The World Factbook. 2008.
Distribution of family incomeGini index
Country | Distribution of family income—Gini index |
Albania | 26.7 (2005) |
Algeria | 35.3 (1995) |
Argentina | 49 (2006) |
Armenia | 37 (2006) |
Australia | 30.5 (2006) |
Austria | 26 (2005) |
Azerbaijan | 36.5 (2001) |
Bangladesh | 33.4 (2000) |
Belarus | 29.7 (2002) |
Belgium | 28 (2005) |
Benin | 36.5 (2003) |
Bolivia | 59.2 (2006) |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | 26.2 (2001) |
Botswana | 63 (1993) |
Brazil | 56.7 (2005) |
Bulgaria | 31.6 (2005) |
Burkina Faso | 39.5 (2007) |
Burundi | 42.4 (1998) |
Cambodia | 41.7 (2004 est.) |
Cameroon | 44.6 (2001) |
Canada | 32.1 (2005) |
Central African Republic | 61.3 (1993) |
Chile | 54.9 (2003) |
China | 47 (2007) |
Colombia | 53.8 (2005) |
Costa Rica | 49.8 (2003) |
Cote d’Ivoire | 44.6 (2002) |
Croatia | 29 (2001) |
Cyprus | 29 (2005) |
Czech Republic | 26 (2005) |
Denmark | 24 (2005) |
Dominican Republic | 51.6 (2004) |
Ecuador | 46 note: data are for urban households (2006) |
Egypt | 34.4 (2001) |
El Salvador | 52.4 (2002) |
Estonia | 34 (2005) |
Ethiopia | 30 (2000) |
European Union | 30.7 (2003 est.) |
Finland | 26 (2005) |
France | 28 (2005) |
Gambia, The | 50.2 (1998) |
Georgia | 40.4 (2003) |
Germany | 28 (2005) |
Ghana | 39.4 (2005-06) |
Greece | 33 (2005) |
Guatemala | 55.1 (2007) |
Guinea | 38.1 (2006) |
Guyana | 43.2 (1999) |
Haiti | 59.2 (2001) |
Honduras | 53.8 (2003) |
Hong Kong | 53.3 (2007) |
Hungary | 28 (2005) |
Iceland | 25 (2005) |
India | 36.8 (2004) |
Indonesia | 36.3 (2005) |
Iran | 43 (1998) |
Ireland | 32 (2005) |
Israel | 38.6 (2005) |
Italy | 33 (2005) |
Jamaica | 45.5 (2004) |
Japan | 38.1 (2002) |
Jordan | 38.8 (2003) |
Kazakhstan | 33.9 (2003) |
Kenya | 44.5 (1997) |
Korea, South | 35.1 (2006) |
Kosovo | NA |
Kosovo | 30 (FY05/06) |
Kyrgyzstan | 30.3 (2003) |
Laos | 34.6 (2002) |
Latvia | 37.7 (2003) |
Lesotho | 63.2 (1995) |
Lithuania | 36 (2005) |
Luxembourg | 26 (2005) |
Macedonia | 39 (2003) |
Madagascar | 47.5 (2001) |
Malawi | 39 (2004) |
Malaysia | 46.1 (2002) |
Mali | 40.1 (2001) |
Malta | 28 (2005) |
Mauritania | 39 (2000) |
Mauritius | 37 (1987 est.) |
Mexico | 50.9 (2005) |
Moldova | 33.2 (2003) |
Mongolia | 32.8 (2002) |
Montenegro | 30 (2003) |
Morocco | 40 (2005 est.) |
Mozambique | 47.3 (2002) |
Namibia | 70.7 (2003) |
Nepal | 47.2 (2004) |
Netherlands | 30.9 (2005) |
New Zealand | 36.2 (1997) |
Nicaragua | 43.1 (2001) |
Niger | 50.5 (1995) |
Nigeria | 43.7 (2003) |
Norway | 28 (2005) |
Pakistan | 30.6 (2002) |
Panama | 56.1 (2003) |
Papua New Guinea | 50.9 (1996) |
Paraguay | 56.8 (2008) |
Peru | 52 (2003) |
Philippines | 45.8 (2006) |
Poland | 36 (2005) |
Portugal | 38 (2005) |
Romania | 31 (2005) |
Russia | 41.3 (September 2007) |
Rwanda | 46.8 (2000) |
Senegal | 41.3 (2001) |
Serbia | 30 (2003) |
Sierra Leone | 62.9 (1989) |
Singapore | 52.2 (2005) |
Slovakia | 26 (2005) |
Slovenia | 24 (2005) |
South Africa | 65 (2005) |
Spain | 32 (2005) |
Sri Lanka | 50 (FY03/04) |
Swaziland | 50.4 (2001) |
Sweden | 23 (2005) |
Switzerland | 33.7 (2000) |
Tajikistan | 32.6 (2003) |
Tanzania | 34.6 (2000) |
Thailand | 42 (2002) |
Timor-Leste | 38 (2002 est.) |
Tunisia | 40 (2005 est.) |
Turkey | 43.6 (2003) |
Turkmenistan | 40.8 (1998) |
Uganda | 45.7 (2002) |
Ukraine | 31 (2006) |
United Kingdom | 34 (2005) |
United States | 45 (2007) |
Uruguay | 45.2 (2006) |
Uzbekistan | 36.8 (2003) |
Venezuela | 48.2 (2003) |
Vietnam | 37 (2004) |
Yemen | 33.4 (1998) |
Zambia | 50.8 (2004) |
Zimbabwe | 50.1 (2006) |