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Gini index

Gini index measures the extent to which the distribution of income (or, in some cases, consumption expenditure) among individuals or households within an economy deviates from a perfectly equal distribution. A Lorenz curve plots the cumulative percentages of total income received against the cumulative number of recipients, starting with the poorest individual or household. The Gini index measures the area between the Lorenz curve and a hypothetical line of absolute equality, expressed as a percentage of the maximum area under the line. Thus a Gini index of 0 represents perfect equality, while an index of 100 implies perfect inequality.

wb-indicators:SI.POV.GINI

Gini index

World Bank

Publisher
World Bank
Source
World Bank Indicators (wb-indicators)
Status
Active
Formats
JSON
Licence
CC-BY-4.0 — World Bank Terms — CC BY 4.0 (Indicators API) · open
Standard
WB API v2
Countries
151 countries and areas — see list below
Dataset id
wb-indicators:SI.POV.GINI
Last verified
2026-09-27

Geographic coverage

Gini index carries observations for 151 countries and areas:

Angola · Albania · United Arab Emirates · Argentina · Armenia · Australia · Austria · Burundi · Belgium · Benin · Burkina Faso · Bangladesh · Bulgaria · Bosnia and Herzegovina · Belarus · Belize · Bolivia · Brazil · Barbados · Bhutan · Botswana · Central African Republic · Canada · Switzerland · Chile · China · Cote d'Ivoire · Cameroon · Congo, Dem. Rep. · Colombia · Comoros · Cabo Verde · Costa Rica · Cyprus · Czechia · Germany · Djibouti · Denmark · Dominican Republic · Ecuador · Egypt, Arab Rep. · Spain · Estonia · Ethiopia · Finland · Fiji · France · Gabon · United Kingdom · Georgia · Ghana · Guinea · Gambia, The · Guinea-Bissau · Equatorial Guinea · Greece · Grenada · Guatemala · Honduras · Croatia · Hungary · Indonesia · India · Ireland · Iran, Islamic Rep. · Iraq · Iceland · Israel · Italy · Jamaica · Japan · Kazakhstan · Kenya · Kyrgyz Republic · Kiribati · Korea, Rep. · Lao PDR · Lebanon · Liberia · St. Lucia · Sri Lanka · Lesotho · Lithuania · Luxembourg · Latvia · Moldova · Madagascar · Maldives · Mexico · Marshall Islands · North Macedonia · Mali · Malta · Myanmar · Montenegro · Mongolia · Mozambique · Mauritania · Mauritius · Malawi · Malaysia · Namibia · Niger · Nigeria · Netherlands · Norway · Nepal · Pakistan · Panama · Peru · Philippines · Poland · Portugal · Paraguay · West Bank and Gaza · Qatar · Romania · Russian Federation · Rwanda · Senegal · Sierra Leone · El Salvador · Serbia · South Sudan · Sao Tome and Principe · Suriname · Slovak Republic · Slovenia · Sweden · Eswatini · Seychelles · Syrian Arab Republic · Chad · Togo · Thailand · Tajikistan · Tonga · Tunisia · Turkiye · Tanzania · Uganda · Ukraine · Uruguay · United States · Uzbekistan · Viet Nam · Vanuatu · Kosovo · South Africa · Zambia · Zimbabwe