List of countries by income equality



This is a list of countries or dependencies by income inequality metrics, including Gini coefficients. The Gini coefficient is a number between 0 and 1, where 0 corresponds with perfect equality (where everyone has the same income) and 1 corresponds with perfect inequality (where one person has all the income—and everyone else has no income).

Income distribution can vary greatly from wealth distribution in a country (see List of countries by wealth inequality). Income from black market economic activity is not included and is the subject of current economic research.

UN, World Bank and CIA list – income ratios and Gini indices

 * Row numbers are static. Other columns are sortable. This allows ranking of any column.

Key:
 * R/P 10%: The ratio of the average income of the richest 10% to the poorest 10%.
 * R/P 20%: The ratio of the average income of the richest 20% to the poorest 20%.
 * Gini: Gini index, a quantified representation of a nation's Lorenz curve. A Gini index of 0% expresses perfect equality, while index of 100% expresses maximal inequality.
 * UN: Data from the United Nations Development Programme.
 * CIA: Data from the Central Intelligence Agency's The World Factbook.

EU27 countries
Note: Pink-coloured cells indicate a break in the time series. Blue-coloured cells indicate estimated values.

Source: Eurostat, “Gini coefficient of equivalised disposable income - EU-SILC survey”

Gini coefficient, before taxes and transfers
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Gini coefficient, after taxes and transfers
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