Inequality Comparison of Countries
Jerome Smith-Uldall
2026-10-14
The following chart is a ranking of 168 countries by inequality, measured by the Gini coefficient, from most unequal to most equal. The Gini coefficient is for the year 2021. For those countries for which the Gini coefficient is not available in 2021, the coefficient was taken from the maximum year for which it is available and the year is shown in brackets. The source is the World Bank database, using the WDI R package.
- The Gini coefficient is shown on a scale of 0-100.
- Not all countries in the world are represented due to a lack of data for some countries. These are listed after the chart.
The top ten most unequal countries are Namibia, Colombia, Botswana, South Africa, Eswatini, Brazil, Zambia, Angola, Panama and Zimbabwe.
At the other extreme, the top ten most equal countries are Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Belarus, Ukraine, Moldova, Netherlands, India, Czechia, Kiribati and United Arab Emirates.
The middle ten are China, West Bank and Gaza, Marshall Islands, Iran, Indonesia, Liberia, Cote d’Ivoire, Lebanon, Russia and Qatar.
Source: Author’s analysis of World Bank data (2026)
- Countries with no data for the Gini coefficient in World Bank database:
- Afghanistan
- Andorra
- Antigua and Barbuda
- Bahamas, The
- Bahrain
- Bermuda
- Brunei Darussalam
- Cambodia
- Cuba
- Dominica
- Eritrea
- Korea, Dem. People’s Rep.
- Kuwait
- Libya
- Liechtenstein
- Monaco
- New Zealand
- Oman
- Palau
- San Marino
- Saudi Arabia
- Singapore
- St. Kitts and Nevis
- St. Vincent and the Grenadines