Data for 2009
Gini Index of Monthly Earnings, 2009
2009, as ILO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten
Gini Index of Monthly Earnings, 2009 covers 60 countries. Egypt is highest, at 0.659; Italy is lowest, at 0.218. The middle country reads 0.356.
Gini Index of Monthly Earnings · Data for 2009
HighestEgypt
0.659
LowestItaly
0.218Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the lowest end. A higher value is the worse result.
01Position · derived
The table
Every country and every column of Gini Index of Monthly Earnings, 2009, as published. ILO ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.
Showing 25 of 60 countries · select a heading to sort
| derived | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | EgyptEGYNorthern Africa | 0.659 | — |
| 2 |  TajikistanTJKCentral Asia | 0.520 | — |
| 3 |  JamaicaJAMCaribbean | 0.456 | — |
| 4 |  PeruPERSouth America | 0.446 | — |
| 5 |  MauritiusMUSEastern Africa | 0.440 | — |
| 6 |  IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia | 0.437 | — |
| 7 |  Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean | 0.436 | — |
| 8 |  UruguayURYSouth America | 0.427 | — |
| 9 |  BrazilBRASouth America | 0.420 | — |
| =10 |  CambodiaKHMSouth-eastern Asia | 0.413 | — |
| =10 |  PanamaPANCentral America | 0.413 | — |
| 12 |  HondurasHNDCentral America | 0.412 | — |
| 13 |  ChileCHLSouth America | 0.410 | — |
| 14 |  PakistanPAKSouthern Asia | 0.404 | — |
| =15 |  EcuadorECUSouth America | 0.396 | — |
| =15 |  IrelandIRLNorthern Europe | 0.396 | — |
| 17 |  United StatesUSANorthern America | 0.392 | — |
| 18 |  ArgentinaARGSouth America | 0.389 | — |
| 19 |  United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe | 0.386 | — |
| =20 |  LatviaLVANorthern Europe | 0.383 | — |
| =20 |  PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia | 0.383 | — |
| 22 |  ParaguayPRYSouth America | 0.379 | — |
| =23 |  AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand | 0.374 | — |
| =23 |  MexicoMEXCentral America | 0.374 | — |
| =25 |  AustriaAUTWestern Europe | 0.368 | — |
| =25 |  BoliviaBOLSouth America | 0.368 | — |
| =25 |  SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe | 0.368 | — |
| 28 |  GermanyDEUWestern Europe | 0.365 | — |
| 29 |  Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa | 0.364 | Break in series |
| 30 |  LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe | 0.356 | — |
| 31 |  LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe | 0.355 | — |
| 32 |  GreeceGRCSouthern Europe | 0.353 | — |
| =33 |  CanadaCANNorthern America | 0.349 | — |
| =33 |  EstoniaESTNorthern Europe | 0.349 | — |
| 35 |  SpainESPSouthern Europe | 0.345 | — |
| 36 |  PolandPOLEastern Europe | 0.344 | — |
| 37 |  NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe | 0.339 | — |
| 38 |  CyprusCYPWestern Asia | 0.335 | — |
| 39 |  TürkiyeTURWestern Asia | 0.333 | — |
| 40 |  HungaryHUNEastern Europe | 0.332 | — |
| 41 |  IcelandISLNorthern Europe | 0.324 | — |
| 42 |  VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia | 0.323 | — |
| =43 |  BulgariaBGREastern Europe | 0.320 | — |
| =43 |  MongoliaMNGEastern Asia | 0.320 | — |
| 45 |  NorwayNORNorthern Europe | 0.309 | — |
| 46 |  MoldovaMDAEastern Europe | 0.306 | — |
| 47 |  SwedenSWENorthern Europe | 0.304 | — |
| 48 |  SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe | 0.301 | — |
| 49 |  RomaniaROUEastern Europe | 0.298 | — |
| 50 |  FinlandFINNorthern Europe | 0.290 | — |
| =51 |  FranceFRAWestern Europe | 0.288 | — |
| =51 |  PortugalPRTSouthern Europe | 0.288 | — |
| 53 |  Bosnia and HerzegovinaBIHSouthern Europe | 0.275 | — |
| 54 |  VenezuelaVENSouth America | 0.271 | — |
| 55 |  MaltaMLTSouthern Europe | 0.266 | — |
| 56 |  CzechiaCZEEastern Europe | 0.263 | — |
| 57 |  BelgiumBELWestern Europe | 0.256 | — |
| 58 |  DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe | 0.253 | — |
| 59 |  SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe | 0.240 | — |
| 60 | ItalyITASouthern Europe | 0.218 | — |
02In 2009
At either end
The 5 countries at each end of the headline.
03Caveats
Read before you use
What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.
One year of the 2026 release
Every year in this series comes from ILO’s 2026 release, recalculated on one method. It can differ from what was first published for 2009.
51 distinct values among 60
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 3 countries share 0.368. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
The position is ours
ILO publishes values only. The order here sorts the published values, and the page says so wherever it prints one.
Which end is better
A higher value is the worse result.
59 empty cells
An empty cell means the publisher gave no figure. It is never a zero.
Some readings carry a flag
ILO marks readings it considers estimates or provisional. The flags in this file: Break in series.
04The files
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What this site changed: Reshaped into one row per country: regional and income-group totals are left out, only the columns listed are kept, each row gets its ISO 3166 code, and some country names are brought to one spelling. No value is recalculated, rescaled or rounded.
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Cite this edition
International Labour Organization (ILO) (2009). Gini Index of Monthly Earnings, 2009 [data set], describing 2009. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/earnings-gini/2009
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06Questions
Gini Index of Monthly Earnings, 2009: questions and answers
Which country has the highest earnings inequality in Gini Index of Monthly Earnings, 2009?
Egypt, at 0.659, of the 60 countries in the file.
What year does Gini Index of Monthly Earnings, 2009 describe?
2009.
How many countries does Gini Index of Monthly Earnings, 2009 cover?
60.
Where can I download Gini Index of Monthly Earnings, 2009?
On this page, as a CSV file holding every value exactly as published, or from the publisher’s own site, linked below.
Is Gini Index of Monthly Earnings, 2009 the newest?
No. The newest held here is Gini Index of Monthly Earnings, 2024.