Maptheory
economic2023

Inequality in income

Latest available country observation from Our World in Data, based on the chart's cited sources. The series currently runs through 2023; countries can have different observation years.

Source: Our World in Data•175 countries

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Key Insights

Global Average
0.3value
Median: 0.2value
Countries Covered
175
with available data
Highest
Zambia
0.6value
Lowest
Azerbaijan
0.1value
Top 5 Countries
1Zambia0.6value
2Eswatini0.6value
3South Africa0.6value
4Angola0.6value
5Republic of the Congo0.6value
By Region
Africa0.4value(9 countries)
South America0.3value(7 countries)
Other0.3value(98 countries)
North America0.3value(4 countries)
Asia0.2value(23 countries)

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (0.1value)High (0.6value)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 0.3value)

Africa (9)
South America (7)
Other (98)
North America (4)
Asia (23)
Oceania (2)
Europe (32)

Percentile Profile

The curve shows how values change from the lowest to the highest country. Steep sections reveal inequality or outliers.

0th percentile · lowest100th percentile · highest

About This Statistic

Latest available country observation from Our World in Data, based on the chart's cited sources. The series currently runs through 2023; countries can have different observation years. Source: Our World in Data.

Methodology

Country values are taken from the latest observation available in the linked source series.

Full Data

Rank ↑Country ↕Value ↕
1Zambia0.6value
2Eswatini0.6value
3South Africa0.6value
4Angola0.6value
5Republic of the Congo0.6value
6Mozambique0.5value
7Namibia0.5value
8Zimbabwe0.5value
9Cameroon0.5value
10Comoros0.5value
11Haiti0.5value
12Lesotho0.5value
13Ghana0.5value
14Barbados0.5value
15South Sudan0.5value
16Equatorial Guinea0.5value
17Somalia0.5value
18Dominica0.5value
19Botswana0.5value
20Central African Republic0.5value
21Cape Verde0.5value
22Madagascar0.4value
23Democratic Republic of the Congo0.4value
24Rwanda0.4value
25Togo0.4value
26Colombia0.4value
27Brazil0.4value
28Uganda0.4value
29Cote d'Ivoire0.4value
30Burkina Faso0.4value
31Sao Tome and Principe0.4value
32United Republic of Tanzania0.4value
33Palau0.4value
34Republic of The Gambia0.4value
35Kenya0.4value
36Burundi0.4value
37Sudan0.4value
38Senegal0.4value
39Benin0.4value
40Malawi0.4value
41Saint Lucia0.4value
42Panama0.4value
43Chad0.4value
44Chile0.4value
45Bahamas0.4value
46Niger0.4value
47India0.4value
48Sri Lanka0.4value
49Ethiopia0.4value
50Liberia0.4value
51Bangladesh0.4value
52Sierra Leone0.4value
53Cambodia0.4value
54Costa Rica0.4value
55Honduras0.4value
56Guinea-Bissau0.4value
57Nicaragua0.4value
58Mauritania0.3value
59Paraguay0.3value
60Jamaica0.3value
61Guatemala0.3value
62Grenada0.3value
63Nepal0.3value
64Guinea0.3value
65State of Palestine0.3value
66Mauritius0.3value
67Gabon0.3value
68Peru0.3value
69Ecuador0.3value
70People's Republic of China0.3value
71Afghanistan0.3value
72Türkiye0.3value
73Djibouti0.3value
74Bhutan0.3value
75Maldives0.3value
76Mexico0.3value
77Pakistan0.3value
78Islamic Republic of Iran0.3value
79Papua New Guinea0.3value
80Bolivia0.3value
81Bosnia and Herzegovina0.3value
82Singapore0.3value
83Morocco0.3value
84Micronesia, Federated States of0.3value
85Iraq0.3value
86Tuvalu0.3value
87Uruguay0.3value
88Malaysia0.2value
89Jordan0.2value
90Hong Kong0.2value
91Israel0.2value
92United States of America0.2value
93Samoa0.2value
94Bulgaria0.2value
95Oman0.2value
96Indonesia0.2value
97Lao People's Democratic Republic0.2value
98Philippines0.2value
99El Salvador0.2value
100Yemen0.2value
101Mali0.2value
102Dominican Republic0.2value
103Tunisia0.2value
104Argentina0.2value
105Solomon Islands0.2value
106Marshall Islands0.2value
107Thailand0.2value
108Georgia0.2value
109Venezuela0.2value
110Vietnam0.2value
111Romania0.2value
112Italy0.2value
113Tonga0.2value
114The Republic of North Macedonia0.2value
115Lithuania0.2value
116Lebanon0.2value
117Tajikistan0.2value
118Montenegro0.2value
119Poland0.2value
120Albania0.2value
121Mongolia0.2value
122Spain0.2value
123Vanuatu0.2value
124Latvia0.2value
125Egypt0.2value
126Russian Federation0.2value
127Nigeria0.2value
128Fiji0.2value
129Australia0.2value
130Nauru0.2value
131Syrian Arab Republic0.2value
132Portugal0.2value
133New Zealand0.2value
134France0.2value
135Switzerland0.2value
136Myanmar0.2value
137Japan0.2value
138Sweden0.2value
139Greece0.2value
140Algeria0.2value
141United Kingdom0.2value
142Seychelles0.2value
143Luxembourg0.2value
144South Korea0.2value
145Timor-Leste0.2value
146Canada0.2value
147Estonia0.2value
148Austria0.2value
149Kiribati0.2value
150Malta0.2value
151Kyrgyzstan0.2value
152Armenia0.2value
153Cyprus0.1value
154Kazakhstan0.1value
155Andorra0.1value
156Germany0.1value
157Norway0.1value
158Ireland0.1value
159Moldova, Republic of0.1value
160Croatia0.1value
161Serbia0.1value
162Ukraine0.1value
163Finland0.1value
164Belarus0.1value
165Brunei Darussalam0.1value
166Netherlands0.1value
167Hungary0.1value
168Belgium0.1value
169Czech Republic0.1value
170Denmark0.1value
171Iceland0.1value
172United Arab Emirates0.1value
173Slovenia0.1value
174Slovakia0.1value
175Azerbaijan0.1value
Showing 175 of 175 countries

Topics

#economic#value#inequality#income

Data Source

This data comes from Our World in Data (2023).

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