Income Gini coefficient

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Income Gini coefficient

Measure of the deviation of the distribution of income among individuals or households within a country from a perfectly equal distribution. A value of 0 represents absolute equality, a value of 100 absolute inequality.

Source: World Bank (2013). "World Development Indicators 2013." Washington, D.C.: World Bank. http://data.worldbank.org. Accessed October, 2013.

http://data.worldbank.org/data-catalog/world-development-indicators

Data in the tables are those available to the Human Development Report Office as of 15 November, 2013, unless otherwise specified.

HDI Rank

Country

2013
.. Very high human development

..
.. High human development

..
.. Medium human development

..
.. Low human development

..
1 Norway

25.8
2 Australia

..
3 Switzerland

33.7
4 Netherlands

30.9
5 United States

40.8
6 Germany

28.3
7 New Zealand

..
8 Canada

32.6
9 Singapore

..
10 Denmark

..
11 Ireland

34.3
12 Sweden

25.0
13 Iceland

..
14 United Kingdom

36.0
15 Korea (Republic of)

..
15 Hong Kong, China (SAR)

..
17 Japan

..
18 Liechtenstein

..
19 Israel

39.2
20 France

..
21 Luxembourg

30.8
21 Belgium

33.0
21 Austria

29.2
24 Finland

26.9
25 Slovenia

31.2
26 Italy

36.0
27 Spain

34.7
28 Czech Republic

..
29 Greece

34.3
30 Brunei Darussalam

..
31 Qatar

41.1
32 Cyprus

..
33 Estonia

36.0
34 Saudi Arabia

..
35 Poland

32.7
35 Lithuania

37.6
37 Slovakia

26.0
37 Andorra

..
39 Malta

..
40 United Arab Emirates

..
41 Portugal

..
41 Chile

52.1
43 Hungary

31.2
44 Cuba

..
44 Bahrain

..
46 Kuwait

..
47 Croatia

33.7
48 Latvia

34.8
49 Argentina

44.5
50 Uruguay

45.3
51 Montenegro

28.6
51 Bahamas

..
53 Belarus

26.5
54 Romania

27.4
55 Libya

..
56 Oman

..
57 Russian Federation

40.1
58 Bulgaria

28.2
59 Barbados

..
60 Palau

..
61 Antigua and Barbuda

..
62 Malaysia

46.2
63 Mauritius

..
64 Trinidad and Tobago

..
65 Panama

51.9
65 Lebanon

..
67 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)

44.8
68 Costa Rica

50.7
69 Turkey

40.0
70 Kazakhstan

29.0
71 Seychelles

65.8
71 Mexico

47.2
73 Sri Lanka

36.4
73 Saint Kitts and Nevis

..
75 Iran (Islamic Republic of)

38.3
76 Azerbaijan

33.7
77 Serbia

29.6
77 Jordan

35.4
79 Grenada

..
79 Georgia

42.1
79 Brazil

54.7
82 Peru

48.1
83 Ukraine

25.6
84 The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

43.6
84 Belize

53.1
86 Bosnia and Herzegovina

36.2
87 Armenia

31.3
88 Fiji

42.8
89 Thailand

39.4
90 Tunisia

36.1
91 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

..
91 China

42.1
93 Dominica

..
93 Algeria

..
95 Albania

34.5
96 Jamaica

45.5
97 Saint Lucia

..
98 Ecuador

49.3
98 Colombia

55.9
100 Tonga

..
100 Suriname

52.9
102 Dominican Republic

47.2
103 Turkmenistan

..
103 Mongolia

36.5
103 Maldives

37.4
106 Samoa

..
107 Palestine, State of

35.5
108 Indonesia

38.1
109 Botswana

..
110 Egypt

30.8
111 Paraguay

52.4
112 Gabon

41.5
113 Bolivia (Plurinational State of)

56.3
114 Moldova (Republic of)

33.0
115 El Salvador

48.3
116 Uzbekistan

36.7
117 Philippines

43.0
118 Syrian Arab Republic

35.8
118 South Africa

63.1
120 Iraq

30.9
121 Viet Nam

35.6
121 Guyana

..
123 Cape Verde

50.5
124 Micronesia (Federated States of)

61.1
125 Kyrgyzstan

33.4
125 Guatemala

55.9
127 Namibia

63.9
128 Timor-Leste

..
129 Morocco

40.9
129 Honduras

57.0
131 Vanuatu

..
132 Nicaragua

40.5
133 Tajikistan

30.8
133 Kiribati

..
135 India

33.9
136 Cambodia

36.0
136 Bhutan

38.1
138 Ghana

42.8
139 Lao People's Democratic Republic

36.7
140 Congo

47.3
141 Zambia

57.5
142 Sao Tome and Principe

50.8
142 Bangladesh

32.1
144 Equatorial Guinea

..
145 Nepal

32.8
146 Pakistan

30.0
147 Kenya

47.7
148 Swaziland

51.5
149 Angola

42.7
150 Myanmar

..
151 Rwanda

50.8
152 Nigeria

48.8
152 Cameroon

38.9
154 Yemen

37.7
155 Madagascar

44.1
156 Zimbabwe

..
157 Solomon Islands

..
157 Papua New Guinea

..
159 Tanzania (United Republic of)

37.6
159 Comoros

64.3
161 Mauritania

40.5
162 Lesotho

52.5
163 Senegal

40.3
164 Uganda

44.3
165 Benin

38.6
166 Togo

39.3
166 Sudan

35.3
168 Haiti

59.2
169 Afghanistan

27.8
170 Djibouti

40.0
171 Côte d'Ivoire

41.5
172 Gambia

47.3
173 Ethiopia

33.6
174 Malawi

43.9
175 Liberia

38.2
176 Mali

33.0
177 Guinea-Bissau

35.5
178 Mozambique

45.7
179 Guinea

39.4
180 Burundi

33.3
181 Burkina Faso

39.8
182 Eritrea

..
183 Sierra Leone

35.4
184 Chad

39.8
185 Central African Republic

56.3
186 Congo (Democratic Republic of the)

44.4
187 Niger

34.6
.. South Sudan

45.5
.. Tuvalu

..
.. Somalia

..
.. San Marino

..
.. Nauru

..
.. Monaco

..
.. Marshall Islands

..
.. Korea (Democratic People's Rep. of)

..
Footnotes
Data refer to years before 2013
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