List of countries by income equality

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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).

Note: To sort the table in descending order, click four times on the square above the column you wish to sort by.

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
Albania	7.2	4.8	31.1	7.2	2004	26.7	2005
Algeria	9.6	6.1	35.3	9.6	1995	35.3	1995
Argentina	40.9	17.8	51.3	35.0	Jan.-Mar. 2007	49	2006
Armenia	8	5	33.8	25.8	2004	41	2004
Australia	12.5	7	35.2	12.7	1994	35.2	1994
Austria	6.9	4.4	29.1	6.8	2004	26	2005
Azerbaijan	9.7	6	36.5	9.5	2001	36.5	2001
Bangladesh	7.5	4.9	33.4	7.5	2000 est.	33.4	2000
Belarus	6.9	4.5	29.7	6.9	2002	29.7	2002
Belgium	8.2	4.9	33	8.3	2000	28	2005
Benin	9.4	6	36.5	9.4	2003	36.5	2003
Bolivia	168.1	42.3	60.1	157.3	2002	59.2	2006
Bosnia and Herzegovina	5.4	3.8	26.2	5.5	2001	26.2	2001
Botswana	43	20.4	60.5	N/A	N/A	63	1993
Brazil	51.3	21.8	57	49.8	2004	56.7	2005
Bulgaria	7	4.4	29.2	8.8	2005	31.6	2005
Burkina Faso	11.6	6.9	39.5	11.5	2003	39.5	2003
Burundi	19.3	9.5	42.4	19.3	1998	42.4	1998
Cambodia	12.2	7.3	41.7	12.0	2004	41.7	2004 est.
Cameroon	15.7	9.1	44.6	15.4	2001	44.6	2001
Canada	9.4	5.5	32.6	9.5	2000	32.1	2005
Central African Republic	69.2	32.7	61.3	68.1	1993	61.3	1993
Chile	33	15.7	54.9	32.1	2003	54.9	2003
People's Republic of China	21.6	12.2	46.9	21.8	2004	46.9	2004
Colombia	63.8	25.3	58.6	4.3	2004	53.8	2005
Costa Rica	37.8	15.6	49.8	37.4	2003	49.8	2003
Côte d'Ivoire	16.6	9.7	44.6	17.0	2002	44.6	2002
Croatia	7.3	4.8	29	7.2	2003 est.	29	2001
Cyprus	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	29	2005
Czech Republic	5.2	3.5	25.4	5.2	1996	26	2005
Denmark	8.1	4.3	24.7	12.0	2000 est.	24	2005
Dominican Republic	28.5	14.3	51.6	29.4	2004	51.6	2004^[6]
Ecuador	44.9	17.3	53.6	17.5	Oct. 2006^[7]	46	2006
Egypt	8	5.1	34.4	8.0	2000	34.4	2001
El Salvador	57.5	20.9	52.4	55.4	2002	52.4	2002
Estonia	10.8	6.4	35.8	11.0	2003	34	2005
Ethiopia	6.6	4.3	30	6.5	2000	30	2000
European Union	N/A	N/A	N/A	9.0	2001 est.	30.7	2003 est.
Finland	5.6	3.8	26.9	5.7	2000	26	2005
France	9.1	5.6	32.7	8.3	2004	28	2005
The Gambia	20.2	11.2	50.2	20.6	1998	50.2	1998
Georgia	15.4	8.3	40.4	15.2	2003	40.4	2003
Germany	6.9	4.3	28.3	6.9	2000	28	2005
Ghana	14.1	8.4	40.8	13.7	1999	40.8	1998
Greece	10.2	6.2	34.3	10.4	2000 est.	33	2005
Guatemala	48.2	20.3	55.1	48.2	2002	55.1	2007
Guinea	10.5	6.6	38.6	21.6	2006	38.1	2006
Guinea-Bissau	19	10.3	47	84.8	1991	N/A	N/A
Guyana	N/A	N/A	N/A	26.0	1999	43.2	1999
Haiti	71.7	26.6	59.2	68.1	2001	59.2	2001
Honduras	34.2	17.2	53.8	35.2	2003	53.8	2003
Hong Kong	17.8	9.7	43.4	N/A	N/A	52.3	2001
Hungary	5.5	3.8	26.9	5.6	2002	28	2005
Iceland	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	25	2005
India	8.6	5.6	36.8	8.6	2004	36.8	2004
Indonesia	7.8	5.2	34.3	7.9	2002	36.3	2005
Iran	17.2	9.7	43	16.9	1998	43	1998
Ireland	9.4	5.6	34.3	9.4	2000	32	2005
Israel	13.4	7.9	39.2	11.8	2005	38.6	2005
Italy	11.6	6.5	36	11.7	2000	33	2005
Jamaica	17.3	9.8	45.5	17.0	2004	45.5	2004
Japan	4.5	3.4	24.9	4.5	1993	38.1	2002
Jordan	11.3	6.9	38.8	11.3	2003	38.8	2003
Kazakhstan	8.5	5.6	33.9	8.0	2004 est.	33.9	2003
Kenya	13.6	8.2	42.5	18.6	2000	44.5	1997
South Korea	7.8	4.7	31.6	8.6	2005 est.	35.1	2006
Kyrgyzstan	6.4	4.4	30.3	6.4	2003	30.3	2003
Laos	8.3	5.4	34.6	8.4	2002	34.6	2002
Latvia	11.6	6.8	37.7	11.6	2003	37.7	2003
Lesotho	105	44.2	63.2	48.2	2002 est.	63.2	1995
Lithuania	10.4	6.3	36	10.3	2003	36	2005
Luxembourg	N/A	N/A	N/A	6.8	2000	26	2005
Republic of Macedonia	12.5	7.5	39	12.3	2003	39	2003
Madagascar	19.2	11	47.5	19.3	2001	47.5	2001
Malawi	10.9	6.7	39	11.0	2004	39	2004
Malaysia	22.1	12.4	49.2	28.0	2003 est.	46.1	2002
Mali	12.5	7.6	40.1	12.6	2001	40.1	2001
Malta	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	28	2005
Mauritania	12	7.4	39	11.8	2000	39	2000
Mauritius	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	37	1987 est.
Mexico	24.6	12.8	46.1	24.6	2004	46.1	2004
Moldova	8.2	5.3	33.2	8.3	2003	33.2	2003
Mongolia	8.2	5.4	32.8	8.2	2002	32.8	2002
Montenegro	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	30	2003
Morocco	11.7	7.2	39.5	11.9	1999	40	2005 est.
Mozambique	18.8	9.9	47.3	18.8	2002	47.3	2002
Myanmar	N/A	N/A	N/A	11.6	1998	N/A	N/A
Namibia	128.8	56.1	74.3	129.0	2003	70.7	2003
Nepal	15.8	9.1	47.2	15.6	2004	47.2	2004
Netherlands	9.2	5.1	30.9	9.2	1999	30.9	2005
New Zealand	12.5	6.8	36.2	N/A	N/A	36.2	1997
Nicaragua	15.5	8.8	43.1	15.4	2001	43.1	2001
Niger	46	20.7	50.5	44.3	1995	50.5	1995
Nigeria	17.8	9.7	43.7	17.5	2003	43.7	2003
Norway	6.1	3.9	25.8	6.0	2000	28	2005
Pakistan	6.5	4.3	30.6	6.6	2002	30.6	2002
Panama	57.5	23.9	56.1	61.4	2003	56.1	2003
Papua New Guinea	23.8	12.6	50.9	23.8	1996	50.9	1996
Paraguay	65.4	25.7	58.4	65.9	2003	58.4	2003
Peru	30.4	15.2	52	31.5	2003	52	2003
Philippines	15.5	9.3	44.5	15.5	2003	44.5	2003
Poland	8.8	5.6	34.5	8.7	2002	36	2005
Portugal	15	8	38.5	9.2	1995 est.	38	2005
Romania	7.5	4.9	31	7.4	2003	31	2005
Russia	12.7	7.6	39.9	12.8	2002	41	2006
Rwanda	18.6	9.9	46.8	18.2	2000	46.8	2000
Senegal	12.3	7.4	41.3	12.4	2001	41.3	2001
Serbia	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	30	2003
Sierra Leone	87.2	57.6	62.9	87.2	1989	62.9	1989
Singapore	17.7	9.7	42.5	17.3	1998	42.5	1998
Slovakia	6.7	4	25.8	6.7	1996	26	2005
Slovenia	5.9	3.9	28.4	5.9	1998	24	2005
South Africa	33.1	17.9	57.8	31.9	2000	57.8	2000
Spain	10.3	6	34.7	10.2	2000	32	2005
Sri Lanka	11.1	6.9	40.2	36.1	FY03/04	50	FY03/04
Swaziland	25.1	13	50.4	25.4	2001	50.4	2001
Sweden	6.2	4	25	6.2	2000	23	2005
Switzerland	9	5.5	33.7	8.9	2000	33.7	2000
Republic of China (Taiwan)	N/A	N/A	N/A	6.1	2002 est.	N/A	N/A
Tajikistan	7.8	5.2	32.6	7.8	2003	32.6	2003
Tanzania	9.2	5.8	34.6	9.3	2000	34.6	2000
Thailand	12.6	7.7	42	12.4	2002	42	2002
Timor-Leste	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	38	2002 est.
Trinidad and Tobago	12.9	7.6	38.9	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Tunisia	13.4	7.9	39.8	13.7	2000	40	2005 est.
Turkey	16.8	9.3	43.6	17.1	2003	43.6	2003
Turkmenistan	12.3	7.7	40.8	12.2	1998	40.8	1998
Uganda	16.6	9.2	45.7	16.4	2002	45.7	2002
Ukraine	5.9	4.1	28.1	7.6	2006	31	2006
United Kingdom	13.8	7.2	36	13.6	1999	34	2005
United States	15.9	8.4	40.8	15.0	2007 est.	45	2007
Uruguay	17.9	10.2	44.9	17.9	2003	45.2	2006
Uzbekistan	10.6	6.2	36.8	10.6	2003	36.8	2003
Venezuela	48.3	16	48.2	50.3	2003	48.2	2003
Vietnam	6.9	4.9	34.4	10.0	2004	37	2004
World	N/A	N/A	N/A	12.0	2002 est.	N/A	N/A
Yemen	8.6	5.6	33.4	8.6	2003	33.4	1998
Zambia	32.3	15.3	50.8	32.3	2004	50.8	2004
Zimbabwe	22	12	50.1	20.2	1995	56.8	2003

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^ Data show the ratio of the income or expenditure share of the richest group to that of the poorest. Inequality in income or expenditure / Inequality measures, ratio of richest 10% to poorest 10%, Human Development Report 2007/08, UNDP, accessed on February 3, 2008. Note: Because the underlying household surveys differ in method and in the type of data collected, the distribution data are not strictly comparable across countries.
^ Data show the ratio of the income or expenditure share of the richest group to that of the poorest. Inequality in income or expenditure / Inequality measures, ratio of richest 20% to poorest 20%, Human Development Report 2007/08, UNDP, accessed on February 3, 2008. Note: Because the underlying household surveys differ in method and in the type of data collected, the distribution data are not strictly comparable across countries.
^ A value of 0 represents absolute equality, and a value of 100 absolute inequality. Inequality in income or expenditure / Gini index, Human Development Report 2007/08, UNDP, accessed on February 3, 2008. Note: Because the underlying household surveys differ in method and in the type of data collected, the distribution data are not strictly comparable across countries.
^ Data show the ratio of the household income or consumption share of the richest group to that of the poorest. Household income or consumption by percentage share (%), The World Factbook, CIA, updated on January 24, 2008. Note: To calculate the value given in the table for this article, the highest 10% value was divided by the lowest 10% value.
^ Distribution of family income - Gini index, The World Factbook, CIA, updated on January 24, 2008.
^ Data are for urban households.
^ Data for urban households only.

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