List of sovereign states by wealth inequality explained

This is a list of countries by distribution of wealth, including Gini coefficients. Wealth distribution can vary greatly from income distribution in a country (see List of countries by income equality).

Higher Gini coefficients signify greater wealth inequality, with 0 being complete equality, whereas a value near 1 can arise if everybody has zero wealth except a very small minority.

Countries that have high-quality wealth taxes and honest reporting from financial institutions, such as the Netherlands and Norway, tend to have more reliable wealth inequality statistics.[1]

List

The table below is for 2008, 2018, 2019 and 2021. The GDP data is based on data from the World Bank.[2] The population data is based on data from the UN.[3] The Wealth Gini coefficients from 2008 are based on a working paper published by the National Bureau of Economic Research.[4]

The Wealth Gini numbers for 2018, 2019, and 2021 come from the Global Wealth Databook by Credit Suisse.[5] [6] [7]

* indicates "Wealth inequality in COUNTRY or TERRITORY" or "Income inequality in COUNTRY or TERRITORY" links.

Country Wealth Gini Population Nominal GDP GDP per capita
2008 2018 20192021% of world (in millions) % of world
style=text-align:left 0.804 0.904 0.885 0.889 100 101,560,901 100 11,258
0.655 0.689
0.642 0.629 0.637 0.686 5,239
0.67 0.758 0.749 0.848 4,115
0.731 0.814
0.747 0.838 0.823 0.813 16,732
0.74 0.792 0.768 0.809 11,719
0.684 0.645 0.663 0.731 4,212
0.703 0.813
0.622 0.658 0.656 0.662 57,591
0.646 0.764 0.739 0.742 51,205
0.678 0.643 0.654 0.726 4,718
0.828 0.895
0.747 0.885
0.66 0.671 0.678 0.754 1,698
0.706 0.788 0.778 0.805 17,465
0.628 0.614 0.621 0.672 6,312
0.662 0.659 0.603 0.599 47,270
0.763 0.815 0.803 0.835 4,884
0.713 0.689 0.707 0.800 902
0.762 0.779 0.764 0.808 3,646
0.642 0.692 6,056
0.751 0.783 0.8 0.879 8,259
0.62 0.823 0.849 0.892 8,921
0.787 0.897
0.652 0.647 0.659 0.702 9,237
0.728 0.674 0.688 0.790 715
0.699 0.654 0.681 0.703 272
0.714 0.704 0.718 0.783 1,510
0.711 0.725 0.743 0.833 1,534
0.688 0.726 0.728 0.726 46,213
0.782 0.768 0.777 0.845 476
0.681 0.715 0.73 0.776 728
0.777 0.773 0.798 0.794 15,923
0.55 0.714 0.702 0.701 9,532
0.765 0.807 0.77 0.835 6,666
0.711 0.766 0.783 0.861 1,415
0.755 0.830
0.769 0.855
0.732 0.769 0.75 0.797 12,027
0.654 0.631 0.645 0.702 14,669
0.801 0.791
0.626 0.758 0.725 0.776 23,026
0.808 0.835 0.838 0.739 61,834
0.729 0.796
0.763 0.84 0.823 0.813 7,693
0.723 8,051
0.76 0.776 0.759 0.801 6,345
0.689 0.909 0.756 0.793 2,520
0.746 0.759 0.743 0.812 4,058
0.688 0.781 0.793 0.864 10,262
0.621 0.763
0.675 0.715 0.716 0.731 23,231
0.78 4,146
0.652 0.612 0.62 0.723 772
0.709 0.694 0.702 0.785 6,267
0.615 0.767 0.742 0.744 50,111
0.73 0.687 0.696 0.702 42,738
0.784 0.7 0.719 0.797 7,953
0.723 0.755 0.771 0.857 796
0.725 0.678 0.687 0.817 4,397
0.667 0.816 0.816 0.788 47,491
0.692 0.682 0.699 0.753 2,202
0.654 0.682 0.654 0.682 20,721
0.763 0.842 0.827 0.682 10,642
0.779 4,549
0.693 0.716 0.741 0.816 879
0.71 0.697 0.712 0.780 778
0.707 0.75 0.734 0.769 4,979
0.755 0.82 0.801 0.799 868
0.743 0.804 2,500
0.740 0.777 0.738 48,471
0.651 0.662 0.663 0.680 16,264
0.664 0.731 0.694 0.649 76,855
0.669 0.854 0.832 0.823 2,010
0.764 0.84 0.833 0.782 3,893
0.707 0.705 0.705 0.792 5,501
0.633 0.710
0.581 0.83 0.796 0.800 102,394
0.677 0.766 0.777 0.747 44,215
0.609 0.689 0.669 0.672 34,372
0.712 1,716
0.686 0.788 0.775 0.822 5,354
0.547 0.631 0.626 0.647 39,082
0.678 0.677 0.696 0.767 4,238
0.655 0.952 0.772 0.776 9,790
0.699 0.732 0.745 0.826 1,711
0.763 0.862
0.68 0.673 0.681 0.752 1,267
0.794 0.883
0.67 0.788 0.789 0.805 17,843
0.762 0.889 0.819 0.802 8,257
0.767 0.795 0.805 0.888 1,299
0.727 0.806
0.659 0.760
0.666 0.655 0.663 0.720 19,073
0.65 0.663 0.67 0.663 117,312
0.58 82,535
0.722 0.702 0.722 0.821 527
0.736 0.733 0.751 0.845 389
0.733 0.82 0.796 0.830 11,373
0.724 0.808
0.75 0.682 0.707 0.800 900
0.664 0.631 0.64 0.611 33,131
0.686 0.667 0.681 0.758 1,189
0.661 0.64 0.662 0.716 11,222
0.749 0.8 0.777 0.804 9,673
0.645 0.691
0.668 0.742
0.648 0.681
0.69 0.802 0.766 0.824 3,273
0.689 0.7 0.716 0.750 499
0.597 0.680
0.847 0.776 0.788 0.868 5,931
0.71 0.788
0.65 0.789 0.902 0.750 53,557
0.651 0.708 0.672 0.700 43,204
0.755 0.778 0.759 0.813 2,029
0.729 0.66 0.682 0.738 414
0.729 0.894 0.809 0.860 2,028
0.661 0.655 6,084
0.633 0.791 0.798 0.794 81,336
0.786 0.880
0.698 0.65 0.665 0.740 1,482
0.766 0.795 0.78 0.819 15,575
0.738 0.76 0.766 0.843 2,730
0.766 0.785 0.768 0.815 5,822
0.738 0.795 0.788 0.800 6,941
0.717 0.826 0.837 0.873 3,103
0.657 0.722 0.677 0.716 15,444
0.667 0.736 0.692 0.706 23,466
0.753 33,271
0.633 0.586
0.651 0.728 0.647 0.696 12,281
0.699 0.875 0.879 0.880 11,291
0.714 0.728 0.742 0.818 773
0.747 0.777
0.674 0.734
0.737 0.81 0.834 0.864 23,337
0.697 0.705 0.726 0.797 1,522
0.676 0.713 7,992
0.76 0.679 0.704 0.760 16,376
0.687 0.671 0.694 0.732 534
0.689 0.758 0.757 0.788 63,249
0.629 0.498 0.498 0.505 19,421
0.626 0.646 0.662 0.652 25,992
0.7 0.814
0.763 0.806 0.806 0.886 6,373
0.579 0.67 0.606 0.682 35,196
0.57 0.697 0.694 0.691 30,391
0.665 0.687 0.7 0.770 4,188
0.728 0.813
0.818 0.813
0.687
0.832 0.886
0.742 0.865 0.867 0.881 55,767
0.803 0.741 0.705 0.772 82,279
0.699 0.778
0.751 0.707
0.656 0.728
0.676 0.65 0.661 0.744 1,030
0.71 0.902 0.846 0.771 7,274
0.565 0.627
0.711 0.719 0.734 0.815 679
0.682 0.777
0.689 0.748 0.732 0.757 17,130
0.693 0.683 0.705 0.780 3,447
0.718 0.871 0.794 0.810 9,368
0.63 0.705
0.723 0.714 0.729 0.828 643
0.667 0.955 0.847 0.834 2,957
0.796 0.885
0.697 0.747 0.746 0.706 42,526
0.801 0.852 0.852 0.850 62,808
0.708 0.741 0.721 0.774 17,278
0.688 0.814
0.743 0.778
0.682 0.708 0.761 0.797 2,566
0.613 0.801 0.798 0.883 944
0.766 0.787 0.798 0.886 1,540
0.845 0.707 0.719 0.797 2,147

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Zucman. Gabriel. March 2016. State of the Union 2016: Wealth Inequality. Stanford . Norway’s data are of the highest quality, as extensive information on most assets is collected for all Norwegians. 2023-03-13 .
  2. Web site: Gross Domestic Product 2018. 2018. World Bank. 2020-01-18.
  3. Web site: World Population Prospects, the 2019 revision. June 2019. United Nations. 2020-01-18.
  4. https://www.nber.org/papers/w15508 The Level and Distribution of Global Household Wealth
  5. Web site: Global Wealth Databook 2018. Credit Suisse. 2023-12-13.
  6. Web site: Global Wealth Databook 2019. Credit Suisse. 2023-12-13.
  7. Web site: Global Wealth Databook 2022. Credit Suisse. 2023-12-13.

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