Distribution of family income - Gini index measures the degree of inequality in the distribution of family income in a country. The more nearly equal a country's income distribution, the lower its Gini index, e.g., a Scandinavian country with an index of 25. The more unequal a country's income distribution, the higher its Gini index, e.g., a Sub-Saharan country with an index of 50. If income were distributed with perfect equality the index would be zero; if income were distributed with perfect inequality, the index would be 100.

List in alphabetical order

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES

Rank		Country	Value		Date of Info
1		Lesotho	63.2		1995
2		South Africa	63.1		2005
3		Botswana	63.0		1993
4		Sierra Leone	62.9		1989
5		Central African Republic	61.3		1993
6		Namibia	59.7		2010
7		Haiti	59.2		2001
8		Honduras	57.7		2007
9		Zambia	57.5		2010
10		Colombia	55.9		2010
11		Guatemala	55.1		2007
12		Hong Kong	53.7		2011
13		Paraguay	53.2		2009
14		Chile	52.1		2009
15		Panama	51.9		2010 est.
15		Brazil	51.9		2012
16		Papua New Guinea	50.9		1996
17		Swaziland	50.4		2001
18		Costa Rica	50.3		2009
19		Gambia, The	50.2		1998
20		Zimbabwe	50.1		2006
21		Sri Lanka	49.0		2010
22		Ecuador	48.5		Dec 2013
23		Mexico	48.3		2008
24		Peru	48.1		2010
25		Madagascar	47.5		2001
26		China	47.3		2013
27		Dominican Republic	47.2		2010 est.
28		Bolivia	47.0		2011
29		El Salvador	46.9		2007
30		Rwanda	46.8		2000
31		Singapore	46.3		2013
32		Malaysia	46.2		2009
33		South Sudan	46.0		2010 est.
33		Georgia	46.0		2011
34		Argentina	45.8		2009
35		Mozambique	45.6		2008
36		Jamaica	45.5		2004
37		Uruguay	45.3		2010
37		Bulgaria	45.3		2007
38		United States	45.0		2007
39		Philippines	44.8		2009
40		Cameroon	44.6		2001
40		Guyana	44.6		2007
41		Iran	44.5		2006
42		Uganda	44.3		2009
43		Nigeria	43.7		2003
44		Kenya	42.5		2008 est.
45		Burundi	42.4		1998
46		Russia	42.0		2012
47		Cote d'Ivoire	41.5		2008
48		Senegal	41.3		2001
49		Morocco	40.9		2007 est.
49		Djibouti	40.9		2002
50		Turkmenistan	40.8		1998
51		Nicaragua	40.5		2010
52		Turkey	40.2		2010
53		Mali	40.1		2001
54		Tunisia	40.0		2005 est.
55		Jordan	39.7		2007
56		Burkina Faso	39.5		2007
57		Thailand	39.4		2010
57		Ghana	39.4		2005-06
57		Guinea	39.4		2007
58		Macedonia	39.2		2011
59		Venezuela	39.0		2011
59		Malawi	39.0		2004
59		Mauritius	39.0		2006 est.
59		Mauritania	39.0		2000
60		Bhutan	38.7		NA
61		Portugal	38.5		2007
62		Serbia	38.0		2013 est.
63		Cambodia	37.9		2008 est.
64		Yemen	37.7		2005
65		Tanzania	37.6		2007
65		Israel	37.6		2012
65		Japan	37.6		2008
65		Vietnam	37.6		2008
66		Maldives	37.4		2004
67		Uzbekistan	36.8		2003
67		Indonesia	36.8		2009
67		India	36.8		2004
68		Laos	36.7		2008
69		Mongolia	36.5		2008
69		Benin	36.5		2003
70		New Zealand	36.2		1997
70		Bosnia and Herzegovina	36.2		2007
71		Lithuania	35.5		2009
72		Algeria	35.3		1995
73		Latvia	35.2		2010
74		Macau	35.0		2013
75		Albania	34.5		2008
76		Greece	34.3		2012 est.
77		Taiwan	34.2		2011
78		Poland	34.1		2009
79		Niger	34.0		2007
80		Ireland	33.9		2010
81		Azerbaijan	33.7		2008
82		Kyrgyzstan	33.4		2007
83		Moldova	33.0		2010
83		Ethiopia	33.0		2011
84		Nepal	32.8		2010
85		Tajikistan	32.6		2006
86		United Kingdom	32.3		2012
87		Canada	32.1		2005
87		Bangladesh	32.1		2010
88		Spain	32.0		2005
88		Croatia	32.0		2010
89		Timor-Leste	31.9		2007 est.
89		Italy	31.9		2012 est.
90		Estonia	31.3		2010
91		Korea, South	31.1		2011 est.
92		Cyprus	31.0		2012 est.
93		Netherlands	30.9		2007
93		Armenia	30.9		2008
94		Egypt	30.8		2008
95		Pakistan	30.6		FY07/08
95		European Union	30.6		2012 est.
95		France	30.6		2011
96		Australia	30.3		2008
97		Kosovo	30.0		FY05/06
98		Kazakhstan	28.9		2011
99		Switzerland	28.7		2012 est.
100		Ukraine	28.2		2009
101		Iceland	28.0		2006
101		Belgium	28.0		2005
102		Romania	27.4		2011
103		Belarus	27.2		2008
104		Malta	27.1		2012
105		Germany	27.0		2006
106		Finland	26.8		2008
107		Austria	26.3		2007
108		Slovakia	26.0		2005
108		Luxembourg	26.0		2005
109		Norway	25.0		2008
110		Czech Republic	24.9		2012
111		Denmark	24.8		2011 est.
112		Hungary	24.7		2009
113		Montenegro	24.3		2010
114		Slovenia	23.7		2012
115		Sweden	23.0		2005
NA		San Marino	NA		NA
NA		Sao Tome and Principe	NA		NA
NA		Seychelles	NA		NA
NA		Saudi Arabia	NA		NA
NA		Sint Maarten	NA		NA
NA		Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	NA		NA
NA		Saint Lucia	NA		NA
NA		Saint Martin	NA		NA
NA		Saint Pierre and Miquelon	NA		NA
NA		Samoa	NA		NA
NA		Solomon Islands	NA		NA
NA		Suriname	NA		NA
NA		Svalbard	NA		NA
NA		Southern Ocean	NA		NA
NA		Spratly Islands	NA		NA
NA		Syria	NA		NA
NA		Sudan	NA		NA
NA		South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands	NA		NA
NA		Somalia	NA		NA
NA		United Arab Emirates	NA		NA
NA		Tonga	NA		NA
NA		Tuvalu	NA		NA
NA		Togo	NA		NA
NA		United States Pacific Island Wildlife Refuges	NA		NA
NA		Trinidad and Tobago	NA		NA
NA		Tokelau	NA		NA
NA		Turks and Caicos Islands	NA		NA
NA		Vanuatu	NA		NA
NA		World	NA		NA
NA		Western Sahara	NA		NA
NA		Wake Island	NA		NA
NA		West Bank	NA		NA
NA		Virgin Islands	NA		NA
NA		Wallis and Futuna	NA		NA
NA		Libya	NA		NA
NA		Kiribati	NA		NA
NA		Liechtenstein	NA		NA
NA		Lebanon	NA		NA
NA		Liberia	NA		NA
NA		Kuwait	NA		NA
NA		Korea, North	NA		NA
NA		Micronesia, Federated States of	NA		NA
NA		Monaco	NA		NA
NA		Marshall Islands	NA		NA
NA		Montserrat	NA		NA
NA		Niue	NA		NA
NA		Navassa Island	NA		NA
NA		Pacific Ocean	NA		NA
NA		Oman	NA		NA
NA		Norfolk Island	NA		NA
NA		Northern Mariana Islands	NA		NA
NA		New Caledonia	NA		NA
NA		Nauru	NA		NA
NA		Paracel Islands	NA		NA
NA		Saint Barthelemy	NA		NA
NA		Puerto Rico	NA		NA
NA		Saint Kitts and Nevis	NA		NA
NA		Palau	NA		NA
NA		Pitcairn Islands	NA		NA
NA		Qatar	NA		NA
NA		Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha	NA		NA
NA		Jersey	NA		NA
NA		Iraq	NA		NA
NA		Isle of Man	NA		NA
NA		Jan Mayen	NA		NA
NA		Indian Ocean	NA		NA
NA		British Virgin Islands	NA		NA
NA		Christmas Island	NA		NA
NA		Cocos (Keeling) Islands	NA		NA
NA		Burma	NA		NA
NA		Chad	NA		NA
NA		Brunei	NA		NA
NA		Clipperton Island	NA		NA
NA		Cabo Verde	NA		NA
NA		Cayman Islands	NA		NA
NA		Cuba	NA		NA
NA		Congo, Democratic Republic of the	NA		NA
NA		Cook Islands	NA		NA
NA		Dominica	NA		NA
NA		Coral Sea Islands	NA		NA
NA		Dhekelia	NA		NA
NA		Comoros	NA		NA
NA		Congo, Republic of the	NA		NA
NA		Curacao	NA		NA
NA		Eritrea	NA		NA
NA		Fiji	NA		NA
NA		Equatorial Guinea	NA		NA
NA		Gabon	NA		NA
NA		Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)	NA		NA
NA		French Polynesia	NA		NA
NA		French Southern and Antarctic Lands	NA		NA
NA		Faroe Islands	NA		NA
NA		Gibraltar	NA		NA
NA		Grenada	NA		NA
NA		Guernsey	NA		NA
NA		Heard Island and McDonald Islands	NA		NA
NA		Gaza Strip	NA		NA
NA		Guinea-Bissau	NA		NA
NA		Holy See (Vatican City)	NA		NA
NA		Guam	NA		NA
NA		Greenland	NA		NA
NA		Atlantic Ocean	NA		NA
NA		Bahrain	NA		NA
NA		American Samoa	NA		NA
NA		Anguilla	NA		NA
NA		Andorra	NA		NA
NA		Afghanistan	NA		NA
NA		Antarctica	NA		NA
NA		Akrotiri	NA		NA
NA		Angola	NA		NA
NA		Bahamas, The	NA		NA
NA		Arctic Ocean	NA		NA
NA		Antigua and Barbuda	NA		NA
NA		Ashmore and Cartier Islands	NA		NA
NA		Barbados	NA		NA
NA		Bouvet Island	NA		NA
NA		Aruba	NA		NA
NA		Belize	NA		NA
NA		Bermuda	NA		NA
NA		British Indian Ocean Territory	NA		NA

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