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COUNTRY COMPARISON :: DISTRIBUTION OF FAMILY INCOME - GINI INDEX

Distribution of family income - Gini index measures the degree of inequality in the distribution of family income in a country. The more nearly equal a country's income distribution, the lower its Gini index, e.g., a Scandinavian country with an index of 25. The more unequal a country's income distribution, the higher its Gini index, e.g., a Sub-Saharan country with an index of 50. If income were distributed with perfect equality the index would be zero; if income were distributed with perfect inequality, the index would be 100.

Rank	Country	DISTRIBUTION OF FAMILY INCOME - GINI INDEX	Date of Information
1	Lesotho	63.2	1995
2	South Africa	63.1	2005
3	Botswana	63.0	1993
4	Sierra Leone	62.9	1989
5	Central African Republic	61.3	1993
6	Namibia	59.7	2010
7	Haiti	59.2	2001
8	Honduras	57.7	2007
9	Zambia	57.5	2010
10	Guatemala	55.1	2007
11	Hong Kong	53.7	2011
12	Colombia	53.5	2012
13	Paraguay	53.2	2009
14	Chile	52.1	2009
15	Panama	51.9	2010 est.
16	Brazil	51.9	2012
17	Papua New Guinea	50.9	1996
18	Swaziland	50.4	2001
19	Costa Rica	50.3	2009
20	Gambia, The	50.2	1998
21	Zimbabwe	50.1	2006
22	Sri Lanka	49.0	2010
23	Ecuador	48.5	December 2013
24	Mexico	48.3	2008
25	Madagascar	47.5	2001
26	China	47.3	2013
27	El Salvador	46.9	2007
28	Rwanda	46.8	2000
29	Bolivia	46.6	2012
30	Singapore	46.3	2013
31	Malaysia	46.2	2009
32	Georgia	46.0	2011
33	South Sudan	46.0	2010 est.
34	Argentina	45.8	2009
35	Dominican Republic	45.7	2012 est.
36	Mozambique	45.6	2008
37	Jamaica	45.5	2004
38	Bulgaria	45.3	2007
39	Peru	45.3	2012
40	Uruguay	45.3	2010
41	United States	45.0	2007
42	Philippines	44.8	2009
43	Cameroon	44.6	2001
44	Guyana	44.6	2007
45	Iran	44.5	2006
46	Uganda	44.3	2009
47	Nigeria	43.7	2003
48	Kenya	42.5	2008 est.
49	Burundi	42.4	1998
50	Russia	42.0	2012
51	Cote d'Ivoire	41.5	2008
52	Senegal	41.3	2001
53	Djibouti	40.9	2002
54	Morocco	40.9	2007 est.
55	Turkmenistan	40.8	1998
56	Nicaragua	40.5	2010
57	Turkey	40.2	2010
58	Mali	40.1	2001
59	Tunisia	40.0	2005 est.
60	Jordan	39.7	2007
61	Burkina Faso	39.5	2007
62	Ghana	39.4	2005-06
63	Guinea	39.4	2007
64	Thailand	39.4	2010
65	Macedonia	39.2	2011
66	Mauritania	39.0	2000
67	Venezuela	39.0	2011
68	Malawi	39.0	2004
69	Mauritius	39.0	2006 est.
70	Bhutan	38.7	2012
71	Serbia	38.0	2013 est.
72	Cambodia	37.9	2008 est.
73	Yemen	37.7	2005
74	Israel	37.6	2012
75	Japan	37.6	2008
76	Tanzania	37.6	2007
77	Vietnam	37.6	2008
78	Maldives	37.4	2004 est.
79	India	36.8	2004
80	Uzbekistan	36.8	2003
81	Indonesia	36.8	2009
82	Laos	36.7	2008
83	Mongolia	36.5	2008
84	Benin	36.5	2003
85	New Zealand	36.2	1997
86	Bosnia and Herzegovina	36.2	2007
87	Lithuania	35.5	2009
88	Algeria	35.3	1995
89	Latvia	35.2	2010
90	Macau	35.0	2013
91	Albania	34.5	2008
92	Greece	34.4	2013 est.
93	Taiwan	34.2	2011
94	Portugal	34.2	2013 est.
95	Poland	34.1	2009
96	Spain	34.0	2011
97	Niger	34.0	2007
98	Ireland	33.9	2010
99	Azerbaijan	33.7	2008
100	Kyrgyzstan	33.4	2007
101	Moldova	33.0	2010
102	Ethiopia	33.0	2011
103	Nepal	32.8	2010
104	Tajikistan	32.6	2006
105	Cyprus	32.4	2013 est.
106	United Kingdom	32.3	2012
107	Bangladesh	32.1	2010
108	Canada	32.1	2005
109	Croatia	32.0	2010
110	Italy	31.9	2012 est.
111	Timor-Leste	31.9	2007 est.
112	Estonia	31.3	2010
113	Korea, South	31.1	2011 est.
114	France	30.9	2011
115	Armenia	30.9	2008
116	Egypt	30.8	2008
117	European Union	30.6	2012 est.
118	Luxembourg	30.4	2013 est.
119	Australia	30.3	2008
120	Kosovo	30.0	FY05/06
121	Pakistan	29.6	FY2011
122	Kazakhstan	28.9	2011
123	Switzerland	28.7	2012 est.
124	Ukraine	28.2	2009
125	Iceland	28.0	2006
126	Malta	27.9	2013
127	Romania	27.4	2011
128	Belarus	27.2	2008
129	Germany	27.0	2006
130	Finland	26.8	2008
131	Austria	26.3	2007
132	Slovakia	26.0	2005
133	Belgium	25.9	2013 est.
134	Netherlands	25.1	2013 est.
135	Norway	25.0	2008
136	Czech Republic	24.9	2012
137	Denmark	24.8	2011 est.
138	Hungary	24.7	2009
139	Montenegro	24.3	2010
140	Slovenia	23.7	2012
141	Sweden	23.0	2005

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