List of countries by income equality
This is a list of countries or dependencies by income inequality metrics, including Gini coefficients, according to the United Nations (UN) and the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).
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R/P 10%: Richest 10% to poorest 10%; R/P 20%: Richest 20% to poorest 20%; Gini: Gini index; UN: Data from the United Nations Development Programme; CIA: Data from the Central Intelligence Agency's The World Factbook.
| Country
|
UN R/P 10%[1]
|
UN R/P 20%[2]
|
UN Gini[3]
|
CIA R/P 10%[4] |
Year
|
CIA Gini[5] |
Year |
| |
7.2 |
4.8 |
31.1 |
7.2 |
2004 |
26.7 |
2005 |
| |
9.6 |
6.1 |
35.3 |
9.6 |
1995 |
35.3 |
1995 |
| |
40.9 |
17.8 |
51.3 |
35.0 |
Jan.-Mar. 2007 |
49 |
2006 |
| |
8 |
5 |
33.8 |
25.8 |
2004 |
41 |
2004 |
| |
12.5 |
7 |
35.2 |
12.7 |
1994 |
35.2 |
1994 |
| |
6.9 |
4.4 |
29.1 |
6.8 |
2004 |
26 |
2005 |
| |
9.7 |
6 |
36.5 |
9.5 |
2001 |
36.5 |
2001 |
| |
7.5 |
4.9 |
33.4 |
7.5 |
2000 est. |
33.4 |
2000 |
| |
6.9 |
4.5 |
29.7 |
6.9 |
2002 |
29.7 |
2002 |
| |
8.2 |
4.9 |
33 |
8.3 |
2000 |
28 |
2005 |
| |
9.4 |
6 |
36.5 |
9.4 |
2003 |
36.5 |
2003 |
| |
168.1 |
42.3 |
60.1 |
157.3 |
2002 |
59.2 |
2006 |
| |
5.4 |
3.8 |
26.2 |
5.5 |
2001 |
26.2 |
2001 |
| |
43 |
20.4 |
60.5 |
|
|
63 |
1993 |
| |
51.3 |
21.8 |
57 |
49.8 |
2004 |
56.7 |
2005 |
| |
7 |
4.4 |
29.2 |
8.8 |
2005 |
31.6 |
2005 |
| |
11.6 |
6.9 |
39.5 |
11.5 |
2003 |
39.5 |
2003 |
| |
19.3 |
9.5 |
42.4 |
19.3 |
1998 |
42.4 |
1998 |
| |
12.2 |
7.3 |
41.7 |
12.0 |
2004 |
41.7 |
2004 est. |
| |
15.7 |
9.1 |
44.6 |
15.4 |
2001 |
44.6 |
2001 |
| |
9.4 |
5.5 |
32.6 |
9.5 |
2000 |
32.1 |
2005 |
| |
69.2 |
32.7 |
61.3 |
68.1 |
1993 |
61.3 |
1993 |
| |
33 |
15.7 |
54.9 |
32.1 |
2003 |
54.9 |
2003 |
| |
21.6 |
12.2 |
46.9 |
21.8 |
2004 |
46.9 |
2004 |
| |
63.8 |
25.3 |
58.6 |
4.3 |
2004 |
53.8 |
2005 |
| |
37.8 |
15.6 |
49.8 |
37.4 |
2003 |
49.8 |
2003 |
| |
16.6 |
9.7 |
44.6 |
17.0 |
2002 |
44.6 |
2002 |
| |
7.3 |
4.8 |
29 |
7.2 |
2003 est. |
29 |
2001 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
29 |
2005 |
| |
5.2 |
3.5 |
25.4 |
5.2 |
1996 |
26 |
2005 |
| |
8.1 |
4.3 |
24.7 |
12.0 |
2000 est. |
24 |
2005 |
| |
28.5 |
14.3 |
51.6 |
29.4 |
2004 |
51.6 |
2004[6] |
| |
44.9 |
17.3 |
53.6 |
17.5 |
Oct. 2006[7] |
46 |
2006 |
| |
8 |
5.1 |
34.4 |
8.0 |
2000 |
34.4 |
2001 |
| |
57.5 |
20.9 |
52.4 |
55.4 |
2002 |
52.4 |
2002 |
| |
10.8 |
6.4 |
35.8 |
11.0 |
2003 |
34 |
2005 |
| |
6.6 |
4.3 |
30 |
6.5 |
2000 |
30 |
2000 |
| |
|
|
|
9.0 |
2001 est. |
30.7 |
2003 est. |
| |
5.6 |
3.8 |
26.9 |
5.7 |
2000 |
26 |
2005 |
| |
9.1 |
5.6 |
32.7 |
8.3 |
2004 |
28 |
2005 |
| |
20.2 |
11.2 |
50.2 |
20.6 |
1998 |
50.2 |
1998 |
| |
15.4 |
8.3 |
40.4 |
15.2 |
2003 |
40.4 |
2003 |
| |
6.9 |
4.3 |
28.3 |
6.9 |
2000 |
28 |
2005 |
| |
14.1 |
8.4 |
40.8 |
13.7 |
1999 |
40.8 |
1998 |
| |
10.2 |
6.2 |
34.3 |
10.4 |
2000 est. |
33 |
2005 |
| |
48.2 |
20.3 |
55.1 |
48.2 |
2002 |
55.1 |
2007 |
| |
10.5 |
6.6 |
38.6 |
21.6 |
2006 |
38.1 |
2006 |
| |
19 |
10.3 |
47 |
84.8 |
1991 |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
26.0 |
1999 |
43.2 |
1999 |
| |
71.7 |
26.6 |
59.2 |
68.1 |
2001 |
59.2 |
2001 |
| |
34.2 |
17.2 |
53.8 |
35.2 |
2003 |
53.8 |
2003 |
| |
17.8 |
9.7 |
43.4 |
|
|
52.3 |
2001 |
| |
5.5 |
3.8 |
26.9 |
5.6 |
2002 |
28 |
2005 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
25 |
2005 |
| |
8.6 |
5.6 |
36.8 |
8.6 |
2004 |
36.8 |
2004 |
| |
7.8 |
5.2 |
34.3 |
7.9 |
2002 |
36.3 |
2005 |
| |
17.2 |
9.7 |
43 |
16.9 |
1998 |
43 |
1998 |
| |
9.4 |
5.6 |
34.3 |
9.4 |
2000 |
32 |
2005 |
| |
13.4 |
7.9 |
39.2 |
11.8 |
2005 |
38.6 |
2005 |
| |
11.6 |
6.5 |
36 |
11.7 |
2000 |
33 |
2005 |
| |
17.3 |
9.8 |
45.5 |
17.0 |
2004 |
45.5 |
2004 |
| |
4.5 |
3.4 |
24.9 |
4.5 |
1993 |
38.1 |
2002 |
| |
11.3 |
6.9 |
38.8 |
11.3 |
2003 |
38.8 |
2003 |
| |
8.5 |
5.6 |
33.9 |
8.0 |
2004 est. |
33.9 |
2003 |
| |
13.6 |
8.2 |
42.5 |
18.6 |
2000 |
44.5 |
1997 |
| |
7.8 |
4.7 |
31.6 |
8.6 |
2005 est. |
35.1 |
2006 |
| |
6.4 |
4.4 |
30.3 |
6.4 |
2003 |
30.3 |
2003 |
| |
8.3 |
5.4 |
34.6 |
8.4 |
2002 |
34.6 |
2002 |
| |
11.6 |
6.8 |
37.7 |
11.6 |
2003 |
37.7 |
2003 |
| |
105 |
44.2 |
63.2 |
48.2 |
2002 est. |
63.2 |
1995 |
| |
10.4 |
6.3 |
36 |
10.3 |
2003 |
36 |
2005 |
| |
|
|
|
6.8 |
2000 |
26 |
2005 |
| |
12.5 |
7.5 |
39 |
12.3 |
2003 |
39 |
2003 |
| |
19.2 |
11 |
47.5 |
19.3 |
2001 |
47.5 |
2001 |
| |
10.9 |
6.7 |
39 |
11.0 |
2004 |
39 |
2004 |
| |
22.1 |
12.4 |
49.2 |
28.0 |
2003 est. |
46.1 |
2002 |
| |
12.5 |
7.6 |
40.1 |
12.6 |
2001 |
40.1 |
2001 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
28 |
2005 |
| |
12 |
7.4 |
39 |
11.8 |
2000 |
39 |
2000 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
37 |
1987 est. |
| |
24.6 |
12.8 |
46.1 |
24.6 |
2004 |
46.1 |
2004 |
| |
8.2 |
5.3 |
33.2 |
8.3 |
2003 |
33.2 |
2003 |
| |
8.2 |
5.4 |
32.8 |
8.2 |
2002 |
32.8 |
2002 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
30 |
2003 |
| |
11.7 |
7.2 |
39.5 |
11.9 |
1999 |
40 |
2005 est. |
| |
18.8 |
9.9 |
47.3 |
18.8 |
2002 |
47.3 |
2002 |
| |
|
|
|
11.6 |
1998 |
|
|
| |
128.8 |
56.1 |
74.3 |
129.0 |
2003 |
70.7 |
2003 |
| |
15.8 |
9.1 |
47.2 |
15.6 |
2004 |
47.2 |
2004 |
| |
9.2 |
5.1 |
30.9 |
9.2 |
1999 |
30.9 |
2005 |
| |
12.5 |
6.8 |
36.2 |
|
|
36.2 |
1997 |
| |
15.5 |
8.8 |
43.1 |
15.4 |
2001 |
43.1 |
2001 |
| |
46 |
20.7 |
50.5 |
44.3 |
1995 |
50.5 |
1995 |
| |
17.8 |
9.7 |
43.7 |
17.5 |
2003 |
43.7 |
2003 |
| |
6.1 |
3.9 |
25.8 |
6.0 |
2000 |
28 |
2005 |
| |
6.5 |
4.3 |
30.6 |
6.6 |
2002 |
30.6 |
2002 |
| |
57.5 |
23.9 |
56.1 |
61.4 |
2003 |
56.1 |
2003 |
| |
23.8 |
12.6 |
50.9 |
23.8 |
1996 |
50.9 |
1996 |
| |
65.4 |
25.7 |
58.4 |
65.9 |
2003 |
58.4 |
2003 |
| |
30.4 |
15.2 |
52 |
31.5 |
2003 |
52 |
2003 |
| |
15.5 |
9.3 |
44.5 |
15.5 |
2003 |
44.5 |
2003 |
| |
8.8 |
5.6 |
34.5 |
8.7 |
2002 |
36 |
2005 |
| |
15 |
8 |
38.5 |
9.2 |
1995 est. |
38 |
2005 |
| |
7.5 |
4.9 |
31 |
7.4 |
2003 |
31 |
2005 |
| |
12.7 |
7.6 |
39.9 |
12.8 |
2002 |
41 |
2006 |
| |
18.6 |
9.9 |
46.8 |
18.2 |
2000 |
46.8 |
2000 |
| |
12.3 |
7.4 |
41.3 |
12.4 |
2001 |
41.3 |
2001 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
30 |
2003 |
| |
87.2 |
57.6 |
62.9 |
87.2 |
1989 |
62.9 |
1989 |
| |
17.7 |
9.7 |
42.5 |
17.3 |
1998 |
42.5 |
1998 |
| |
6.7 |
4 |
25.8 |
6.7 |
1996 |
26 |
2005 |
| |
5.9 |
3.9 |
28.4 |
5.9 |
1998 |
24 |
2005 |
| |
33.1 |
17.9 |
57.8 |
31.9 |
2000 |
57.8 |
2000 |
| |
10.3 |
6 |
34.7 |
10.2 |
2000 |
32 |
2005 |
| |
11.1 |
6.9 |
40.2 |
36.1 |
FY03/04 |
50 |
FY03/04 |
| |
25.1 |
13 |
50.4 |
25.4 |
2001 |
50.4 |
2001 |
| |
6.2 |
4 |
25 |
6.2 |
2000 |
23 |
2005 |
| |
9 |
5.5 |
33.7 |
8.9 |
2000 |
33.7 |
2000 |
| (Taiwan) |
|
|
|
6.1 |
2002 est. |
|
|
| |
7.8 |
5.2 |
32.6 |
7.8 |
2003 |
32.6 |
2003 |
| |
9.2 |
5.8 |
34.6 |
9.3 |
2000 |
34.6 |
2000 |
| |
12.6 |
7.7 |
42 |
12.4 |
2002 |
42 |
2002 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
38 |
2002 est. |
| |
12.9 |
7.6 |
38.9 |
|
|
|
|
| |
13.4 |
7.9 |
39.8 |
13.7 |
2000 |
40 |
2005 est. |
| |
16.8 |
9.3 |
43.6 |
17.1 |
2003 |
43.6 |
2003 |
| |
12.3 |
7.7 |
40.8 |
12.2 |
1998 |
40.8 |
1998 |
| |
16.6 |
9.2 |
45.7 |
16.4 |
2002 |
45.7 |
2002 |
| |
5.9 |
4.1 |
28.1 |
7.6 |
2006 |
31 |
2006 |
| |
13.8 |
7.2 |
36 |
13.6 |
1999 |
34 |
2005 |
| |
15.9 |
8.4 |
40.8 |
15.0 |
2007 est. |
45 |
2007 |
| |
17.9 |
10.2 |
44.9 |
17.9 |
2003 |
45.2 |
2006 |
| |
10.6 |
6.2 |
36.8 |
10.6 |
2003 |
36.8 |
2003 |
| |
48.3 |
16 |
48.2 |
50.3 |
2003 |
48.2 |
2003 |
| |
6.9 |
4.9 |
34.4 |
10.0 |
2004 |
37 |
2004 |
| |
|
|
|
12.0 |
2002 est. |
|
|
| |
8.6 |
5.6 |
33.4 |
8.6 |
2003 |
33.4 |
1998 |
| |
32.3 |
15.3 |
50.8 |
32.3 |
2004 |
50.8 |
2004 |
| |
22 |
12 |
50.1 |
20.2 |
1995 |
56.8 |
2003 |
R/P 10%: Richest 10% to poorest 10%; R/P 20%: Richest 20% to poorest 20%; Gini: Gini index; UN: Data from the United Nations Development Programme; CIA: Data from the Central Intelligence Agency's The World Factbook.
References
External links
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