Economy > Inequality > GINI index: Countries Compared

DEFINITION: Gini index measures the extent to which the distribution of income (or, in some cases, consumption expenditure) among individuals or households within an economy deviates from a perfectly equal distribution. A Lorenz curve plots the cumulative percentages of total income received against the cumulative number of recipients, starting with the poorest individual or household. The Gini index measures the area between the Lorenz curve and a hypothetical line of absolute equality, expressed as a percentage of the maximum area under the line. Thus a Gini index of 0 represents perfect equality, while an index of 100 implies perfect inequality.".

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#	COUNTRY	AMOUNT	DATE
1	Namibia	74.33	1993
2	Comoros	64.34	2004
3	Botswana	60.96	1994
4	Belize	59.56	1995
5	Haiti	59.5	2001
6	Angola	58.64	2000
7	Colombia	58.49	2006
8	South Africa	57.77	2000
9	Bolivia	57.19	2007
10	Honduras	55.31	2006
11	Brazil	55.02	2007
12	Panama	54.93	2006
13	Ecuador	54.37	2007
14	Guatemala	53.69	2006
15	Paraguay	53.24	2007
16	Suriname	52.81	1999
17	Liberia	52.56	2007
18	Lesotho	52.5	2003
19	Nicaragua	52.33	2005
20	Chile	52	2006
21	Mexico	51.61	2008
22	Papua New Guinea	50.88	1996
23	Zambia	50.74	2004
24	Swaziland	50.68	2001
25	Sao Tome and Principe	50.6	2001
26	Peru	50.52	2007
27	Cape Verde	50.4	2001
28	Zimbabwe	50.1	1995
29	Costa Rica	48.91	2007
30	Argentina	48.81	2006
31	Cote d'Ivoire	48.39	2002
32	Dominican Republic	48.35	2007
33	Kenya	47.68	2005
34	Congo, Republic of the	47.32	2005
35	Nepal	47.3	2004
36	The Gambia	47.28	2003
37	Madagascar	47.24	2005
38	Mozambique	47.11	2003
39	Uruguay	47.06	2007
40	El Salvador	46.85	2007
41	Bhutan	46.74	2003
42	Rwanda	46.68	2000
43	Jamaica	45.51	2004
44	Cameroon	44.56	2001
45	Democratic Republic of the Congo	44.43	2006
46	Cambodia	44.2	2007
47	Philippines	44.04	2006
48	Niger	43.89	2005
49	Russia	43.67	2007
50	Central African Republic	43.57	2003
51	Venezuela	43.44	2006
52	Guinea	43.34	2003
53	Guyana	43.2	1998
54	Nigeria	42.93	2004
55	Ghana	42.76	2006
56	Uganda	42.62	2005
57	Saint Lucia	42.6	1995
58	Sierra Leone	42.52	2003
59	Singapore	42.48	1998
60	Thailand	42.45	2004
61	China	41.53	2005
62	Gabon	41.45	2005
63	Turkey	41.15	2006
64	Qatar	41.1	2007
65	Sri Lanka	41.06	2002
66	Morocco	40.88	2007
=67	Tunisia	40.81	2000
=67	United States	40.81	2000
69	Georgia	40.8	2005
70	Turkmenistan	40.77	1998
71	Trinidad and Tobago	40.27	1992
72	Djibouti	39.85	2002
73	Chad	39.78	2003
74	Burkina Faso	39.6	2003
75	Israel	39.2	2001
76	Senegal	39.19	2005
77	Mauritania	39.04	2000
78	Malawi	39.02	2004
79	Mali	38.99	2006
80	Benin	38.62	2003
81	Portugal	38.45	1997
82	Malaysia	37.91	2004
83	Vietnam	37.77	2006
84	Jordan	37.72	2006
85	Indonesia	37.58	2007
86	Maldives	37.41	2004
87	Moldova	37.35	2007
88	India	36.8	2005
89	Uzbekistan	36.72	2003
90	Mongolia	36.57	2008
91	Latvia	36.29	2007
92	Bosnia and Herzegovina	36.26	2007
93	New Zealand	36.17	1997
94	Italy	36.03	2000
95	Estonia	36	2004
96	United Kingdom	35.97	1999
97	Lithuania	35.81	2004
98	Guinea-Bissau	35.52	2002
99	Algeria	35.33	1995
100	Australia	35.19	1994
101	Poland	34.92	2005
102	Spain	34.66	2000
103	Tanzania	34.62	2000
104	Togo	34.41	2006
	Former Soviet republics average (profile)	34.4	2002
105	Ireland	34.28	2000
106	Greece	34.27	2000
107	Switzerland	33.68	2000
108	Tajikistan	33.6	2004
109	Kyrgyzstan	33.47	2007
110	Burundi	33.27	2006
111	Belgium	32.97	2000
112	France	32.74	1995
113	Laos	32.63	2002
114	Canada	32.56	2000
115	Romania	32.13	2007
116	East Timor	31.92	2007
117	Pakistan	31.18	2005
118	Slovenia	31.15	2004
119	Bangladesh	31.02	2005
120	Kazakhstan	30.92	2007
121	Netherlands	30.9	1999
122	Luxembourg	30.76	2000
123	Armenia	30.25	2007
124	Hungary	30.04	2004
125	Ethiopia	29.76	2005
126	Bulgaria	29.24	2003
127	Austria	29.15	2000
128	Croatia	29.03	2005
129	Belarus	28.8	2007
130	Germany	28.31	2000
131	Serbia and Montenegro	28.18	2008
132	Ukraine	27.56	2008
133	Finland	26.88	2000
134	Czech Republic	25.82	1996
135	Slovakia	25.81	1996
136	Norway	25.79	2000
137	Sweden	25	2000
138	Japan	24.85	1993
139	Denmark	24.7	1997
140	Azerbaijan	16.83	2005
141	Seychelles	0.0	2007

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