Gini index

Income inequality, 0 (equal) to 100

Order: Highest to lowest · Show lowest first
Countries: 48 of 54 have data · 6 without data
Period: Latest figures range from 2014 to 2024: 1 country reports 2024; 47 report earlier years.
Source: World Bank · annual

Countries’ latest figures come from different years. Each row shows its own year, so figures from different years are not a like-for-like comparison.

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

Equal values are listed alphabetically and numbered in sequence. “—” in the change column means there is no earlier figure to compare with.

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