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Gini index

48 of 54 countries reporting · annual · World Bank

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Latest reported period varies by country — dates shown

Rank Country Value lowest first As of vs previous
1 🇳🇦 Namibia 59.10 2015 — + compare
2 🇧🇼 Botswana 54.90 2015 — + compare
3 🇸🇿 Eswatini 54.60 2016 — + compare
4 🇿🇦 South Africa 54.10 2022 ↓ 5.50 + compare
5 🇿🇲 Zambia 51.50 2022 ↓ 4.30 + compare
6 🇦🇴 Angola 51.30 2018 — + compare
7 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe 50.30 2019 ↑ 6.00 + compare
8 🇲🇿 Mozambique 49.60 2022 ↓ 1.10 + compare
9 🇱🇸 Lesotho 44.90 2017 — + compare
10 🇨🇩 DR Congo 44.70 2020 — + compare
11 🇸🇸 South Sudan 44.00 2016 — + compare
12 🇬🇭 Ghana 43.50 2016 — + compare
13 🇨🇫 Central African Republic 43.00 2021 — + compare
14 🇺🇬 Uganda 42.70 2019 ↓ 0.10 + compare
15 🇨🇻 Cabo Verde 42.40 2015 — + compare
16 🇨🇲 Cameroon 42.20 2021 ↓ 4.40 + compare
17 🇩🇯 Djibouti 41.60 2017 — + compare
18 🇸🇹 São Tomé and Príncipe 40.70 2017 — + compare
19 🇹🇿 Tanzania 40.50 2018 — + compare
20 🇷🇼 Rwanda 39.40 2023 ↓ 4.30 + compare
21 🇬🇲 Gambia 38.80 2020 ↑ 2.90 + compare
22 🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea 38.50 2022 — + compare
23 🇰🇪 Kenya 38.50 2022 ↓ 0.20 + compare
24 🇲🇼 Malawi 38.50 2019 ↓ 6.20 + compare
25 🇬🇦 Gabon 38.00 2017 — + compare
26 🇹🇬 Togo 37.90 2021 ↓ 4.60 + compare
27 🇧🇮 Burundi 37.50 2020 — + compare
28 🇧🇫 Burkina Faso 37.40 2021 ↓ 5.60 + compare
29 🇹🇩 Chad 37.40 2022 ↓ 0.10 + compare
30 🇲🇬 Madagascar 36.80 2021 — + compare
31 🇲🇺 Mauritius 36.80 2017 — + compare
32 🇸🇳 Senegal 36.20 2021 ↓ 2.10 + compare
33 🇲🇱 Mali 35.70 2021 ↓ 0.30 + compare
34 🇸🇱 Sierra Leone 35.70 2018 — + compare
35 🇨🇮 Côte d'Ivoire 35.30 2021 ↓ 1.90 + compare
36 🇱🇷 Liberia 35.30 2016 ↑ 2.10 + compare
37 🇧🇯 Benin 34.40 2021 ↓ 3.50 + compare
38 🇸🇩 Sudan 34.20 2014 — + compare
39 🇳🇬 Nigeria 33.90 2022 ↓ 1.20 + compare
40 🇹🇳 Tunisia 33.70 2021 ↑ 0.90 + compare
41 🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau 33.40 2021 ↓ 1.40 + compare
42 🇳🇪 Niger 32.90 2021 ↓ 4.40 + compare
43 🇸🇨 Seychelles 32.10 2018 — + compare
44 🇲🇷 Mauritania 32.00 2019 ↓ 0.60 + compare
45 🇪🇹 Ethiopia 31.10 2021 ↓ 3.90 + compare
46 🇰🇲 Comoros 30.30 2024 ↓ 3.90 + compare
47 🇬🇳 Guinea 29.60 2018 — + compare
48 🇪🇬 Egypt 28.50 2021 ↓ 3.40 + compare
Median 38.25 median of shown

Credit ratings

Rank Country Fitch Moody's S&P
1 🇿🇦 South Africa BB Ba2 BB
2 🇪🇬 Egypt B Caa1 B
3 🇳🇬 Nigeria B B3 B
4 🇬🇭 Ghana B Caa1 B-
5 🇰🇪 Kenya B- B3 B

Sorted by median ordinal across available agencies (Fitch / Moody's / S&P scales aligned at equivalent notches); ties broken alphabetically by country. Grades are never averaged or converted to a blended score — ordinals stay ordinals.