Income Inequality (Gini)
Gini index of income inequality (0 = equal, 100 = unequal). Gapminder, 2016–2023.
Source: Gapminder (open data, ddf) Licence: CC BY 4.0 Unit: index 0–100 Parsed: 2026-08-03 Open source ↗
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Avg (2023)
24.8
-0.20pp vs 2022
Improving
14
of 81 tracked
Declining
37
period over period
Stable
22
±0.5pp band
Gini index
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Trend over time
Group average by period, 2016–2023.
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Movers
Biggest period-over-period changes.
Top risers
| Entity | Now | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 🇵🇦 Panama | 48.9 | +48.9pp |
| 🇭🇳 Honduras | 46.8 | +46.8pp |
| 🇬🇹 Guatemala | 45.2 | +45.2pp |
| 🇷🇼 Rwanda | 39.4 | +39.4pp |
| 🇵🇭 Philippines | 39.3 | +39.3pp |
Top fallers
| Entity | Now | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 🇿🇦 South Africa | 0 | -54.1pp |
| 🇿🇲 Zambia | 0 | -51.5pp |
| 🇲🇿 Mozambique | 0 | -49.6pp |
| 🇲🇽 Mexico | 0 | -43.5pp |
| 🇨🇱 Chile | 0 | -43.2pp |
By group
Change by group, latest period.
Americas +2.0pp
Asia +1.0pp
Europe -0.70pp
Africa -4.0pp
| Group | Members | Avg | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Americas | 15 | 44.6 | +2.0pp |
| Africa | 1 | 39.4 | -4.0pp |
| Asia | 10 | 33.5 | +1.0pp |
| Europe | 31 | 31.1 | -0.70pp |
Income Inequality (Gini) — full ranking
Every entity in this dataset, in HTML. The interactive panel above shows the same numbers; this is the one that survives without JavaScript.
| # | Entity | Gini index | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 🇨🇴 Colombia | 54.6 | -0.20pp |
| 2 | 🇧🇷 Brazil | 51.5 | -0.40pp |
| 3 | 🇵🇦 Panama | 48.9 | — |
| 4 | 🇭🇳 Honduras | 46.8 | — |
| 5 | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | 46.7 | -0.50pp |
| 6 | 🇬🇹 Guatemala | 45.2 | — |
| 7 | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | 44.6 | -0.90pp |
| 8 | 🇵🇾 Paraguay | 44.2 | -0.40pp |
| 9 | 🇹🇷 Turkey | 43.7 | -0.80pp |
| 10 | 🇦🇷 Argentina | 42.4 | +1.7pp |
| 11 | 🇧🇴 Bolivia | 42.1 | +0.90pp |
| 12 | 🇺🇸 USA | 41.8 | +0.10pp |
| 13 | 🇺🇾 Uruguay | 40.9 | +0.30pp |
| 14 | 🇵🇪 Peru | 40.7 | +0.40pp |
| 15 | 🇸🇻 El Salvador | 39.8 | +1.0pp |
| 16 | 🇧🇬 Bulgaria | 39.5 | +1.3pp |
| 17 | 🇷🇼 Rwanda | 39.4 | — |
| 18 | 🇵🇭 Philippines | 39.3 | — |
| 19 | 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic | 38.4 | +1.4pp |
| 20 | 🇹🇯 Tajikistan | 38 | -1.5pp |
| 21 | 🇵🇸 Palestine | 36.4 | — |
| 22 | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | 36.1 | +0.60pp |
| 23 | 🇱🇹 Lithuania | 36 | -0.60pp |
| 24 | 🇮🇷 Iran | 35.9 | +1.1pp |
| 25 | 🇬🇪 Georgia | 34.8 | +1.3pp |
| 26 | 🇺🇿 Uzbekistan | 34.5 | +3.3pp |
| 27 | 🇮🇹 Italy | 34.3 | +0.60pp |
| 28 | 🇱🇻 Latvia | 34 | +0.30pp |
| 29 | 🇵🇹 Portugal | 33.9 | -2.4pp |
| 30 | 🇱🇺 Luxembourg | 33.6 | -0.50pp |
| 31 | 🇹🇭 Thailand | 33.5 | -0.80pp |
| 32 | 🇪🇸 Spain | 33.4 | -0.20pp |
| 33 | 🇬🇷 Greece | 33.4 | 0.00pp |
| 34 | 🇷🇺 Russia | 33 | -0.90pp |
| 35 | 🇷🇸 Serbia | 32.8 | 0.00pp |
| 36 | 🇨🇾 Cyprus | 31.8 | +0.30pp |
| 37 | 🇫🇷 France | 31.8 | +0.60pp |
| 38 | 🇲🇹 Malta | 31.8 | -2.8pp |
| 39 | 🇦🇹 Austria | 31.2 | +0.30pp |
| 40 | 🇪🇪 Estonia | 30.7 | -1.6pp |
| 41 | 🇭🇷 Croatia | 30.1 | +0.10pp |
| 42 | 🇩🇰 Denmark | 29.9 | +0.60pp |
| 43 | 🇮🇶 Iraq | 29.8 | — |
| 44 | 🇷🇴 Romania | 29.8 | -2.5pp |
| 45 | 🇸🇪 Sweden | 29.3 | -2.3pp |
| 46 | 🇮🇪 Ireland | 29 | -0.90pp |
| 47 | 🇵🇱 Poland | 28.5 | -0.40pp |
| 48 | 🇫🇮 Finland | 27.4 | -0.50pp |
| 49 | 🇦🇲 Armenia | 27.2 | -0.70pp |
| 50 | 🇰🇬 Kyrgyz Republic | 27.2 | +0.80pp |
| 51 | 🇧🇪 Belgium | 26.8 | +0.40pp |
| 52 | 🇲🇩 Moldova | 26.8 | +0.90pp |
| 53 | 🇳🇴 Norway | 26.5 | -0.40pp |
| 54 | 🇨🇿 Czech Republic | 25.7 | -0.20pp |
| 55 | 🇰🇮 Kiribati | 24.7 | — |
| 56 | 🇸🇮 Slovenia | 24.7 | +0.40pp |
| 57 | 🇸🇰 Slovak Republic | 23.8 | -0.30pp |
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