Gini index oecd countries

Of the countries included, South Africa had the highest income inequality, with a Gini coefficient of 0.62. It was also the country with the highest inequality level worldwide. Of the OECD members, Costa Rica had the highest income inequality, whereas Slovakia had the lowest.

Gini coefficient in OECD and affiliated countries based on disposable income as of 2022, by country

Characteristic	Gini Index (0-1)
South Africa****	0.62
China*******	0.51
India*******	0.5
Brazil******	0.48
Costa Rica	0.47
Chile	0.45
Mexico**	0.42
Turkey**	0.4
United States	0.4
Bulgaria*	0.38
Lithuania*	0.37
United Kingdom*	0.35
Israel**	0.34
Latvia*	0.34
Italy*	0.33
Japan*****	0.33
South Korea*	0.33
Estonia*	0.32
New Zealand**	0.32
Spain*	0.32
Switzerland**	0.32
Romania*	0.32
Russia****	0.32
Australia**	0.32
Greece*	0.31
Portugal*	0.31
France*	0.3
Germany**	0.3
Netherlands*	0.3
Canada*	0.29
Ireland*	0.29
Sweden*	0.29
Croatia*	0.29
Austria*	0.28
Hungary*	0.28
Luxembourg*	0.28
Norway*	0.28
Denmark***	0.27
Finland*	0.27
Belgium*	0.26
Czechia*	0.26
Iceland****	0.26
Poland*	0.26
Slovenia*	0.24
Slovakia*	0.22

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Release date

April 2024

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Region

Worldwide, OECD

Survey time period

2011 to 2022

Supplementary notes

*Numbers from 2021.

**Numbers from 2020.

***Numbers from 2019.

****Numbers from 2017.

*****Numbers from 2018.

******Numbers from 2016.

*******Numbers from 2011.

The Gini coefficient measures the level of income inequality in a country on a scale from zero to one. A score of one indicates perfect inequality, zero indicates perfect equality.

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