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Rank | Country | DISTRIBUTION OF FAMILY INCOME - GINI INDEX | Date of Information |
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1 | Lesotho | 63.2 | 1995 |
2 | South Africa | 62.5 | 2013 est. |
3 | Micronesia, Federated States of | 61.1 | 2013 est. |
4 | Haiti | 60.8 | 2012 |
5 | Botswana | 60.5 | 2009 |
6 | Namibia | 59.7 | 2010 |
7 | Zambia | 57.5 | 2013 |
8 | Comoros | 55.9 | 2004 est. |
9 | Hong Kong | 53.9 | 2016 |
10 | Guatemala | 53.0 | 2014 est. |
11 | Paraguay | 51.7 | 2014 |
12 | Colombia | 51.1 | 2015 |
13 | Papua New Guinea | 50.9 | 1996 |
14 | Panama | 50.7 | 2014 est. |
15 | Chile | 50.5 | 2013 |
16 | Rwanda | 50.4 | 2013 est. |
17 | Eswatini | 50.4 | 2001 |
18 | Gambia, The | 50.2 | 1998 |
19 | Brazil | 49.0 | 2014 |
20 | Congo, Republic of the | 48.9 | 2011 est. |
21 | Nigeria | 48.8 | 2013 |
22 | Costa Rica | 48.5 | 2014 |
23 | Kenya | 48.5 | 2016 est. |
24 | Mexico | 48.2 | 2014 |
25 | Dominican Republic | 47.1 | 2013 est. |
26 | Nicaragua | 47.1 | 2014 |
27 | Honduras | 47.1 | 2014 |
28 | Bolivia | 47.0 | 2016 est. |
29 | China | 46.5 | 2016 est. |
30 | Malaysia | 46.2 | 2009 |
31 | Malawi | 46.1 | 2010 |
32 | Togo | 46.0 | 2011 |
33 | South Sudan | 46.0 | 2010 est. |
34 | Ecuador | 45.9 | December 2017 |
35 | Singapore | 45.9 | 2017 |
36 | Saudi Arabia | 45.9 | 2013 est. |
37 | Mozambique | 45.6 | 2008 |
38 | Peru | 45.3 | 2012 |
39 | United States | 45.0 | 2007 |
40 | Cameroon | 44.6 | 2001 |
41 | Guyana | 44.6 | 2007 |
42 | Thailand | 44.5 | 2015 |
43 | Iran | 44.5 | 2006 |
44 | Philippines | 44.4 | 2015 est. |
45 | Central African Republic | 43.6 | 2003 est. |
46 | Chad | 43.3 | 2011 est. |
47 | Zimbabwe | 43.2 | 2011 est. |
48 | Israel | 42.8 | 2013 |
49 | Angola | 42.7 | 2008 est. |
50 | Burundi | 42.4 | 1998 |
51 | Ghana | 42.3 | 2012-13 |
52 | Gabon | 42.2 | 2005 est. |
53 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 42.1 | 2012 est. |
54 | Argentina | 41.7 | 2017 est. |
55 | Uruguay | 41.6 | 2014 |
56 | Cote d'Ivoire | 41.5 | 2008 |
57 | Russia | 41.2 | 2015 |
58 | Madagascar | 41.0 | 2012 |
59 | Morocco | 40.9 | 2007 est. |
60 | Djibouti | 40.9 | 2002 |
61 | Turkmenistan | 40.8 | 1998 |
62 | Senegal | 40.3 | 2011 |
63 | Turkey | 40.2 | 2010 |
64 | Bulgaria | 40.2 | 2017 |
65 | Georgia | 40.1 | 2014 |
66 | Mali | 40.1 | 2001 |
67 | Tunisia | 40.0 | 2005 est. |
68 | Jordan | 39.7 | 2007 |
69 | Uganda | 39.5 | 2013 |
70 | Burkina Faso | 39.5 | 2007 |
71 | Guinea | 39.4 | 2007 |
72 | Sri Lanka | 39.2 | 2012 est. |
73 | Venezuela | 39.0 | 2011 |
74 | Bhutan | 38.8 | 2012 |
75 | Serbia | 38.7 | 2014 est. |
76 | Maldives | 38.4 | 2009 est. |
77 | Cambodia | 37.9 | 2008 est. |
78 | Japan | 37.9 | 2011 |
79 | Yemen | 37.9 | 2009 est. |
80 | Lithuania | 37.9 | 2015 |
81 | Tanzania | 37.6 | 2007 |
82 | Mauritania | 37.0 | 2014 |
83 | Indonesia | 36.8 | 2009 |
84 | Uzbekistan | 36.8 | 2003 |
85 | Greece | 36.7 | 2012 est. |
86 | Laos | 36.7 | 2008 |
87 | Benin | 36.5 | 2003 |
88 | New Zealand | 36.2 | 1997 |
89 | El Salvador | 36.0 | 2016 est. |
90 | Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | 36.0 | 2015 |
91 | Mauritius | 35.9 | 2012 est. |
92 | Spain | 35.9 | 2012 |
93 | Korea, South | 35.7 | 2016 est. |
94 | Algeria | 35.3 | 1995 |
95 | India | 35.2 | 2011 |
96 | Jamaica | 35.0 | 2016 |
97 | Macau | 35.0 | 2013 |
98 | Vietnam | 34.8 | 2014 |
99 | Estonia | 34.8 | 2015 |
100 | Cyprus | 34.8 | 2014 est. |
101 | West Bank | 34.5 | 2009 est. |
102 | Latvia | 34.5 | 2015 |
103 | Sierra Leone | 34.0 | 2011 |
104 | Niger | 34.0 | 2014 |
105 | Mongolia | 34.0 | 2017 |
106 | Greenland | 33.9 | 2015 est. |
107 | Portugal | 33.9 | 2015 est. |
108 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 33.8 | 2011 |
109 | Azerbaijan | 33.7 | 2008 |
110 | Macedonia | 33.7 | 2015 |
111 | Taiwan | 33.6 | 2014 |
112 | Kyrgyzstan | 33.4 | 2007 |
113 | Ethiopia | 33.0 | 2011 |
114 | Nepal | 32.8 | 2010 |
115 | Tajikistan | 32.6 | 2006 |
116 | United Kingdom | 32.4 | 2012 |
117 | Canada | 32.1 | 2005 |
118 | Bangladesh | 32.1 | 2010 |
119 | Liberia | 32.0 | 2014 |
120 | Montenegro | 31.9 | 2014 est. |
121 | Italy | 31.9 | 2012 est. |
122 | Timor-Leste | 31.9 | 2007 est. |
123 | Egypt | 31.8 | 2015 |
124 | Armenia | 31.5 | 2014 |
125 | Ireland | 31.3 | 2013 est. |
126 | Poland | 30.8 | 2015 |
127 | European Union | 30.8 | 2016 est. |
128 | Sao Tome and Principe | 30.8 | 2010 est. |
129 | Croatia | 30.8 | 2015 est. |
130 | Pakistan | 30.7 | FY2013 |
131 | Austria | 30.5 | 2015 |
132 | Luxembourg | 30.4 | 2013 est. |
133 | Netherlands | 30.3 | 2015 est. |
134 | Australia | 30.3 | 2008 |
135 | Switzerland | 29.5 | 2014 est. |
136 | France | 29.3 | 2016 |
137 | Denmark | 29.0 | 2016 est. |
138 | Albania | 29.0 | 2012 est. |
139 | Hungary | 28.2 | 2015 est. |
140 | Malta | 28.1 | 2015 |
141 | Iceland | 28.0 | 2006 |
142 | Romania | 27.3 | 2012 |
143 | Finland | 27.2 | 2016 |
144 | Germany | 27.0 | 2006 |
145 | Moldova | 26.8 | 2015 est. |
146 | Norway | 26.8 | 2010 |
147 | Belarus | 26.5 | 2011 |
148 | Kazakhstan | 26.3 | 2013 |
149 | Belgium | 25.9 | 2013 est. |
150 | Ukraine | 25.5 | 2015 |
151 | Czechia | 25.0 | 2015 |
152 | Sweden | 24.9 | 2013 |
153 | Slovenia | 24.4 | 2016 |
154 | Slovakia | 23.7 | 2015 |
155 | Kosovo | 23.2 | 2015 est. |
156 | Faroe Islands | 22.7 | 2013 est. |
157 | Jersey | .3 | 2014 est. |