Gini Index of Monthly Earnings, 2015

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Gini Index of Monthly Earnings, 2015: every country, as published by International Labour Organization (ILO).

Positionderived	Country	Gini index of employees' monthly earnings (0 = all paid the same, 1 = one employee earns everything)	ILO observation status
1	TogoTGOWestern Africa	0.789	—
2	South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa	0.677	—
3	GhanaGHAWestern Africa	0.516	Break in series
4	ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia	0.510	—
5	IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia	0.489	—
6	MaliMLIWestern Africa	0.457	—
7	MadagascarMDGEastern Africa	0.453	—
8	MauritiusMUSEastern Africa	0.450	—
9	Costa RicaCRICentral America	0.446	—
10	Cabo VerdeCPVWestern Africa	0.444	Break in series
11	Puerto RicoPRICaribbean	0.437	—
12	HondurasHNDCentral America	0.435	—
13	BrazilBRASouth America	0.417	—
14	Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean	0.411	Break in series
15	ChileCHLSouth America	0.410	—
16	IrelandIRLNorthern Europe	0.402	—
17	GuatemalaGTMCentral America	0.400	—
18	PakistanPAKSouthern Asia	0.397	—
19	United StatesUSANorthern America	0.392	—
20	PeruPERSouth America	0.390	—
21	PanamaPANCentral America	0.389	—
22	AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand	0.388	—
=23	CyprusCYPWestern Asia	0.387	—
=23	United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe	0.387	—
25	PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia	0.380	—

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 0.351. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

• +8 / −16countries joined / left
• 60values changed, of 67 in both
• 24 · 36rose · fell
• 7unchanged

+ Cabo Verde+ Egypt+ Ghana+ Madagascar+ Myanmar+ Puerto Rico+ Palestine+ Togo− Afghanistan− Argentina− Burundi− Brunei− Cameroon− Comoros− Jamaica− Liberia− Namibia− Niger− Nicaragua− Rwanda− Tanzania− Uganda− Yemen− Zimbabwe

Both years come from the same release, so a difference here is a change in the data, not a revision of it. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

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