | ||||||
Northern Europe | data-sort-value="zz" | High income | 2017 | 2018 | ||||||
Western Asia | data-sort-value="zz" | High income | 2021 | 2020 | 2021 | |||||
Southern Europe | data-sort-value="zz" | High income | 2021 | 2022 | 2021 | |||||
Caribbean | data-sort-value="ww" | Upper middle income | 2021 | 2017 | ||||||
Western Asia | data-sort-value="tt" | Lower middle income | 2010 | 2014 | ||||||
Eastern Asia | data-sort-value="zz" | High income | 2013 | 2018 | 2021 | |||||
Central Asia | data-sort-value="ww" | Upper middle income | 2021 | 2018 | ||||||
Eastern Africa | data-sort-value="tt" | Lower middle income | 2021 | 2021 | ||||||
Central Asia | data-sort-value="tt" | Lower middle income | 2022 | 2020 | ||||||
South-eastern Asia | data-sort-value="tt" | Lower middle income | 2012 | |||||||
Micronesia | data-sort-value="tt" | Lower middle income | 2019 | 2020 | ||||||
Caribbean | data-sort-value="zz" | High income | 2009 | |||||||
Eastern Asia | data-sort-value="zz" | High income | 2021 | 2020 | 2022 | |||||
Western Asia | data-sort-value="zz" | High income | 2000 | |||||||
South-eastern Asia | data-sort-value="tt" | Lower middle income | 2018 | 2019 | ||||||
Western Asia | data-sort-value="tt" | Lower middle income | 2011 | 2012 | ||||||
Western Africa | data-sort-value="cc" | Low income | 2016 | 2016 | ||||||
Northern Africa | data-sort-value="ww" | Upper middle income | 2008 | |||||||
Caribbean | data-sort-value="ww" | Upper middle income | 2015 | 2016 | ||||||
Southern Asia | data-sort-value="tt" | Lower middle income | 2019 | 2019 | ||||||
Southern Africa | data-sort-value="tt" | Lower middle income | 2017 | 2018 | ||||||
Northern Europe | data-sort-value="zz" | High income | 2021 | 2022 | 2021 | |||||
Western Europe | data-sort-value="zz" | High income | 2021 | 2022 | 2021 | |||||
Northern Europe | data-sort-value="zz" | High income | 2021 | 2022 | 2022 | |||||
Northern Africa | data-sort-value="tt" | Lower middle income | 2013 | 2014 | ||||||
Eastern Europe | data-sort-value="ww" | Upper middle income | 2021 | 2021 | ||||||
Eastern Africa | data-sort-value="cc" | Low income | 2012 | 2013 | ||||||
Southern Asia | data-sort-value="ww" | Upper middle income | 2019 | 2020 | ||||||
Central America | data-sort-value="ww" | Upper middle income | 2022 | 2022 | 2022 | |||||
Micronesia | data-sort-value="ww" | Upper middle income | 2019 | 2020 | ||||||
Southern Europe | data-sort-value="ww" | Upper middle income | 2019 | 2020 | ||||||
Western Africa | data-sort-value="cc" | Low income | 2021 | 2021 | ||||||
Southern Europe | data-sort-value="zz" | High income | 2020 | 2022 | ||||||
South-eastern Asia | data-sort-value="tt" | Lower middle income | 2017 | 2017 | ||||||
Southern Europe | data-sort-value="ww" | Upper middle income | 2021 | 2020 | ||||||
Eastern Asia | data-sort-value="ww" | Upper middle income | 2022 | 2018 | ||||||
Eastern Africa | data-sort-value="cc" | Low income | 2019 | 2020 | ||||||
Western Africa | data-sort-value="tt" | Lower middle income | 2019 | 2014 | ||||||
Eastern Africa | data-sort-value="ww" | Upper middle income | 2017 | 2012 | ||||||
Eastern Africa | data-sort-value="cc" | Low income | 2019 | 2020 | ||||||
South-eastern Asia | data-sort-value="ww" | Upper middle income | 2021 | |||||||
Southern Africa | data-sort-value="ww" | Upper middle income | 2015 | 2016 | ||||||
Western Africa | data-sort-value="cc" | Low income | 2021 | 2019 | ||||||
Western Africa | data-sort-value="tt" | Lower middle income | 2018 | 2019 | ||||||
Central America | data-sort-value="tt" | Lower middle income | 2014 | 2014 | ||||||
Western Europe | data-sort-value="zz" | High income | 2021 | 2022 | 2022 | |||||
Northern Europe | data-sort-value="zz" | High income | 2019 | 2021 | 2022 | |||||
Southern Asia | data-sort-value="tt" | Lower middle income | 2022 | 2011 | ||||||
Micronesia | data-sort-value="zz" | High income | 2012 | 2013 | ||||||
Australia and New Zealand | data-sort-value="zz" | High income | 2020 | |||||||
Western Asia | data-sort-value="zz" | High income | 2019 | |||||||
Southern Asia | data-sort-value="tt" | Lower middle income | 2018 | 2019 | ||||||
Central America | data-sort-value="zz" | High income | 2023 | 2022 | ||||||
South America | data-sort-value="ww" | Upper middle income | 2022 | 2021 | ||||||
South-eastern Asia | data-sort-value="tt" | Lower middle income | 2021 | 2021 | ||||||
Micronesia | data-sort-value="zz" | High income | 2014 | |||||||
Melanesia | data-sort-value="tt" | Lower middle income | 2009 | 2010 | ||||||
Eastern Europe | data-sort-value="zz" | High income | 2021 | 2022 | 2021 | |||||
Caribbean | data-sort-value="zz" | High income | 2003 | |||||||
Southern Europe | data-sort-value="zz" | High income | 2021 | 2022 | 2021 | |||||
South America | data-sort-value="ww" | Upper middle income | 2022 | 2022 | ||||||
Western Asia | data-sort-value="tt" | Lower middle income | 2016 | 2017 | ||||||
Western Asia | data-sort-value="zz" | High income | 2017 | 2013 | ||||||
Eastern Africa | data-sort-value="aa" style="text-align:center;" | — | 1977 | |||||||
Eastern Europe | data-sort-value="zz" | High income | 2021 | 2022 | ||||||
Eastern Europe | data-sort-value="zz" | High income | 2021 | 2020 | ||||||
Eastern Africa | data-sort-value="cc" | Low income | 2016 | 2017 | ||||||
Western Asia | data-sort-value="zz" | High income | 2018 | |||||||
Northern Africa | data-sort-value="cc" | Low income | 2014 | 2014 | ||||||
Western Africa | data-sort-value="tt" | Lower middle income | 2021 | 2019 | ||||||
South-eastern Asia | data-sort-value="zz" | High income | 2011 | |||||||
Melanesia | data-sort-value="tt" | Lower middle income | 2012 | 2013 | ||||||
Western Africa | data-sort-value="cc" | Low income | 2018 | 2018 | ||||||
Central America | data-sort-value="ww" | Upper middle income | 2022 | 2022 | ||||||
Southern Europe | data-sort-value="zz" | High income | 2017 | |||||||
Eastern Africa | data-sort-value="cc" | Low income | 2016 | |||||||
Southern Europe | data-sort-value="ww" | Upper middle income | 2021 | 2021 | ||||||
Eastern Africa | data-sort-value="cc" | Low income | 2016 | 2017 | ||||||
Middle Africa | data-sort-value="tt" | Lower middle income | 2017 | 2017 | ||||||
South America | data-sort-value="ww" | Upper middle income | 2022 | 2017 | ||||||
Eastern Europe | data-sort-value="zz" | High income | 2021 | 2022 | 2021 | |||||
Southern Europe | data-sort-value="zz" | High income | 2021 | 2022 | 2021 | |||||
Northern Europe | data-sort-value="zz" | High income | 2021 | 2022 | 2022 | |||||
Southern Africa | data-sort-value="tt" | Lower middle income | 2016 | 2017 | ||||||
Eastern Africa | data-sort-value="zz" | High income | 2018 | 2019 | ||||||
Western Asia | data-sort-value="cc" | Low income | 2022 | 2007 | ||||||
Caribbean | data-sort-value="zz" | High income | 1999 | |||||||
Middle Africa | data-sort-value="cc" | Low income | 2022 | 2019 | ||||||
Western Africa | data-sort-value="cc" | Low income | 2021 | |||||||
South-eastern Asia | data-sort-value="ww" | Upper middle income | 2021 | 2021 | ||||||
Central Asia | data-sort-value="tt" | Lower middle income | 2015 | 2015 | ||||||
Central Asia | data-sort-value="ww" | Upper middle income | 1998 | 1998 | ||||||
South-eastern Asia | data-sort-value="tt" | Lower middle income | 2014 | 2014 | ||||||
Polynesia | data-sort-value="ww" | Upper middle income | 2021 | 2015 | ||||||
Caribbean | data-sort-value="zz" | High income | 1992 | 1992 | ||||||
Northern Africa | data-sort-value="tt" | Lower middle income | 2021 | 2016 | ||||||
data-sort-value="aa" style="text-align:center;" | — | data-sort-value="ww" | Upper middle income | 2021 | 2021 | 2021 | ||||
Polynesia | data-sort-value="ww" | Upper middle income | 2010 | 2010 | ||||||
Eastern Asia | data-sort-value="zz" | High income | 2021 | |||||||
Eastern Africa | data-sort-value="tt" | Lower middle income | 2018 | 2018 | ||||||
Eastern Africa | data-sort-value="cc" | Low income | 2019 | 2020 | ||||||
Eastern Europe | data-sort-value="ww" | Upper middle income | 2020 | 2020 | ||||||
South America | data-sort-value="zz" | High income | 2022 | |||||||
Northern America | data-sort-value="zz" | High income | 2022 | 2022 | 2022 | |||||
Central Asia | data-sort-value="tt" | Lower middle income | 2022 | 2003 | ||||||
Caribbean | data-sort-value="ww" | Upper middle income | 2008 | |||||||
South America | data-sort-value="aa" style="text-align:center;" | — | 2006 | 2014 | ||||||
South-eastern Asia | data-sort-value="tt" | Lower middle income | 2022 | 2020 | ||||||
Melanesia | data-sort-value="tt" | Lower middle income | 2019 | 2020 | ||||||
Polynesia | data-sort-value="tt" | Lower middle income | 2013 | 2014 | ||||||
Southern Europe | data-sort-value="ww" | Upper middle income | 2017 | 2017 | ||||||
Western Asia | data-sort-value="cc" | Low income | 2014 | 2014 | ||||||
Southern Africa | data-sort-value="ww" | Upper middle income | 2014 | 2017 | ||||||
Eastern Africa | data-sort-value="tt" | Lower middle income | 2022 | 2022 | ||||||
Eastern Africa | data-sort-value="tt" | Lower middle income | 2019 | 2019 | ||||||
Member state | Gini coefficient[6] | |||||||||||||||||
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data-sort-type=number | 2011 | data-sort-type=number | 2012 | data-sort-type=number | 2013 | data-sort-type=number | 2014 | data-sort-type=number | 2015 | data-sort-type=number | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
27.4 | 27.6 | 27.0 | 27.6 | 27.2 | 27.2 | 27.9 | 26.8 | 27.5 | 27.0 | 26.7 | 27.8 | 28.1 | ||||||
26.3 | 26.5 | 25.9 | 25.9 | 26.2 | 26.3 | 26.1 | 25.7 | 25.1 | 25.4 | 24.1 | 24.9 | 24.2 | ||||||
35.0 | 33.6 | 35.4 | 35.4 | 37.0 | 37.7 | 40.2 | 39.6 | 40.8 | 40.0 | 39.7 | 38.4 | 37.2 | ||||||
31.2 | 30.9 | 30.9 | 30.2 | 30.4 | 29.8 | 29.9 | 29.7 | 29.2 | 28.3 | 29.2 | 28.5 | 29.7 | ||||||
29.2 | 31.0 | 32.4 | 34.8 | 33.6 | 32.1 | 30.8 | 29.1 | 31.1 | 29.3 | 29.4 | 29.4 | 29.6 | ||||||
25.2 | 24.9 | 24.6 | 25.1 | 25.0 | 25.1 | 24.5 | 24.0 | 24.0 | 24.2 | 24.9 | 24.8 | 24.4 | ||||||
26.6 | 26.5 | 26.8 | 27.7 | 27.4 | 27.7 | 27.6 | 27.8 | 27.5 | 27.3 | 27.0 | 27.7 | 28.2 | ||||||
31.9 | 32.5 | 32.9 | 35.6 | 34.8 | 32.7 | 31.6 | 30.6 | 30.5 | 30.5 | 30.6 | 31.9 | 31.8 | ||||||
25.8 | 25.9 | 25.4 | 25.6 | 25.2 | 25.4 | 25.3 | 25.9 | 26.2 | 26.5 | 25.7 | 26.6 | 26.6 | ||||||
30.8 | 30.5 | 30.1 | 29.2 | 29.2 | 29.3 | 28.8 | 28.5 | 29.2 | 29.2 | 29.3 | 29.8 | 29.7 | ||||||
29.0 | 28.3 | 29.7 | 30.7 | 30.1 | 29.5 | 29.1 | 31.1 | 29.7 | 30.5 | 31.2 | 29.0 | 29.4 | ||||||
33.5 | 34.3 | 34.4 | 34.5 | 34.2 | 34.3 | 33.4 | 32.3 | 31.0 | 31.4 | 32.4 | 31.4 | 31.8 | ||||||
26.9 | 27.2 | 28.3 | 28.6 | 28.2 | 28.2 | 28.1 | 28.7 | 28.0 | 28.0 | 27.6 | 27.4 | 29.0 | ||||||
29.8 | 30.4 | 30.7 | 31.1 | 29.7 | 29.6 | 30.6 | 28.9 | 28.3 | 28.3 | 26.6 | 26.9 | 27.4 | ||||||
32.5 | 32.4 | 32.8 | 32.4 | 32.4 | 33.1 | 32.7 | 33.4 | 32.8 | 32.5 | 32.9 | 32.7 | 31.5 | ||||||
35.1 | 35.7 | 35.2 | 35.5 | 35.4 | 34.5 | 34.5 | 35.6 | 35.2 | 34.5 | 35.7 | 34.3 | 34.0 | ||||||
33.0 | 32.0 | 34.6 | 35.0 | 37.9 | 37.0 | 37.6 | 36.9 | 35.4 | 35.1 | 35.4 | 36.2 | 35.7 | ||||||
27.2 | 28.0 | 30.4 | 28.7 | 28.5 | 29.6 | 29.2 | 31.3 | 32.3 | 31.2 | 29.6 | 29.1 | 30.6 | ||||||
27.2 | 27.1 | 28.0 | 27.7 | 28.1 | 28.6 | 28.2 | 28.7 | 28.0 | 30.3 | 31.2 | 31.1 | 33.0 | ||||||
25.8 | 25.4 | 25.1 | 26.2 | 26.7 | 26.9 | 27.1 | 27.4 | 26.8 | 28.2 | 26.4 | 26.3 | 26.4 | ||||||
31.1 | 30.9 | 30.7 | 30.8 | 30.6 | 29.8 | 29.2 | 27.8 | 28.5 | 27.2 | 26.8 | 26.3 | 27.0 | ||||||
34.2 | 34.5 | 34.2 | 34.5 | 34.0 | 33.9 | 33.5 | 32.1 | 31.9 | 31.2 | 33.0 | 32.0 | 33.7 | ||||||
33.5 | 34.0 | 34.6 | 35.0 | 37.4 | 34.7 | 33.1 | 35.1 | 34.8 | 33.8 | 34.3 | 32.0 | 31.0 | ||||||
25.7 | 25.3 | 24.2 | 26.1 | 23.7 | 24.3 | 23.2 | 20.9 | 22.8 | 20.9 | 21.8 | 21.2 | 21.6 | ||||||
23.8 | 23.7 | 24.4 | 25.0 | 24.5 | 24.4 | 23.7 | 23.4 | 23.9 | 23.5 | 23.0 | 23.1 | 23.4 | ||||||
34.0 | 34.2 | 33.7 | 34.7 | 34.6 | 34.5 | 34.1 | 33.2 | 33.0 | 32.1 | 33.0 | 32.0 | 31.5 | ||||||
26.0 | 26.0 | 26.0 | 26.9 | 26.7 | 27.6 | 28.0 | 27.0 | 27.6 | 26.9 | 26.8 | 27.6 | 29.5 | ||||||
30.5 | 30.4 | 30.6 | 30.9 | 30.8 | 30.6 | 30.3 | 30.4 | 30.2 | 30.0 | 30.2 | 29.6 | 29.6 | ||||||
Eurozone | 30.6 | 30.5 | 30.7 | 31.0 | 30.7 | 30.7 | 30.4 | 30.6 | 30.2 | 30.3 | 30.5 | — | — | |||||
— | — | 38.0 | 38.3 | 40.0 | 39.8 | 37.8 | 35.6 | 33.3 | 33.3 | 33.3 | 33.2 | — | ||||||
— | — | 38.5 | 36.5 | 36.5 | 36.5 | 36.7 | 34.7 | 34.1 | 32.9 | 32.5 | 31.5 | — | ||||||
Notes: |
Country | Gini coefficient[7] | |||
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Before taxes and transfers | After taxes and transfers | Year | ||
0.441 | 0.318 | 2020 | ||
0.486 | 0.274 | 2019 | ||
0.489 | 0.262 | 2019 | ||
0.438 | 0.280 | 2020 | ||
0.495 | 0.460 | 2017 | ||
0.551 | 0.487 | 2021 | ||
0.432 | 0.248 | 2019 | ||
0.445 | 0.268 | 2019 | ||
0.465 | 0.305 | 2019 | ||
0.516 | 0.265 | 2020 | ||
0.519 | 0.292 | 2019 | ||
0.497 | 0.296 | 2019 | ||
0.525 | 0.308 | 2019 | ||
0.463 | 0.286 | 2019 | ||
0.369 | 0.250 | 2017 | ||
0.520 | 0.292 | 2018 | ||
0.449 | 0.342 | 2019 | ||
0.511 | 0.330 | 2018 | ||
0.570 | 0.381 | 2021 | ||
0.483 | 0.355 | 2020 | ||
0.495 | 0.357 | 2019 | ||
0.490 | 0.305 | 2019 | ||
0.435 | 0.420 | 2020 | ||
0.453 | 0.304 | 2020 | ||
0.454 | 0.320 | 2020 | ||
0.436 | 0.263 | 2020 | ||
0.452 | 0.281 | 2018 | ||
0.511 | 0.310 | 2019 | ||
0.383 | 0.222 | 2019 | ||
0.444 | 0.246 | 2019 | ||
0.405 | 0.331 | 2020 | ||
0.491 | 0.320 | 2019 | ||
0.433 | 0.276 | 2020 | ||
0.402 | 0.316 | 2019 | ||
0.502 | 0.415 | 2019 | ||
0.507 | 0.355 | 2020 | ||
0.517 | 0.375 | 2021 |
+ List of countries by income inequality based on Pre-tax national income share held by top 10% of the population, and | Country/Territory | UN Region | World Bank Income group (2024) | Pre-tax national income Top 10% share | Income Decile 1 | Interdecile | ||||||
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World Inequality Database[8] | Year | UNU- WIDER[9] | Year | Poverty and Inequality Platform[10] | Year | OECD[11] [12] [13] | Year | |||||
Southern Asia | data-sort-value="cc" | Low income | % | 2022 | ||||||||
Middle Africa | data-sort-value="tt" | Lower middle income | % | 2022 | 2019 | 2018 | ||||||
Southern Europe | data-sort-value="ww" | Upper middle income | % | 2022 | 2020 | 2020 | ||||||
Southern Europe | data-sort-value="zz" | High income | % | 2022 | 2016 | |||||||
Western Asia | data-sort-value="zz" | High income | % | 2022 | 2019 | 2018 | ||||||
South America | data-sort-value="ww" | Upper middle income | % | 2022 | 2021 | 2022 | ||||||
Western Asia | data-sort-value="ww" | Upper middle income | % | 2022 | 2021 | 2022 | ||||||
Australia and New Zealand | data-sort-value="zz" | High income | % | 2022 | 2018 | 2018 | 2020 | |||||
Western Europe | data-sort-value="zz" | High income | % | 2022 | 2022 | 2021 | 2021 | |||||
Western Asia | data-sort-value="ww" | Upper middle income | % | 2022 | 2018 | 2005 | ||||||
Eastern Africa | data-sort-value="cc" | Low income | % | 2022 | 2014 | 2020 | ||||||
Western Europe | data-sort-value="zz" | High income | % | 2022 | 2022 | 2021 | 2021 | |||||
Western Africa | data-sort-value="tt" | Lower middle income | % | 2022 | 2019 | 2021 | ||||||
Western Africa | data-sort-value="cc" | Low income | % | 2022 | 2019 | 2021 | ||||||
Southern Asia | data-sort-value="tt" | Lower middle income | % | 2022 | 2022 | 2022 | ||||||
Eastern Europe | data-sort-value="zz" | High income | % | 2022 | 2022 | 2021 | 2021 | |||||
Western Asia | data-sort-value="zz" | High income | % | 2022 | ||||||||
Caribbean | data-sort-value="zz" | High income | % | 2022 | 2013 | |||||||
Southern Europe | data-sort-value="ww" | Upper middle income | % | 2022 | 2011 | 2011 | ||||||
Eastern Europe | data-sort-value="ww" | Upper middle income | % | 2022 | 2020 | 2020 | ||||||
Central America | data-sort-value="ww" | Upper middle income | % | 2022 | 1999 | 1999 | ||||||
South America | data-sort-value="tt" | Lower middle income | % | 2022 | 2021 | 2021 | ||||||
South America | data-sort-value="ww" | Upper middle income | % | 2022 | 2021 | 2022 | 2022 | |||||
Caribbean | data-sort-value="zz" | High income | % | 2022 | 2010 | |||||||
South-eastern Asia | data-sort-value="zz" | High income | % | 2022 | 1981 | |||||||
Southern Asia | data-sort-value="tt" | Lower middle income | % | 2022 | 2022 | 2022 | ||||||
Southern Africa | data-sort-value="ww" | Upper middle income | % | 2022 | 2016 | 2015 | ||||||
Middle Africa | data-sort-value="cc" | Low income | % | 2022 | 2021 | 2021 | ||||||
Northern America | data-sort-value="zz" | High income | % | 2022 | 2020 | 2019 | 2021 | |||||
Western Europe | data-sort-value="zz" | High income | % | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2020 | |||||
South America | data-sort-value="zz" | High income | % | 2022 | 2020 | 2022 | 2022 | |||||
Eastern Asia | data-sort-value="ww" | Upper middle income | % | 2022 | 2020 | 2021 | 2011 | |||||
Western Africa | data-sort-value="tt" | Lower middle income | % | 2022 | 2019 | 2021 | ||||||
Middle Africa | data-sort-value="tt" | Lower middle income | % | 2022 | 2014 | 2021 | ||||||
Middle Africa | data-sort-value="cc" | Low income | % | 2022 | 2013 | 2020 | ||||||
Middle Africa | data-sort-value="tt" | Lower middle income | % | 2022 | 2012 | 2011 | ||||||
South America | data-sort-value="ww" | Upper middle income | % | 2022 | 2021 | 2022 | ||||||
Eastern Africa | data-sort-value="tt" | Lower middle income | % | 2022 | 2014 | 2014 | ||||||
Western Africa | data-sort-value="tt" | Lower middle income | % | 2022 | 2015 | 2015 | ||||||
Central America | data-sort-value="ww" | Upper middle income | % | 2022 | 2022 | 2023 | 2023 | |||||
Caribbean | data-sort-value="ww" | Upper middle income | % | 2022 | 1978 | |||||||
Western Asia | data-sort-value="zz" | High income | % | 2022 | 2022 | 2021 | ||||||
Eastern Europe | data-sort-value="zz" | High income | % | 2022 | 2022 | 2021 | 2021 | |||||
Western Europe | data-sort-value="zz" | High income | % | 2022 | 2022 | 2020 | 2020 | |||||
Eastern Africa | data-sort-value="tt" | Lower middle income | % | 2022 | 2017 | 2017 | ||||||
Northern Europe | data-sort-value="zz" | High income | % | 2022 | 2022 | 2021 | 2019 | |||||
Caribbean | data-sort-value="ww" | Upper middle income | % | 2022 | 2021 | 2022 | ||||||
Northern Africa | data-sort-value="ww" | Upper middle income | % | 2022 | 2012 | 2011 | ||||||
South America | data-sort-value="ww" | Upper middle income | % | 2022 | 2022 | 2023 | ||||||
Northern Africa | data-sort-value="tt" | Lower middle income | % | 2022 | 2020 | 2019 | ||||||
Southern Europe | data-sort-value="zz" | High income | % | 2022 | 2022 | 2021 | 2021 | |||||
Northern Europe | data-sort-value="zz" | High income | % | 2022 | 2022 | 2021 | 2021 | |||||
Eastern Africa | data-sort-value="cc" | Low income | % | 2022 | 2016 | 2015 | ||||||
Northern Europe | data-sort-value="zz" | High income | % | 2022 | 2022 | 2021 | 2022 | |||||
Melanesia | data-sort-value="ww" | Upper middle income | % | 2022 | 2020 | 2019 | ||||||
Western Europe | data-sort-value="zz" | High income | % | 2022 | 2022 | 2021 | 2021 | |||||
Micronesia | data-sort-value="tt" | Lower middle income | % | 2022 | 2013 | 2013 | ||||||
Middle Africa | data-sort-value="ww" | Upper middle income | % | 2022 | 2017 | 2017 | ||||||
Northern Europe | data-sort-value="zz" | High income | % | 2022 | 2021 | 2021 | 2021 | |||||
Western Asia | data-sort-value="ww" | Upper middle income | % | 2022 | 2021 | 2022 | ||||||
Western Africa | data-sort-value="tt" | Lower middle income | % | 2022 | 2017 | 2016 | ||||||
Western Africa | data-sort-value="tt" | Lower middle income | % | 2022 | 2019 | 2018 | ||||||
Western Africa | data-sort-value="cc" | Low income | % | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | ||||||
Western Africa | data-sort-value="cc" | Low income | % | 2022 | 2019 | 2021 | ||||||
Middle Africa | data-sort-value="ww" | Upper middle income | % | 2022 | ||||||||
Southern Europe | data-sort-value="zz" | High income | % | 2022 | 2022 | 2021 | 2021 | |||||
Caribbean | data-sort-value="ww" | Upper middle income | % | 2022 | 2008 | 2018 | ||||||
Northern America | data-sort-value="zz" | High income | % | 2022 | 2018 | |||||||
Central America | data-sort-value="ww" | Upper middle income | % | 2022 | 2014 | 2014 | ||||||
South America | data-sort-value="zz" | High income | % | 2022 | 1998 | 1998 | ||||||
Eastern Asia | data-sort-value="zz" | High income | % | 2022 | 2016 | |||||||
Central America | data-sort-value="tt" | Lower middle income | % | 2022 | 2019 | 2019 | ||||||
Southern Europe | data-sort-value="zz" | High income | % | 2022 | 2022 | 2021 | 2021 | |||||
Caribbean | data-sort-value="tt" | Lower middle income | % | 2022 | 2012 | 2012 | ||||||
Eastern Europe | data-sort-value="zz" | High income | % | 2022 | 2022 | 2021 | 2021 | |||||
South-eastern Asia | data-sort-value="ww" | Upper middle income | % | 2022 | 2022 | 2023 | ||||||
Southern Asia | data-sort-value="tt" | Lower middle income | % | 2022 | 2022 | 2021 | 2011 | |||||
Northern Europe | data-sort-value="zz" | High income | % | 2022 | 2022 | 2021 | 2021 | |||||
Southern Asia | data-sort-value="ww" | Upper middle income | % | 2022 | 2020 | 2022 | ||||||
Western Asia | data-sort-value="ww" | Upper middle income | % | 2022 | 2013 | 2012 | ||||||
Northern Europe | data-sort-value="zz" | High income | % | 2022 | 2018 | 2017 | 2017 | |||||
Western Asia | data-sort-value="zz" | High income | % | 2022 | 2018 | 2021 | 2021 | |||||
Southern Europe | data-sort-value="zz" | High income | % | 2022 | 2022 | 2021 | 2021 | |||||
Caribbean | data-sort-value="ww" | Upper middle income | % | 2022 | 2015 | 2021 | ||||||
Western Asia | data-sort-value="tt" | Lower middle income | % | 2022 | 2014 | 2010 | ||||||
Eastern Asia | data-sort-value="zz" | High income | % | 2022 | 2014 | 2013 | 2021 | |||||
Central Asia | data-sort-value="ww" | Upper middle income | % | 2022 | 2018 | 2021 | ||||||
Eastern Africa | data-sort-value="tt" | Lower middle income | % | 2022 | 2021 | 2021 | ||||||
Central Asia | data-sort-value="tt" | Lower middle income | % | 2022 | 2020 | 2022 | ||||||
South-eastern Asia | data-sort-value="tt" | Lower middle income | % | 2022 | 2012 | |||||||
Micronesia | data-sort-value="tt" | Lower middle income | % | 2022 | 2020 | 2019 | ||||||
Caribbean | data-sort-value="zz" | High income | % | 2022 | ||||||||
Eastern Asia | data-sort-value="zz" | High income | % | 2022 | 2016 | 2021 | 2022 | |||||
Western Asia | data-sort-value="zz" | High income | % | 2022 | 1973 | |||||||
South-eastern Asia | data-sort-value="tt" | Lower middle income | % | 2022 | 2019 | 2018 | ||||||
Western Asia | data-sort-value="tt" | Lower middle income | % | 2022 | 2012 | 2011 | ||||||
Western Africa | data-sort-value="cc" | Low income | % | 2022 | 2016 | 2016 | ||||||
Northern Africa | data-sort-value="ww" | Upper middle income | % | 2022 | ||||||||
Caribbean | data-sort-value="ww" | Upper middle income | % | 2022 | 2016 | 2015 | ||||||
Southern Asia | data-sort-value="tt" | Lower middle income | % | 2022 | 2019 | 2019 | ||||||
Southern Africa | data-sort-value="tt" | Lower middle income | % | 2022 | 2018 | 2017 | ||||||
Northern Europe | data-sort-value="zz" | High income | % | 2022 | 2022 | 2021 | 2021 | |||||
Western Europe | data-sort-value="zz" | High income | % | 2022 | 2022 | 2021 | 2021 | |||||
Northern Europe | data-sort-value="zz" | High income | % | 2022 | 2022 | 2021 | 2022 | |||||
Northern Africa | data-sort-value="tt" | Lower middle income | % | 2022 | 2014 | 2013 | ||||||
Eastern Europe | data-sort-value="ww" | Upper middle income | % | 2022 | 2021 | 2021 | ||||||
Eastern Africa | data-sort-value="cc" | Low income | % | 2022 | 2013 | 2012 | ||||||
Southern Asia | data-sort-value="ww" | Upper middle income | % | 2022 | 2020 | 2019 | ||||||
Central America | data-sort-value="ww" | Upper middle income | % | 2022 | 2022 | 2022 | 2022 | |||||
Micronesia | data-sort-value="ww" | Upper middle income | % | 2022 | 2020 | 2019 | ||||||
Southern Europe | data-sort-value="ww" | Upper middle income | % | 2022 | 2020 | 2019 | ||||||
Western Africa | data-sort-value="cc" | Low income | % | 2022 | 2021 | 2021 | ||||||
Southern Europe | data-sort-value="zz" | High income | % | 2022 | 2022 | 2020 | ||||||
South-eastern Asia | data-sort-value="tt" | Lower middle income | % | 2022 | 2017 | 2017 | ||||||
Southern Europe | data-sort-value="ww" | Upper middle income | % | 2022 | 2021 | 2021 | ||||||
Eastern Asia | data-sort-value="ww" | Upper middle income | % | 2022 | 2018 | 2022 | ||||||
Eastern Africa | data-sort-value="cc" | Low income | % | 2022 | 2020 | 2019 | ||||||
Western Africa | data-sort-value="tt" | Lower middle income | % | 2022 | 2014 | 2019 | ||||||
Eastern Africa | data-sort-value="ww" | Upper middle income | % | 2022 | 2017 | 2017 | ||||||
Eastern Africa | data-sort-value="cc" | Low income | % | 2022 | 2020 | 2019 | ||||||
South-eastern Asia | data-sort-value="ww" | Upper middle income | % | 2022 | 2019 | 2021 | ||||||
Southern Africa | data-sort-value="ww" | Upper middle income | % | 2022 | 2016 | 2015 | ||||||
Western Africa | data-sort-value="cc" | Low income | % | 2022 | 2019 | 2021 | ||||||
Western Africa | data-sort-value="tt" | Lower middle income | % | 2022 | 2019 | 2018 | ||||||
Central America | data-sort-value="tt" | Lower middle income | % | 2022 | 2014 | 2014 | ||||||
Western Europe | data-sort-value="zz" | High income | % | 2022 | 2022 | 2021 | 2022 | |||||
Northern Europe | data-sort-value="zz" | High income | % | 2022 | 2021 | 2019 | 2022 | |||||
Southern Asia | data-sort-value="tt" | Lower middle income | % | 2022 | 2011 | 2022 | ||||||
Micronesia | data-sort-value="zz" | High income | % | 2022 | 2013 | 2012 | ||||||
Australia and New Zealand | data-sort-value="zz" | High income | % | 2022 | 2018 | 2020 | ||||||
Western Asia | data-sort-value="zz" | High income | % | 2022 | ||||||||
Southern Asia | data-sort-value="tt" | Lower middle income | % | 2022 | 2019 | 2018 | ||||||
Central America | data-sort-value="zz" | High income | % | 2022 | 2021 | 2023 | ||||||
South America | data-sort-value="ww" | Upper middle income | % | 2022 | 2021 | 2022 | ||||||
South-eastern Asia | data-sort-value="tt" | Lower middle income | % | 2022 | 2021 | 2021 | ||||||
Micronesia | data-sort-value="zz" | High income | % | 2022 | 2014 | |||||||
Melanesia | data-sort-value="tt" | Lower middle income | % | 2022 | 2010 | 2009 | ||||||
Eastern Europe | data-sort-value="zz" | High income | % | 2022 | 2022 | 2021 | 2021 | |||||
Caribbean | data-sort-value="zz" | High income | % | 2022 | 1977 | |||||||
Southern Europe | data-sort-value="zz" | High income | % | 2022 | 2022 | 2021 | 2021 | |||||
South America | data-sort-value="ww" | Upper middle income | % | 2022 | 2022 | 2022 | ||||||
Western Asia | data-sort-value="tt" | Lower middle income | % | 2022 | 2017 | 2016 | ||||||
Western Asia | data-sort-value="zz" | High income | % | 2022 | 2017 | |||||||
Eastern Europe | data-sort-value="zz" | High income | % | 2022 | 2022 | 2021 | 2021 | |||||
Eastern Europe | data-sort-value="zz" | High income | % | 2022 | 2020 | 2021 | 2017 | |||||
Eastern Africa | data-sort-value="cc" | Low income | % | 2022 | 2017 | 2016 | ||||||
Western Asia | data-sort-value="zz" | High income | % | 2022 | ||||||||
Northern Africa | data-sort-value="cc" | Low income | % | 2022 | 2014 | 2014 | ||||||
Western Africa | data-sort-value="tt" | Lower middle income | % | 2022 | 2019 | 2021 | ||||||
South-eastern Asia | data-sort-value="zz" | High income | % | 2022 | 2012 | |||||||
Melanesia | data-sort-value="tt" | Lower middle income | % | 2022 | 2013 | 2012 | ||||||
Western Africa | data-sort-value="cc" | Low income | % | 2022 | 2018 | 2018 | ||||||
Central America | data-sort-value="ww" | Upper middle income | % | 2022 | 2022 | 2022 | ||||||
Southern Europe | data-sort-value="zz" | High income | % | 2022 | ||||||||
Eastern Africa | data-sort-value="cc" | Low income | % | 2022 | 2016 | |||||||
Southern Europe | data-sort-value="ww" | Upper middle income | % | 2022 | 2021 | 2021 | ||||||
Eastern Africa | data-sort-value="cc" | Low income | % | 2022 | 2017 | 2016 | ||||||
Middle Africa | data-sort-value="tt" | Lower middle income | % | 2022 | 2017 | 2017 | ||||||
South America | data-sort-value="ww" | Upper middle income | % | 2022 | 2022 | F | ||||||
Eastern Europe | data-sort-value="zz" | High income | % | 2022 | 2022 | 2021 | 2021 | |||||
Southern Europe | data-sort-value="zz" | High income | % | 2022 | 2022 | 2021 | 2021 | |||||
Northern Europe | data-sort-value="zz" | High income | % | 2022 | 2022 | 2021 | 2022 | |||||
Southern Africa | data-sort-value="tt" | Lower middle income | % | 2022 | 2017 | 2016 | ||||||
Eastern Africa | data-sort-value="zz" | High income | % | 2022 | 2019 | 2018 | ||||||
Western Asia | data-sort-value="cc" | Low income | % | 2022 | 2007 | 2022 | ||||||
Caribbean | data-sort-value="zz" | High income | % | 2022 | ||||||||
Middle Africa | data-sort-value="cc" | Low income | % | 2022 | 2019 | 2022 | ||||||
Western Africa | data-sort-value="cc" | Low income | % | 2022 | 2019 | 2021 | ||||||
South-eastern Asia | data-sort-value="ww" | Upper middle income | % | 2022 | 2021 | 2021 | ||||||
Central Asia | data-sort-value="tt" | Lower middle income | % | 2022 | 2015 | 2015 | ||||||
Central Asia | data-sort-value="ww" | Upper middle income | % | 2022 | 1993 | 1998 | ||||||
South-eastern Asia | data-sort-value="tt" | Lower middle income | % | 2022 | 2014 | 2014 | ||||||
Polynesia | data-sort-value="ww" | Upper middle income | % | 2022 | 2015 | 2021 | ||||||
Caribbean | data-sort-value="zz" | High income | % | 2022 | 1992 | 1992 | ||||||
Northern Africa | data-sort-value="tt" | Lower middle income | % | 2022 | 2016 | 2021 | ||||||
data-sort-value="aa" style="text-align:center;" | — | data-sort-value="ww" | Upper middle income | % | 2022 | 2021 | 2021 | 2021 | ||||
Polynesia | data-sort-value="ww" | Upper middle income | % | 2022 | 2010 | 2010 | ||||||
Eastern Asia | data-sort-value="zz" | High income | % | 2022 | 2021 | 2021 | ||||||
Eastern Africa | data-sort-value="tt" | Lower middle income | % | 2022 | 2018 | 2018 | ||||||
Eastern Africa | data-sort-value="cc" | Low income | % | 2022 | 2020 | 2019 | ||||||
Eastern Europe | data-sort-value="ww" | Upper middle income | % | 2022 | 2020 | 2020 | ||||||
South America | data-sort-value="zz" | High income | % | 2022 | 2022 | 2022 | ||||||
Northern America | data-sort-value="zz" | High income | % | 2022 | 2022 | 2022 | 2022 | |||||
Central Asia | data-sort-value="tt" | Lower middle income | % | 2022 | 2003 | 2022 | ||||||
Caribbean | data-sort-value="ww" | Upper middle income | % | 2022 | ||||||||
South America | data-sort-value="aa" style="text-align:center;" | — | % | 2022 | 2014 | 2006 | ||||||
South-eastern Asia | data-sort-value="tt" | Lower middle income | % | 2022 | 2020 | 2022 | ||||||
Melanesia | data-sort-value="tt" | Lower middle income | % | 2022 | 2020 | 2019 | ||||||
Polynesia | data-sort-value="tt" | Lower middle income | % | 2022 | 2014 | 2013 | ||||||
Southern Europe | data-sort-value="ww" | Upper middle income | % | 2022 | 2018 | 2017 | ||||||
Western Asia | data-sort-value="cc" | Low income | % | 2022 | 2014 | 2014 | ||||||
Southern Africa | data-sort-value="ww" | Upper middle income | % | 2022 | 2017 | 2014 | 2017 | |||||
Eastern Africa | data-sort-value="tt" | Lower middle income | % | 2022 | 2015 | 2022 | ||||||
Eastern Africa | data-sort-value="tt" | Lower middle income | % | 2022 | 2019 | 2017 | ||||||