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Distribution of family income - Gini index
This index measures the degree of inequality in the distribution of family income in a country. The index is calculated from the Lorenz curve, in which cumulative family income is plotted against the number of families arranged from the poorest to the richest. The index is the ratio of (a) the area between a country's Lorenz curve and the 45 degree helping line to (b) the entire triangular area under the 45 degree line. The more nearly equal a country's income distribution, the closer its Lorenz curve to the 45 degree line and the lower its Gini index, e.g., a Scandinavian country with an index of 25. The more unequal a country's income distribution, the farther its Lorenz curve from the 45 degree line and the higher its Gini index, e.g., a Sub-Saharan country with an index of 50. If income were distributed with perfect equality, the Lorenz curve would coincide with the 45 degree line and the index would be zero; if income were distributed with perfect inequality, the Lorenz curve would coincide with the horizontal axis and the right vertical axis and the index would be 100.
| Country | Distribution of family income - Gini index |
|---|---|
| Afghanistan |
29.4
(2008)
|
| Albania |
29
(2012 est.)
30
(2008 est.)
|
| Algeria |
35.3
(1995)
|
| Angola |
42.7
(2008 est.)
|
| Argentina |
41.7
(2017 est.)
45.8
(2009)
|
| Armenia |
31.5
(2014)
31.5
(2013 est.)
|
| Australia |
30.3
(2008)
35.2
(1994)
|
| Austria |
30.5
(2015)
30.5
(2014)
|
| Azerbaijan |
33.7
(2008)
36.5
(2001)
|
| Bangladesh |
32.1
(2010)
33.2
(2005)
|
| Belarus |
26.5
(2011)
21.7
(1998)
|
| Belgium |
25.9
(2013 est.)
28.7
(1996)
|
| Benin |
36.5
(2003)
|
| Bhutan |
38.8
(2012)
38.1
(2007)
|
| Bolivia |
47
(2016 est.)
57.9
(1999)
|
| Bosnia and Herzegovina |
33.8
(2011)
33.1
(2007)
|
| Botswana |
60.5
(2009)
63
(1993)
|
| Brazil |
49
(2014)
54
(2004)
|
| Bulgaria |
40.2
(2017)
38.3
(2016)
|
| Burkina Faso |
39.5
(2007)
48.2
(1994)
|
| Burundi |
42.4
(1998)
|
| Cambodia |
37.9
(2008 est.)
41.9
(2004 est.)
|
| Cameroon |
46.5
(2014 est.)
44.6
(2001)
|
| Canada |
32.1
(2005)
31.5
(1994)
|
| Central African Republic |
43.6
(2003 est.)
61.3
(1993)
|
| Chad |
43.3
(2011 est.)
|
| Chile |
50.5
(2013)
57.1
(2000)
|
| China |
46.5
(2016 est.)
46.2
(2015 est.)
|
| Colombia |
51.1
(2015)
53.5
(2014)
|
| Comoros |
55.9
(2004 est.)
|
| Congo, Democratic Republic of the |
42.1
(2012 est.)
|
| Congo, Republic of the |
48.9
(2011 est.)
|
| Costa Rica |
48.5
(2014)
49.2
(2013)
|
| Cote d'Ivoire |
41.5
(2008)
36.7
(1995)
|
| Croatia |
30.8
(2015 est.)
32.1
(2014 est.)
|
| Cyprus |
34.8
(2014 est.)
32.4
(2013 est.)
|
| Czechia |
25
(2015)
25.1
(2014)
|
| Denmark |
29
(2016 est.)
27.5
(2010 est.)
|
| Djibouti |
40.9
(2002)
|
| Dominican Republic |
47.1
(2013 est.)
45.7
(2012 est.)
|
| Ecuador |
45.9
(December 2017)
48.5
(December 2017)
note: data are for urban households only |
| Egypt |
31.8
(2015)
29.8
(2012)
|
| El Salvador |
36
(2016 est.)
38
(2014)
|
| Estonia |
34.8
(2015)
35.6
(2014)
|
| Eswatini |
50.4
(2001)
|
| Ethiopia |
33
(2011)
30
(2000)
|
| European Union |
30.8
(2016 est.)
31
(2015 est.)
|
| Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) |
36
(2015)
|
| Faroe Islands |
22.7
(2013 est.)
21.6
(2011 est.)
|
| Finland |
27.2
(2016)
22.2
(1995)
|
| France |
29.3
(2016)
29.2
(2015)
|
| Gabon |
42.2
(2005 est.)
|
| Gambia, The |
50.2
(1998)
|
| Georgia |
40.1
(2014)
46
(2011)
|
| Germany |
27
(2006)
30
(1994)
|
| Ghana |
42.3 (2012-13)
41.9 (2005-06) |
| Greece |
36.7
(2012 est.)
35.7
(2011)
|
| Greenland |
33.9
(2015 est.)
34.3
(2014 est.)
|
| Guatemala |
53
(2014 est.)
56
(2011)
|
| Guinea |
39.4
(2007)
40.3
(1994)
|
| Guyana |
44.6
(2007)
43.2
(1999)
|
| Haiti |
60.8
(2012)
59.2
(2001)
|
| Honduras |
47.1
(2014)
45.7
(2009)
|
| Hong Kong |
53.9
(2016)
53.7
(2011 est.)
|
| Hungary |
28.2
(2015 est.)
28.6
(2014)
|
| Iceland |
28
(2006)
25
(2005)
|
| India |
35.2
(2011)
37.8
(1997)
|
| Indonesia |
36.8
(2009)
39.4
(2005)
|
| Iran |
44.5
(2006)
|
| Ireland |
31.3
(2013 est.)
35.9
(1987 est.)
|
| Israel |
42.8
(2013)
39.2
(2008)
|
| Italy |
31.9
(2012 est.)
27.3
(1995)
|
| Jamaica |
35
(2016)
38
(2015)
|
| Japan |
37.9
(2011)
24.9
(1993)
|
| Jersey |
0.3
(2014 est.)
0.3
(2013 est.)
|
| Jordan |
39.7
(2007)
36.4
(1997)
|
| Kazakhstan |
26.3
(2013)
31.5
(2003)
|
| Kenya |
48.5
(2016 est.)
42.5
(2008 est.)
|
| Korea, South |
35.7
(2016 est.)
35.4
(2015 est.)
|
| Kosovo |
23.2
(2015 est.)
24.1
(2014 est.)
|
| Kyrgyzstan |
33.4
(2007)
29
(2001)
|
| Laos |
36.7
(2008)
34.6
(2002)
|
| Latvia |
34.5
(2015)
35.4
(2014)
|
| Lesotho |
63.2
(1995)
56 (1986-87) |
| Liberia |
32
(2014)
38.2
(2007)
|
| Lithuania |
37.9
(2015)
35
(2014)
|
| Luxembourg |
30.4
(2013 est.)
26
(2005 est.)
|
| Macau |
35
(2013)
38
(2008)
|
| Macedonia |
33.7
(2015)
35.2
(2014)
|
| Madagascar |
41
(2012)
42.7
(2010)
|
| Malawi |
46.1
(2010)
39
(2004)
|
| Malaysia |
46.2
(2009)
49.2
(1997)
|
| Maldives |
38.4
(2009 est.)
37.4
(2004 est.)
|
| Mali |
40.1
(2001)
50.5
(1994)
|
| Malta |
28.1
(2015)
27.7
(2014)
|
| Mauritania |
37
(2014)
39
(2006 est.)
|
| Mauritius |
35.9
(2012 est.)
39
(2006 est.)
|
| Mexico |
48.2
(2014)
48.3
(2008)
|
| Micronesia, Federated States of |
61.1
(2013 est.)
|
| Moldova |
26.8
(2015 est.)
26.8
(2014 est.)
|
| Mongolia |
34
(2017)
36.5
(2008)
|
| Montenegro |
31.9
(2014 est.)
32.3
(2013 est.)
|
| Morocco |
40.9
(2007 est.)
39.5
(1999 est.)
|
| Mozambique |
45.6
(2008)
47.3
(2002)
|
| Namibia |
59.7
(2010)
70.7
(2003)
|
| Nepal |
32.8
(2010)
47.2
(2008 est.)
|
| Netherlands |
30.3
(2015 est.)
25.1
(2013 est.)
|
| New Zealand |
36.2
(1997)
|
| Nicaragua |
47.1
(2014)
45.8
(2009)
|
| Niger |
34
(2014)
50.5
(1995)
|
| Nigeria |
48.8
(2013)
50.6
(1997)
|
| Norway |
26.8
(2010)
25.8
(1995)
|
| Pakistan |
30.7
(FY2013)
30.9
(FY2011)
|
| Panama |
50.7
(2014 est.)
56.1
(2003)
|
| Papua New Guinea |
50.9
(1996)
|
| Paraguay |
51.7
(2014)
53.2
(2009)
|
| Peru |
45.3
(2012)
51
(2005)
|
| Philippines |
44.4
(2015 est.)
46
(2012 est.)
|
| Poland |
30.8
(2015)
33.7
(2008)
|
| Portugal |
33.9
(2015 est.)
34
(2014 est.)
|
| Qatar |
41.1
(2007)
|
| Romania |
27.3
(2012)
28.2
(2010)
|
| Russia |
41.2
(2015)
41.9
(2013)
|
| Rwanda |
50.4
(2013 est.)
51.3
(2010 est.)
|
| Sao Tome and Principe |
30.8
(2010 est.)
32.1
(2000 est.)
|
| Saudi Arabia |
45.9
(2013 est.)
|
| Senegal |
40.3
(2011)
|
| Serbia |
38.7
(2014 est.)
28.2
(2008 est.)
|
| Seychelles |
46.8
(2013 est.)
|
| Sierra Leone |
34
(2011)
62.9
(1989)
|
| Singapore |
45.9
(2017)
45.8
(2016)
|
| Slovakia |
23.7
(2015)
26.1
(2014)
|
| Slovenia |
24.4
(2016)
24.5
(2015)
|
| South Africa |
62.5
(2013 est.)
63.4
(2011 est.)
|
| South Sudan |
46
(2010 est.)
|
| Spain |
35.9
(2012)
32
(2005)
|
| Sri Lanka |
39.2
(2012 est.)
46
(1995)
|
| Sweden |
24.9
(2013)
25
(1992)
|
| Switzerland |
29.5
(2014 est.)
33.1
(1992)
|
| Taiwan |
33.6
(2014)
32.6
(2000)
|
| Tajikistan |
32.6
(2006)
34.7
(1998)
|
| Tanzania |
37.6
(2007)
34.6
(2000)
|
| Thailand |
44.5
(2015)
48.4
(2011)
|
| Timor-Leste |
31.9
(2007 est.)
38
(2002 est.)
|
| Togo |
46
(2011)
|
| Tunisia |
40
(2005 est.)
41.7
(1995 est.)
|
| Turkey |
40.2
(2010)
43.6
(2003)
|
| Turkmenistan |
40.8
(1998)
|
| Uganda |
39.5
(2013)
45.7
(2002)
|
| Ukraine |
25.5
(2015)
28.2
(2009)
|
| United Kingdom |
32.4
(2012)
33.4
(2010)
|
| United States |
45
(2007)
40.8
(1997)
|
| Uruguay |
41.6
(2014)
41.9
(2013)
|
| Uzbekistan |
36.8
(2003)
44.7
(1998)
|
| Venezuela |
39
(2011)
49.5
(1998)
|
| Vietnam |
34.8
(2014)
37.6
(2008)
|
| West Bank |
34.5
(2009 est.)
38.7
(2007 est.)
note: includes Gaza Strip |
| World |
37.9
(2012 est.)
37.9
(2005 est.)
|
| Yemen |
37.9
(2009 est.)
37.3
(1999 est.)
|
| Zambia |
57.5
(2013)
50.8
(2004)
|
| Zimbabwe |
43.2
(2011 est.)
50.1
(2006)
|