Countries by Gini index

Name: Countries by Gini index, 2014
Creator: World Bank
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South Africa had the highest Gini index of 83 countries in 2014, at 59.6 index. Ukraine had the lowest, at 24 index. The median was 34.8 index. Source: the World Bank.

Highest59.6South Africa

Lowest24Ukraine

Median34.883 countries

Top 40 countries, 2014

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

Full ranking

Rank	Countries	2014 index	Change on 2013
1	South Africa	59.6	n/a
2	Mozambique	54	n/a
3	Colombia	53.6	+0.1
4	Brazil	52.1	-0.6
5	Paraguay	50.7	+2.8
6	Panama	50.5	-1
7	Honduras	49.9	-0.1
8	Mexico	48.9	n/a
9	Costa Rica	48.6	-0.6
10	Guatemala	48.3	n/a
11	Bolivia	47.8	+0.2
12	Cameroon	46.6	n/a
13	Nicaragua	46.2	n/a
14	Comoros	45.3	n/a
15	Ecuador	45	-1.9
16	Dominican Republic	44.3	-3.4
17	Peru	43.1	-0.8
18	Argentina	41.8	+0.7
19	United States	41.7	+0.8
20	El Salvador	41.6	-1.8
21	Türkiye	41.2	+1
22	Serbia	40.4	+1
23	Uruguay	40.1	-0.4
24	Israel	39.8	-0.1
25	China	39.2	-0.5
26	Indonesia	38.8	-0.1
26	Montenegro	38.8	-0.2
28	Lithuania	37.7	+2.4
29	Georgia	37.6	-1
30	Bulgaria	37.4	+0.8
31	Thailand	37	-0.8
32	Russia	36.9	-4
33	Yemen	36.7	n/a
34	Spain	36.1	-0.1
35	Romania	36	-0.9
36	Greece	35.8	-0.3
37	Cyprus	35.6	-1.4
37	Portugal	35.6	-0.6
39	Burkina Faso	35.3	n/a
40	North Macedonia	35.2	-1
41	Latvia	35.1	-0.4
42	Iran	34.8	+0.8
42	Vietnam	34.8	n/a
44	Italy	34.7	-0.2
45	Albania	34.6	n/a
45	Estonia	34.6	-0.5
47	Australia	34.4	n/a
48	Niger	34.3	n/a
49	Sudan	34.2	n/a
50	Canada	33.2	-0.6
50	Liberia	33.2	n/a
52	United Kingdom	33.1	+0.4
53	Poland	32.8	-0.3
54	Mauritania	32.6	n/a
55	Switzerland	32.5	0
56	France	32.3	-0.2
57	Croatia	32.1	+0.1
58	Mongolia	32	n/a
59	Ireland	31.9	-1.6
60	Armenia	31.5	+0.9
61	Japan	31.3	-0.2
62	Luxembourg	31.2	-0.8
62	South Korea	31.2	n/a
64	Hungary	30.9	-0.6
65	Germany	30.8	-0.6
66	Austria	30.5	-0.3
67	Malta	29	+0.2
68	Timor-Leste	28.7	n/a
69	Netherlands	28.6	+0.5
70	Denmark	28.4	-0.1
70	Sweden	28.4	-0.4
72	Belgium	28.1	+0.4
73	Iceland	27.8	+2.4
74	Belarus	27.2	+0.6
75	Kazakhstan	27	-0.1
76	Finland	26.8	-0.4
76	Kyrgyzstan	26.8	-2
76	Moldova	26.8	-1.7
76	Norway	26.8	+0.4
80	Slovakia	26.1	-2
81	Czechia	25.9	-0.6
82	Slovenia	25.7	-0.5
83	Ukraine	24	-0.6

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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. 87 countries with data in other periods have no value for 2014 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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Which country has the highest Gini index?

South Africa, with 59.6 index in 2014, according to the World Bank.

Which country has the lowest Gini index?

Ukraine, with 24 index in 2014.

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. 87 countries have no value for 2014 and are not ranked.

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