Countries by Gini index

Name: Countries by Gini index, 2015
Creator: World Bank
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Namibia had the highest Gini index of 86 countries in 2015, at 59.1 index. Slovenia had the lowest, at 25.4 index. The median was 35.6 index. Source: the World Bank.

Highest59.1Namibia

Lowest25.4Slovenia

Median35.686 countries

Top 40 countries, 2015

CSV Chart (SVG)

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

Full ranking

Rank	Countries	2015 index	Change on 2014
1	Namibia	59.1	n/a
2	Zambia	55.8	n/a
3	Botswana	54.9	n/a
4	Colombia	52	-1.6
5	Brazil	51.9	-0.2
6	Panama	50.8	+0.3
7	Honduras	49.2	-0.7
8	Costa Rica	48.4	-0.2
9	Benin	47.6	n/a
9	Paraguay	47.6	-3.1
11	Bolivia	46.7	-1.1
12	Ecuador	46	+1
13	Chile	45.3	n/a
14	Dominican Republic	45.2	+0.9
15	Philippines	44.6	n/a
16	Saint Lucia	43.7	n/a
17	Peru	43.4	+0.3
18	Togo	43	n/a
19	Türkiye	42.9	+1.7
20	Cape Verde	42.4	n/a
21	Côte d’Ivoire	41.5	n/a
21	United States	41.5	-0.2
23	Malaysia	41.1	n/a
24	Kenya	40.8	n/a
25	El Salvador	40.6	-1
26	Serbia	40.5	+0.1
27	Uruguay	40.1	0
28	Israel	39.7	-0.1
29	Montenegro	39	+0.2
30	Bulgaria	38.6	+1.2
30	China	38.6	-0.6
32	Indonesia	38.2	-0.6
33	Myanmar	38.1	n/a
34	Lithuania	37.4	-0.3
35	Georgia	36.5	-1.1
35	Russia	36.5	-0.4
37	Spain	36.2	+0.1
38	Greece	36	+0.2
38	Thailand	36	-1
40	Gambia	35.9	n/a
40	Nigeria	35.9	n/a
40	Romania	35.9	-0.1
43	North Macedonia	35.6	+0.4
44	Portugal	35.5	-0.1
45	Italy	35.4	+0.7
46	Iran	35.3	+0.5
47	Ethiopia	35	n/a
48	Latvia	34.2	-0.9
49	Cyprus	34	-1.6
49	Tajikistan	34	n/a
51	Canada	33.7	+0.5
52	Tonga	33.5	n/a
53	United Kingdom	33.3	+0.2
54	Bosnia and Herzegovina	32.9	n/a
54	Luxembourg	32.9	+1.7
56	Albania	32.8	-1.8
56	Tunisia	32.8	n/a
58	Estonia	32.7	-1.9
58	France	32.7	+0.4
60	Armenia	32.4	+0.9
61	Switzerland	32.3	-0.2
62	Egypt	31.8	n/a
62	Ireland	31.8	-0.1
62	Poland	31.8	-1
65	Germany	31.4	+0.6
66	Pakistan	31.3	n/a
67	Croatia	31.1	-1
68	Japan	30.7	-0.6
69	Austria	30.5	0
70	Hungary	30.4	-0.5
71	Malta	29.4	+0.4
72	Sweden	29.2	+0.8
73	Kyrgyzstan	29	+2.2
74	Denmark	28.2	-0.2
74	Netherlands	28.2	-0.4
76	Belgium	27.7	-0.4
77	Norway	27.5	+0.7
78	Finland	27.1	+0.3
79	Moldova	27	+0.2
80	Iceland	26.8	-1
80	Kazakhstan	26.8	-0.2
82	Slovakia	26.5	+0.4
83	Czechia	25.9	0
84	Belarus	25.6	-1.6
85	Ukraine	25.5	+1.5
86	Slovenia	25.4	-0.3

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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 2015 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?

Namibia, with 59.1 index in 2015, according to the World Bank.

Which country has the lowest Gini index?

Slovenia, with 25.4 index in 2015.

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 2015 and are not ranked.

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