Countries by Gini index

Name: Countries by Gini index, 2010
Creator: World Bank
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South Africa had the highest Gini index of 85 countries in 2010, at 60.9 index. Ukraine had the lowest, at 24.8 index. The median was 33.7 index. Source: the World Bank.

Highest60.9South Africa

Lowest24.8Ukraine

Median33.785 countries

Top 40 countries, 2010

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

Full ranking

Rank	Countries	2010 index	Change on 2009
1	South Africa	60.9	n/a
2	Colombia	54.4	+0.3
3	Honduras	53.1	+1.8
4	Zambia	52	n/a
5	Panama	51.6	-0.2
6	Paraguay	51	+1.9
7	Guinea-Bissau	50.6	n/a
8	Ecuador	48.8	+0.3
9	Costa Rica	48	-2.6
10	Mexico	47.7	n/a
11	Dominican Republic	47.3	-1.6
12	Rwanda	47.2	n/a
13	Malawi	45.5	n/a
13	Peru	45.5	-1.5
15	Uruguay	44.5	-1
16	Argentina	43.7	-0.1
16	China	43.7	n/a
18	Gambia	43.6	n/a
19	El Salvador	43.5	-2.3
20	Israel	42.6	0
21	Madagascar	42.4	n/a
22	United States	40.2	-0.7
23	North Macedonia	40.1	-2.7
24	Georgia	39.5	+1.3
24	Russia	39.5	-0.3
26	Thailand	39.4	-0.2
27	Vietnam	39.3	n/a
28	Tuvalu	39.1	n/a
29	Türkiye	38.8	-0.2
30	Tunisia	38.5	n/a
31	Vanuatu	37.4	n/a
32	Portugal	35.8	+0.9
33	Bulgaria	35.7	+1.9
33	Nigeria	35.7	n/a
35	Romania	35.5	-0.1
36	Palestine	35.3	+0.8
37	Spain	35.2	+0.3
38	Latvia	35	-0.9
39	Australia	34.7	n/a
39	Italy	34.7	+0.9
41	Indonesia	34.6	+1.2
42	Greece	34.1	+0.5
43	France	33.7	+1
43	Jordan	33.7	n/a
43	United Kingdom	33.7	-1.4
46	Canada	33.6	-0.4
46	Lithuania	33.6	-3.6
48	Ethiopia	33.2	n/a
48	Poland	33.2	-0.2
50	Mongolia	33.1	n/a
51	Nepal	32.8	n/a
52	Switzerland	32.6	-0.3
53	Croatia	32.4	-0.2
54	Ireland	32.3	-0.4
55	Bangladesh	32.1	n/a
55	Moldova	32.1	-0.8
57	Estonia	32	+0.6
57	South Korea	32	n/a
59	Cyprus	31.5	-0.6
59	Japan	31.5	-1.5
61	São Tomé and Príncipe	30.8	n/a
62	Luxembourg	30.5	-0.7
63	Austria	30.3	-1.2
64	Egypt	30.2	n/a
64	Germany	30.2	-0.2
66	Kyrgyzstan	30.1	+0.2
67	Armenia	30	+2
68	Hungary	29.4	+2.4
69	Malta	29	-1.2
69	Serbia	29	+1
71	Montenegro	28.9	-2.1
72	Pakistan	28.8	n/a
73	Belarus	28.6	+0.9
74	Belgium	28.4	-0.2
75	Kazakhstan	28	-0.2
76	Netherlands	27.8	-0.1
77	Finland	27.7	+0.2
77	Sweden	27.7	+0.4
79	Slovakia	27.3	+0.1
80	Denmark	27.2	+0.5
81	Czechia	26.6	+0.4
82	Iceland	26.2	-2.5
83	Norway	25.7	-0.5
84	Slovenia	24.9	+0.1
85	Ukraine	24.8	-0.5

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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. 85 countries with data in other periods have no value for 2010 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?

South Africa, with 60.9 index in 2010, according to the World Bank.

Which country has the lowest Gini index?

Ukraine, with 24.8 index in 2010.

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. 85 countries have no value for 2010 and are not ranked.

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