Data for 1993

Gini Index of Disposable Income (SWIID), 1993

1993, as Frederick Solt’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Gini Index of Disposable Income (SWIID), 1993 covers 124 countries on 2 measures. Namibia is highest, at 65.8; Slovakia is lowest, at 19.2. The middle country reads 38.1. Against 1992, 101 values changed (73 up, 28 down), 3 countries joined.

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Gini Index of Disposable Income (SWIID) · Data for 1993

HighestNamibia

65.8

LowestSlovakia

19.2

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the lowest end. A higher value is the worse result.

124countries
2measures per country
1993the year it describes
106distinct values1 decimal, as published
Sep 29, 2026read from the publisher
Public domain or CC0licence

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Gini Index of Disposable Income (SWIID), 1993, as published. Frederick Solt ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.

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Gini Index of Disposable Income (SWIID), 1993: every country, as published by Frederick Solt, University of Iowa.
derived
1	NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa	65.8	3.27
2	South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa	61.6	1.64
3	BotswanaBWASouthern Africa	56.5	3.15
4	BrazilBRASouth America	56.0	0.49
5	EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa	55.5	3.89
6	ZambiaZMBEastern Africa	53.5	2.68
=7	BelizeBLZCentral America	53.0	2.95
=7	LesothoLSOSouthern Africa	53.0	3.96
=7	PeruPERSouth America	53.0	2.05
10	Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa	52.3	4.38
=11	NicaraguaNICCentral America	51.7	1.90
=11	PanamaPANCentral America	51.7	1.22
13	HondurasHNDCentral America	51.2	1.80
14	ChileCHLSouth America	50.7	1.06
=15	ColombiaCOLSouth America	50.6	1.96
=15	GuatemalaGTMCentral America	50.6	2.18
17	MalawiMWIEastern Africa	49.8	3.26
18	BoliviaBOLSouth America	49.4	1.65
=19	MexicoMEXCentral America	49.2	1.38
=19	Puerto RicoPRICaribbean	49.2	3.29
21	Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa	48.0	2.11
22	KenyaKENEastern Africa	47.9	2.47
23	El SalvadorSLVCentral America	47.7	2.28
24	ParaguayPRYSouth America	47.0	1.30
25	SudanSDNNorthern Africa	46.7	4.19
26	Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean	46.4	1.95
27	RwandaRWAEastern Africa	46.0	3.10
28	GambiaGMBWestern Africa	45.7	3.31
=29	BarbadosBRBCaribbean	44.9	3.49
=29	GuyanaGUYSouth America	44.9	3.08
31	ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia	44.7	1.64
32	Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa	44.3	3.55
33	MadagascarMDGEastern Africa	44.1	2.79
34	GuineaGINWestern Africa	43.8	2.52
35	JamaicaJAMCaribbean	43.7	1.96
=36	Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa	43.4	3.10
=36	MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia	43.4	2.03
=36	Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia	43.4	2.29
39	NigeriaNGAWestern Africa	43.3	3.04
=40	ArgentinaARGSouth America	43.0	1.13
=40	IranIRNSouthern Asia	43.0	1.23
42	UgandaUGAEastern Africa	42.7	2.49
=43	PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia	42.6	2.16
=43	SenegalSENWestern Africa	42.6	2.89
=43	Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean	42.6	3.04
46	IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia	42.1	1.47
47	Costa RicaCRICentral America	42.0	1.08
48	TürkiyeTURWestern Asia	41.9	2.21
49	FijiFJIMelanesia	41.8	3.10
=50	MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa	41.7	2.57
=50	TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa	41.7	2.51
52	TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa	41.5	2.73
53	VenezuelaVENSouth America	41.3	1.44
54	IndiaINDSouthern Asia	41.2	1.39
55	JordanJORWestern Asia	40.7	2.16
56	MoroccoMARNorthern Africa	40.4	2.34
57	GhanaGHAWestern Africa	40.1	2.34
58	NigerNERWestern Africa	39.5	3.04
59	UruguayURYSouth America	39.3	1.08
60	Hong KongHKGEastern Asia	38.9	2.77
61	BurundiBDIEastern Africa	38.7	3.08
62	QatarQATWestern Asia	38.3	4.00
63	SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia	37.9	2.55
64	MauritiusMUSEastern Africa	37.4	2.70
65	NepalNPLSouthern Asia	37.3	2.56
66	YemenYEMWestern Asia	36.8	2.93
67	AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa	36.7	2.68
68	United StatesUSANorthern America	36.6	0.62
69	KuwaitKWTWestern Asia	36.4	3.61
70	VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia	35.9	1.86
71	TongaTONPolynesia	35.7	2.84
72	TajikistanTJKCentral Asia	35.2	2.26
=73	ArmeniaARMWestern Asia	35.1	1.93
=73	ChinaCHNEastern Asia	35.1	1.11
75	LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia	34.4	2.31
76	PakistanPAKSouthern Asia	34.3	1.84
77	MoldovaMDAEastern Europe	34.2	2.10
78	GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia	34.0	1.87
79	GreeceGRCSouthern Europe	33.9	1.41
80	United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe	33.1	0.74
81	IrelandIRLNorthern Europe	33.0	1.61
82	ItalyITASouthern Europe	32.8	0.98
83	RussiaRUSEastern Europe	32.7	1.02
84	SpainESPSouthern Europe	32.6	0.79
=85	EgyptEGYNorthern Africa	32.4	1.89
=85	PortugalPRTSouthern Europe	32.4	2.11
=87	IsraelISRWestern Asia	32.0	1.19
=87	New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand	32.0	1.07
=87	UzbekistanUZBCentral Asia	32.0	1.93
90	South KoreaKOREastern Asia	31.9	1.03
91	TurkmenistanTKMCentral Asia	31.8	1.76
92	AzerbaijanAZEWestern Asia	31.7	1.94
93	EstoniaESTNorthern Europe	31.4	1.49
94	BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia	31.3	2.02
95	KyrgyzstanKGZCentral Asia	31.0	1.37
96	AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand	30.3	1.15
97	SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe	30.2	1.70
98	BulgariaBGREastern Europe	30.0	1.43
=99	CyprusCYPWestern Asia	29.8	2.56
=99	KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia	29.8	1.57
101	LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe	29.6	1.57
102	FranceFRAWestern Europe	28.9	1.41
103	CanadaCANNorthern America	28.8	0.53
104	TaiwanTWNEastern Asia	28.5	0.91
105	UkraineUKREastern Europe	28.3	1.35
106	CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe	28.1	2.38
107	PolandPOLEastern Europe	28.0	0.68
108	JapanJPNEastern Asia	27.7	1.08
109	LatviaLVANorthern Europe	26.9	1.56
110	HungaryHUNEastern Europe	26.8	0.77
111	NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe	26.2	0.82
112	GermanyDEUWestern Europe	25.8	0.73
113	LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe	24.7	0.85
114	RomaniaROUEastern Europe	24.2	0.99
115	BelgiumBELWestern Europe	24.0	1.15
=116	IcelandISLNorthern Europe	23.5	0.92
=116	SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe	23.5	1.03
118	NorwayNORNorthern Europe	23.4	0.85
119	SwedenSWENorthern Europe	23.3	0.78
120	DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe	22.8	0.74
121	BelarusBLREastern Europe	22.2	1.35
122	FinlandFINNorthern Europe	21.9	0.64
123	CzechiaCZEEastern Europe	21.6	0.78
124	SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe	19.2	0.83

02In 1993

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline, then the highest and lowest on each other measure.

Highest

1Namibia65.8
2South Africa61.6
3Botswana56.5
4Brazil56.0
5Eswatini55.5

Lowest

124Slovakia19.2
123Czechia21.6
122Finland21.9
121Belarus22.2
120Denmark22.8

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 38.1. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Standard error of the estimate (Gini points)
HighestCentral African Republic4.38
LowestBrazil0.49
Middle country: 1.92

031992 → 1993

Since 1992

What changed between 1992 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+3 / −0countries joined / left
101values changed, of 121 in both
73 · 28rose · fell
20unchanged

Rose most

Russia28.4 → 32.7+4.3
Paraguay43.8 → 47.0+3.2
Kyrgyzstan28.8 → 31.0+2.2
Spain30.7 → 32.6+1.9
Ukraine26.4 → 28.3+1.9

Fell most

Denmark23.4 → 22.8−0.6
Kenya48.2 → 47.9−0.3
Portugal32.7 → 32.4−0.3
Sierra Leone44.6 → 44.3−0.3
Switzerland30.5 → 30.2−0.3

+ Belize

+ Namibia

+ Nicaragua

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.

04Caveats

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What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

The site’s method

One year of the 2026 release
Every year in this series comes from Frederick Solt’s 2026 release, recalculated on one method. It can differ from what was first published for 1993.
106 distinct values among 124
Values are stored exactly as published, to 1 decimal. 3 countries share 53.0. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
The position is ours
Frederick Solt 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.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 124 countries has every column.

05The files

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Cite this edition

Frederick Solt, University of Iowa (1993). Gini Index of Disposable Income (SWIID), 1993 [data set], describing 1993. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/gini-disposable-income/1993

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