Countries by Gini index

Name: Countries by Gini index, 2012
Creator: World Bank
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Colombia had the highest Gini index of 86 countries in 2012, at 53.6 index. Ukraine had the lowest, at 24.7 index. The median was 35.5 index. Source: the World Bank.

Highest53.6Colombia

Lowest24.7Ukraine

Median35.586 countries

Top 40 countries, 2012

CSV Chart (SVG)

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

Full ranking

Rank	Countries	2012 index	Change on 2011
1	Colombia	53.6	+0.3
2	Brazil	53.4	+0.5
2	Honduras	53.4	+0.8
4	Panama	51.7	+0.4
5	Mexico	49.6	n/a
6	Costa Rica	48.4	-0.4
7	Paraguay	47.6	-4.7
8	Bolivia	46.6	+0.5
9	Philippines	46.5	n/a
10	Dominican Republic	46.1	-1.6
10	Ecuador	46.1	+0.2
12	Djibouti	45.1	n/a
13	Peru	44.4	-0.3
14	Madagascar	42.6	n/a
15	Ghana	42.4	n/a
16	China	42.1	-0.2
16	Democratic Republic of the Congo	42.1	n/a
18	El Salvador	41.8	-0.5
19	Argentina	41.4	-1.3
20	Israel	41.3	-0.2
21	Montenegro	41.2	+10.4
21	United States	41.2	0
23	Haiti	41.1	n/a
24	Uganda	41	n/a
25	Russia	40.7	+1
26	Türkiye	40.2	+0.2
27	Serbia	39.9	n/a
27	Uruguay	39.9	-2.3
29	Thailand	39.3	+1.8
30	Georgia	39	-0.6
31	Bhutan	38.8	n/a
32	Sri Lanka	38.7	n/a
33	Mauritius	38.5	n/a
34	North Macedonia	38.1	-1.3
35	Indonesia	37.1	-0.8
35	Solomon Islands	37.1	n/a
37	Romania	36.5	+0.6
38	Greece	36.3	+1.5
39	Bulgaria	36	+1.7
39	Laos	36	n/a
39	Portugal	36	-0.3
42	Vietnam	35.6	n/a
43	Nigeria	35.5	n/a
44	Spain	35.4	-0.3
45	Italy	35.2	+0.1
45	Latvia	35.2	-0.6
47	Lithuania	35.1	+2.6
48	Iran	34.4	-0.3
49	Cyprus	34.3	+1.7
49	Luxembourg	34.3	+2.2
51	Mongolia	33.8	-0.1
52	Guinea	33.7	n/a
53	Canada	33.5	+0.8
54	Ireland	33.2	+0.3
55	France	33.1	-0.2
55	United Kingdom	33.1	-0.1
57	Poland	33	-0.2
58	Estonia	32.9	+0.4
59	Croatia	32.5	+0.2
59	Japan	32.5	-0.5
61	Nauru	32.4	n/a
62	South Korea	31.6	n/a
62	Switzerland	31.6	-0.1
64	Germany	30.9	+0.5
65	Hungary	30.8	+1.6
66	Austria	30.5	-0.3
67	Armenia	29.6	+0.2
68	Iraq	29.5	n/a
69	Malta	29.4	+0.3
70	Moldova	29.2	-1.4
71	Albania	29	n/a
72	Egypt	28.3	n/a
73	Kazakhstan	28.2	+0.2
74	Denmark	27.8	+0.5
75	Netherlands	27.6	-0.2
75	Sweden	27.6	0
77	Belgium	27.5	-0.6
78	Kyrgyzstan	27.4	-0.4
79	Finland	27.1	-0.5
80	Iceland	26.8	0
81	Belarus	26.5	-0.7
82	Czechia	26.1	-0.3
82	Slovakia	26.1	-0.4
84	Norway	25.7	+0.4
85	Slovenia	25.6	+0.7
86	Ukraine	24.7	+0.1

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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. 84 countries with data in other periods have no value for 2012 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?

Colombia, with 53.6 index in 2012, according to the World Bank.

Which country has the lowest Gini index?

Ukraine, with 24.7 index in 2012.

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. 84 countries have no value for 2012 and are not ranked.

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