Gini Index: income distribution inequality worldwide 2021

South Africa had the highest inequality in income distribution in 2021 with a Gini score of 63. Its South African neighbors Namibia and Zambia followed in second and third, respectively. The Gini coefficient measures the deviation of the distribution of income (or consumption) among individuals or households within a country from a perfectly equal distribution. A value of 0 represents absolute equality, a value of 100 absolute inequality. All the 20 most unequal countries in the world were either located in Africa or Latin America & The Caribbean.

20 countries with the biggest inequality in income distribution worldwide in 2021, based on the Gini index

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Release date

September 2022

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Region

Worldwide

Survey time period

2010 to 2021*

Special properties

Top 20

Supplementary notes

*According to the source, the data refers to the latest number of the given period. For all countries that year is between 2010 and 2021.

The Gini coefficient measures income inequality in a country. The closer the index is to zero, the more equally distributed the income.

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