Field Listing - Distribution of family income - Gini index

Country
Distribution of family income - Gini index
Albania 26.7 (2005)
Algeria 35.3 (1995)
Argentina 49 (2006)
Armenia 37 (2006)
Australia 30.5 (2006)
Austria 26 (2005)
Azerbaijan 36.5 (2001)
Bangladesh 33.4 (2000)
Belarus 29.7 (2002)
Belgium 28 (2005)
Benin 36.5 (2003)
Bolivia 59.2 (2006)
Bosnia and Herzegovina 26.2 (2001)
Botswana 63 (1993)
Brazil 56.7 (2005)
Bulgaria 31.6 (2005)
Burkina Faso 39.5 (2007)
Burundi 42.4 (1998)
Cambodia 41.7 (2004 est.)
Cameroon 44.6 (2001)
Canada 32.1 (2005)
Central African Republic 61.3 (1993)
Chile 54.9 (2003)
China 47 (2007)
Colombia 53.8 (2005)
Costa Rica 49.8 (2003)
Cote d'Ivoire 44.6 (2002)
Croatia 29 (2001)
Cyprus 29 (2005)
Czech Republic 26 (2005)
Denmark 24 (2005)
Dominican Republic 51.6 (2004)
Ecuador 46
note: data are for urban households (2006)
Egypt 34.4 (2001)
El Salvador 52.4 (2002)
Estonia 34 (2005)
Ethiopia 30 (2000)
European Union 30.7 (2003 est.)
Finland 26 (2005)
France 28 (2005)
Gambia, The 50.2 (1998)
Georgia 40.4 (2003)
Germany 28 (2005)
Ghana 39.4 (2005-06)
Greece 33 (2005)
Guatemala 55.1 (2007)
Guinea 38.1 (2006)
Guyana 43.2 (1999)
Haiti 59.2 (2001)
Honduras 53.8 (2003)
Hong Kong 53.3 (2007)
Hungary 28 (2005)
Iceland 25 (2005)
India 36.8 (2004)
Indonesia 36.3 (2005)
Iran 43 (1998)
Ireland 32 (2005)
Israel 38.6 (2005)
Italy 33 (2005)
Jamaica 45.5 (2004)
Japan 38.1 (2002)
Jordan 38.8 (2003)
Kazakhstan 30.4 (2005)
Kenya 44.5 (1997)
Korea, South 35.1 (2006)
Kosovo 30 (FY05/06)
Kyrgyzstan 30.3 (2003)
Laos 34.6 (2002)
Latvia 37.7 (2003)
Lesotho 63.2 (1995)
Lithuania 36 (2005)
Luxembourg 26 (2005)
Macedonia 39 (2003)
Madagascar 47.5 (2001)
Malawi 39 (2004)
Malaysia 46.1 (2002)
Mali 40.1 (2001)
Malta 28 (2005)
Mauritania 39 (2000)
Mauritius 39 (2006 est.)
Mexico 50.9 (2005)
Moldova 33.2 (2003)
Mongolia 32.8 (2002)
Montenegro 30 (2003)
Morocco 40 (2005 est.)
Mozambique 47.3 (2002)
Namibia 70.7 (2003)
Nepal 47.2 (2004)
Netherlands 30.9 (2005)
New Zealand 36.2 (1997)
Nicaragua 43.1 (2001)
Niger 50.5 (1995)
Nigeria 43.7 (2003)
Norway 28 (2005)
Pakistan 30.6 (2002)
Panama 56.1 (2003)
Papua New Guinea 50.9 (1996)
Paraguay 56.8 (2008)
Peru 52 (2003)
Philippines 45.8 (2006)
Poland 36 (2005)
Portugal 38.5 (2007)
Romania 31 (2005)
Russia 41.3 (September 2007)
Rwanda 46.8 (2000)
Senegal 41.3 (2001)
Serbia 30 (2003)
Sierra Leone 62.9 (1989)
Singapore 52.2 (2005)
Slovakia 26 (2005)
Slovenia 24 (2005)
South Africa 65 (2005)
Spain 32 (2005)
Sri Lanka 50 (FY03/04)
Swaziland 50.4 (2001)
Sweden 23 (2005)
Switzerland 33.7 (2000)
Tajikistan 32.6 (2003)
Tanzania 34.6 (2000)
Thailand 42 (2002)
Timor-Leste 38 (2002 est.)
Tunisia 40 (2005 est.)
Turkey 43.6 (2003)
Turkmenistan 40.8 (1998)
Uganda 45.7 (2002)
Ukraine 31 (2006)
United Kingdom 34 (2005)
United States 45 (2007)
Uruguay 45.2 (2006)
Uzbekistan 36.8 (2003)
Venezuela 48.2 (2003)
Vietnam 37 (2004)
Yemen 33.4 (1998)
Zambia 50.8 (2004)
Zimbabwe 50.1 (2006)

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