Countries by Gini index, 2018

Name: Countries by Gini index, 2018
Creator: World Bank
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Brazil had the highest Gini index of 92 countries in 2018, at 53.9 index. Slovenia had the lowest, at 24.6 index. The median was 35.3 index. Source: the World Bank.

Highest53.9Brazil

Lowest24.6Slovenia

Median35.392 countries

Top 40 countries, 2018

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index. Source: World Bank. Retrieved 2026-10-09.

Full ranking

Rank	Countries	2018 index	Change on 2017
1	Brazil	53.9	+0.6
2	Colombia	51.6	+0.7
3	Angola	51.3	n/a
4	Panama	49.2	-0.7
5	Honduras	48.9	-0.5
6	Costa Rica	48	-0.3
7	Mexico	46	n/a
7	Paraguay	46	-2.5
9	Ecuador	45.4	+0.7
10	Grenada	43.8	n/a
11	Dominican Republic	43.7	+1.5
12	Burkina Faso	43	n/a
13	Bolivia	42.6	-2
14	Togo	42.5	n/a
15	Peru	42.4	-0.9
15	Türkiye	42.4	-1.1
17	Philippines	42.3	n/a
18	United States	41.8	+0.4
19	Argentina	41.7	+0.3
20	Bulgaria	41.3	+0.9
21	Malaysia	41.2	n/a
22	Tanzania	40.5	n/a
23	Belize	39.9	n/a
24	Uruguay	39.7	+0.2
25	Laos	38.8	n/a
26	El Salvador	38.6	+0.6
26	Israel	38.6	+0.4
28	China	38.5	-0.5
29	Senegal	38.3	n/a
30	Benin	37.9	n/a
31	Chad	37.5	n/a
32	Iran	37.4	+0.7
33	Niger	37.3	n/a
34	Côte d’Ivoire	37.2	n/a
35	Montenegro	36.8	-0.1
36	Georgia	36.4	-1.5
36	Thailand	36.4	0
38	Indonesia	36.3	-0.1
39	Mali	36	n/a
40	Romania	35.8	-0.2
41	Lithuania	35.7	-1.6
41	Sierra Leone	35.7	n/a
41	Vietnam	35.7	n/a
44	Luxembourg	35.4	+0.9
45	Jamaica	35.3	n/a
45	Russia	35.3	-0.2
47	Italy	35.2	-0.7
48	Latvia	35.1	-0.5
48	Nigeria	35.1	n/a
50	Serbia	35	-1.1
51	Guinea-Bissau	34.8	n/a
52	Spain	34.7	0
53	Armenia	34.4	+0.8
54	Australia	34.3	n/a
55	South Korea	33.7	-1.2
55	United Kingdom	33.7	+1.1
57	Portugal	33.5	-0.3
58	Switzerland	33.1	+0.4
59	North Macedonia	33	-1.2
60	Greece	32.9	-1.5
60	Japan	32.9	+1.1
62	Cyprus	32.7	+1.3
62	Mongolia	32.7	n/a
64	Canada	32.5	-0.8
65	France	32.4	+0.8
66	Seychelles	32.1	n/a
67	Germany	31.9	+0.6
68	Austria	30.8	+1.1
69	Ireland	30.6	-0.8
70	Estonia	30.3	-0.1
71	Poland	30.2	+0.5
72	Albania	30.1	-3
73	Sweden	30	+1.2
74	Croatia	29.7	-0.7
75	Guinea	29.6	n/a
75	Pakistan	29.6	n/a
77	Malta	28.7	-0.5
78	Denmark	28.2	-0.5
79	Netherlands	28.1	-0.4
80	Kazakhstan	27.8	+0.3
81	Kyrgyzstan	27.7	+0.4
82	Norway	27.6	+0.6
83	Finland	27.3	-0.1
84	Belgium	27.2	-0.2
85	Iceland	26.6	+0.5
86	United Arab Emirates	26.4	n/a
87	Ukraine	26.1	+0.1
88	Moldova	25.7	-0.2
89	Belarus	25.2	-0.2
90	Czechia	25	+0.1
90	Slovakia	25	+1.8
92	Slovenia	24.6	+0.4

Other periods

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About this ranking

Inequality of income or consumption per person among households on a 0 to 100 scale, where 0 is perfect equality. World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform estimates from national household surveys, published only for survey years.

Many countries, especially in Africa and Asia, measure consumption, which is more equal than income, and incomes are per person rather than equivalised. Not comparable with the Eurostat gini_index; compare countries within this series only.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the countries are compared on one definition. 78 countries with data in other periods have no value for 2018 and are left out rather than filled from another source. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gini index (SI.POV.GINI). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SI.POV.GINI. Retrieved 2026-10-09.

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Questions

Which country has the highest Gini index?

Brazil, with 53.9 index in 2018, according to the World Bank.

Which country has the lowest Gini index?

Slovenia, with 24.6 index in 2018.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: World Bank, Gini index (SI.POV.GINI). Retrieved 2026-10-09. 78 countries have no value for 2018 and are not ranked.

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