List of countries by income equality

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This is a sortable list of countries or dependencies by income inequality metrics including Gini coefficients, according to the United Nations and the CIA. A Gini index of 0 represents perfect economic equality, and 100 perfect inequality. UN data may represent income shares by percentiles of population, ranked by per capita income, or expenditure shares by percentiles of population, ranked by per capita expenditure; see original for identification by individual countries. (Note: different dates for estimates in table may bias comparisons.)

Country	UN Richest 10% to poorest 10%	UN Richest 20% to poorest 20%	UN Gini index	UN Survey year	CIA Gini index
Albania	5.9	4.1	28.2	(2002)	28.2 (2002)
Algeria	9.6	6.1	35.3	(1995)	35.3 (1995)
Argentina	34.5	17.6	52.8	(2003 ^[1])	52.2 (2001)
Armenia	8	5	33.8	(2003)	41.3 (2004)
Australia	12.5	7	35.2	(1994)	35.2 (1994)
Austria	6.9	4.4	29.1	(2000)	31 (2002)
Azerbaijan	3.3	2.6	36.5	(2001)	36.5 (2001)
Bangladesh	6.8	4.6	31.8	(2000)	31.8 (2000)
Belarus	6.9	4.5	29.7	(2002)	30.4 (2000)
Belgium	8.2	4.9	33	(2000)	25 (1996)
Benin	9.4	6	36.5	(2003)	.
Bolivia	168.1	42.3	60.1	(2002)	60.6 (2002)
Bosnia and Herzegovina	5.4	3.8	26.2	(2001)	26.2 (2001)
Botswana	77.6	31.5	63	(1993)	63 (1993)
Brazil	57.8	23.7	58	(2003)	59.7 (2004)
Bulgaria	7	4.4	29.2	(2003)	31.9 (2001)
Burkina Faso	11.6	6.9	39.5	(2003)	48.2 (1998)
Burundi	19.3	9.5	42.4	(1998)	33.3 (1998)
Cambodia	11.6	6.9	40.4	(1997)	40 (2004 est.)
Cameroon	15.7	9.1	44.6	(2001)	44.6 (2001)
Canada	9.4	5.5	32.6	(2000)	33.1 (1998)
Central African Republic	69.2	32.7	61.3	(1993)	61.3 (1993)
Chile	40.6	18.7	57.1	(2000)	57.1 (2000)
People's Republic of China	18.4	10.7	44.7	(2001)	44 (2002)
Colombia	63.8	25.3	58.6	(2003)	53.8 (2005)
Costa Rica	30	14.2	49.9	(2001)	46.5 (2000)
Cote d'Ivoire	16.6	9.7	44.6	(2002)	45.2 (1998)
Croatia	7.3	4.8	29	(2001)	29 (2001)
Czech Republic	5.2	3.5	25.4	(1996)	27.3 (2003)
Denmark	8.1	4.3	24.7	(1997)	23.2 (2002)
Dominican Republic	30	14.4	51.7	(2003)	47.4 (1998)
Ecuador	44.9	17.3	43.7	(1998)	42 ^[1] (2003)
Egypt	8	5.1	34.4	(1999–00)	34.4 (2001)
El Salvador	57.5	20.9	52.4	(2002)	52.5 (2001)
Estonia	10.8	6.4	35.8	(2003)	33 (2003)
Ethiopia	6.6	4.3	30	(1999–00)	30 (2000)
Finland	5.6	3.8	26.9	(2000)	26.9 (2000)
France	9.1	5.6	32.7	(1995)	32.7 (1995)
Gambia	20.2	11.2	50.2	(1998)	.
Georgia	15.4	8.3	40.4	(2003)	38 (2003)
Germany	6.9	4.3	28.3	(2000)	28.3 (2000)
Ghana	14.1	8.4	40.8	(1998–99)	30 (1999)
Greece	10.2	6.2	34.3	(2000)	35.1 (2003)
Guatemala	48.2	20.3	55.1	(2002)	48.3 (2000)
Guinea	12.3	7.3	40.3	(1994)	40.3 (1994)
Guinea-Bissau	19	10.3	47	(1993)	40.3 (1994)
Haiti	71.7	26.6	59.2	(2001)	.
Honduras	34.2	17.2	53.8	(2003)	55 (1999)
Hong Kong	17.8	9.7	43.4	(1996)	52.8 (2000)
Hungary	5.5	3.8	26.9	(2002)	24.96 (2002)
India	7.3	4.9	32.5	(1999–00)	32.5 (2000)
Indonesia	7.8	5.2	34.3	(2002)	34.3 (2002)
Iran	17.2	9.7	43	(1998)	43 (1998)
Ireland	9.4	5.6	34.3	(2000)	35.9 (1996)
Israel	13.4	7.9	39.2	(2001)	34 (2005)
Italy	11.6	6.5	36	(2000)	36 (2000)
Jamaica	11.4	6.9	37.9	(2000)	37.9 (2003)
Japan	4.5	3.4	24.9	(1993)	37.9 (2000)
Jordan	11.3	6.9	38.8	(2002–03)	36.4 (1997)
Kazakhstan	8.5	5.6	33.9	(2003)	31.5 (2003)
Kenya	13.6	8.2	42.5	(1997)	44.5 (1997)
South Korea	7.8	4.7	31.6	(1998)	35.8 (2000)
Kyrgyzstan	6.4	4.4	30.3	(2003)	29 (2001)
Laos	8.3	5.4	34.6	(2002)	37 (1997)
Latvia	11.6	6.8	37.7	(2003)	35 (2003)
Lesotho	105	44.2	63.2	(1995)	63.2 (1995)
Lithuania	10.4	6.3	36	(2003)	32.5 (2003)
Madagascar	19.2	11	47.5	(2001)	47.5 (2001)
Malawi	22.7	11.6	50.3	(1997)	.
Malaysia	22.1	12.4	49.2	(1997)	49.2 (1997)
Mali	23.1	12.2	50.5	(1994)	50.5 (1994)
Mauritania	12	7.4	39	(2000)	39 (2000)
Mexico	24.6	12.8	49.5	(2002)	54.6 (2000)
Moldova	8.2	5.3	33.2	(2003)	36.2 (2001)
Mongolia	17.8	9.1	30.3	(1998)	44 (1998)
Morocco	11.7	7.2	39.5	(1998–99)	40 (2005 est.)
Mozambique	12.5	7.2	39.6	(1996–97)	39.6 (1996-97)
Namibia	128.8	56.1	74.3	(1993)	70.7 (2003)
Nepal	15.8	9.1	47.2	(2003–04)	37.7 (FY04/05)
Netherlands	9.2	5.1	30.9	(1999)	30.9 (2005)
New Zealand	12.5	6.8	36.2	(1997)	36.2 (1997)
Nicaragua	15.5	8.8	43.1	(2001)	55.1 (2001)
Niger	46	20.7	50.5	(1995)	50.5 (1995)
Nigeria	17.8	9.7	43.7	(2003)	50.6 (1996-97)
Norway	6.1	3.9	25.8	(2000)	25.8 (2000)
Pakistan	6.5	4.3	30.6	(2002)	41 (FY98/99)
Panama	54.7	23.9	56.4	(2002)	56.4 (2000)
Papua New Guinea	23.8	12.6	50.9	(1996)	50.9 (1996)
Paraguay	73.4	27.8	57.8	(2002)	56.8 (1999)
Peru	40.5	18.6	54.6	(2002)	49.8 (2000)
Philippines	16.5	9.7	46.1	(2000)	46.6 (2003)
Poland	8.8	5.6	34.5	(2002)	34.1 (2002)
Portugal	15	8	38.5	(1997)	38.5 (1997)
Romania	7.5	4.9	31	(2003)	28.8 (2003)
Russia	12.7	7.6	39.9	(2002)	40 (2002)
Rwanda	5.8	4	28.9	(1983–85)	28.9 (1985)
Senegal	12.8	7.5	41.3	(1995)	41.3 (1995)
Sierra Leone	87.2	57.6	62.9	(1989)	62.9 (1989)
Singapore	17.7	9.7	42.5	(1998)	42.5 (1998)
Slovakia	6.7	4	25.8	(1996)	25.8 (1996)
Slovenia	5.9	3.9	28.4	(1998–99)	28.4 (1998)
South Africa	33.1	17.9	57.8	(2000)	59.3 (1995)
Spain	10.3	6	34.7	(2000)	32.5 (1990)
Sri Lanka	8.1	5.1	33.2	(1999–00)	34.4 (1995)
Swaziland	49.7	23.8	60.9	(1994)	.
Sweden	6.2	4	25	(2000)	25 (2000)
Switzerland	9	5.5	33.7	(2000)	33.1 (1992)
Tajikistan	7.8	5.2	32.6	(2003)	34.7 (1998)
Tanzania	9.2	5.8	34.6	(2000–01)	38.2 (1993)
Thailand	12.6	7.7	42	(2002)	51.1 (2002)
Trinidad and Tobago	14.4	8.3	40.3	(1992)	.
Tunisia	13.4	7.9	39.8	(2000)	40 (2005 est.)
Turkey	16.8	9.3	43.6	(2003)	42 (2003)
Turkmenistan	12.3	7.7	40.8	(1998)	40.8 (1998)
Uganda	14.9	8.4	43	(1999)	43 (1999)
Ukraine	5.9	4.1	28.1	(2003)	29 (1999)
United States	15.9	8.4	40.8	(2000)	45 (2004)
United Kingdom	13.8	7.2	36	(1999)	36.8 (1999)
Uruguay	17.9	10.2	44.9	(2003 ^[1])	44.6 (2000)
Uzbekistan	6.1	4	26.8	(2000)	26.8 (2000)
Venezuela	20.4	10.6	44.1	(2000)	49.1 (1998)
Vietnam	9.4	6	37	(2002)	36.1 (1998)
Yemen	8.6	5.6	33.4	(1998)	33.4 (1998)
Zambia	13.9	8	42.1	(2002–03)	52.6 (1998)
Zimbabwe	22	12	50.1	(1995)	56.8 (2003)

^ ^a ^b ^c Note: urban data only.

United Nations (2006). Table 15: Inequality in income or expenditure (PDF). Human Development Report 2006 335. United Nations Development Programme. Retrieved on January 9, 2007.

Field Listing - Distribution of family income - Gini index. CIA World Fact Book (2006-12-19). Retrieved on January 3, 2007.

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