Data for 1994

Gini Index of Disposable Income (SWIID), 1994

1994, as Frederick Solt’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Gini Index of Disposable Income (SWIID), 1994 covers 130 countries on 2 measures. Namibia is highest, at 65.9; Slovakia is lowest, at 20.7. The middle country reads 38.6. Against 1993, 103 values changed (74 up, 29 down), 6 countries joined.

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Gini Index of Disposable Income (SWIID) · Data for 1994

HighestNamibia

65.9

LowestSlovakia

20.7

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

130countries
2measures per country
1994the year it describes
108distinct 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), 1994, 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), 1994: every country, as published by Frederick Solt, University of Iowa.
derived
1	NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa	65.9	3.19
2	South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa	61.6	1.74
3	BotswanaBWASouthern Africa	56.5	3.10
4	BrazilBRASouth America	56.3	0.82
5	EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa	56.1	3.86
6	ZambiaZMBEastern Africa	53.4	2.61
7	BelizeBLZCentral America	53.1	2.81
8	LesothoLSOSouthern Africa	53.0	3.99
9	PeruPERSouth America	52.8	1.84
10	Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa	52.2	4.32
11	PanamaPANCentral America	51.7	1.09
12	NicaraguaNICCentral America	51.5	1.99
13	HondurasHNDCentral America	51.3	1.77
14	ColombiaCOLSouth America	51.0	1.90
15	ChileCHLSouth America	50.7	0.88
16	EcuadorECUSouth America	50.6	2.60
17	GuatemalaGTMCentral America	50.5	2.16
=18	BoliviaBOLSouth America	50.2	1.68
=18	ParaguayPRYSouth America	50.2	1.15
20	MalawiMWIEastern Africa	49.8	3.14
21	MexicoMEXCentral America	49.5	1.27
22	Puerto RicoPRICaribbean	49.3	3.27
23	Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa	48.1	2.13
24	El SalvadorSLVCentral America	47.7	2.14
25	KenyaKENEastern Africa	47.6	2.33
26	Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa	47.3	2.74
27	SudanSDNNorthern Africa	46.9	4.11
28	RwandaRWAEastern Africa	46.5	3.03
29	Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean	46.4	1.79
30	GambiaGMBWestern Africa	45.7	3.21
31	GuyanaGUYSouth America	45.1	3.11
32	BarbadosBRBCaribbean	44.9	3.47
33	ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia	44.5	1.59
34	Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa	44.1	3.53
35	MadagascarMDGEastern Africa	44.0	2.75
36	GuineaGINWestern Africa	43.9	2.43
37	Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia	43.8	2.25
38	JamaicaJAMCaribbean	43.7	1.91
39	ArgentinaARGSouth America	43.6	1.15
40	NigeriaNGAWestern Africa	43.4	3.00
41	MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia	43.3	2.04
42	Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa	43.1	3.08
43	MaliMLIWestern Africa	42.9	2.92
=44	IranIRNSouthern Asia	42.7	1.20
=44	PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia	42.7	2.11
=44	UgandaUGAEastern Africa	42.7	2.42
47	Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean	42.6	3.14
48	SenegalSENWestern Africa	42.4	2.75
49	Costa RicaCRICentral America	42.3	1.10
50	IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia	42.2	1.54
51	TürkiyeTURWestern Asia	42.1	2.12
=52	TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa	41.9	2.54
=52	VenezuelaVENSouth America	41.9	1.43
54	FijiFJIMelanesia	41.6	3.10
=55	IndiaINDSouthern Asia	41.5	1.34
=55	MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa	41.5	2.45
=55	TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa	41.5	2.72
58	TuvaluTUVPolynesia	41.2	4.01
59	MoroccoMARNorthern Africa	40.5	2.34
60	JordanJORWestern Asia	40.4	2.16
61	GhanaGHAWestern Africa	40.3	2.35
62	NigerNERWestern Africa	39.7	2.98
63	UruguayURYSouth America	39.1	1.04
64	Hong KongHKGEastern Asia	39.0	2.68
65	BurundiBDIEastern Africa	38.9	3.02
66	QatarQATWestern Asia	38.3	3.99
67	SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia	38.0	2.48
=68	MauritiusMUSEastern Africa	37.4	2.71
=68	NepalNPLSouthern Asia	37.4	2.45
70	United StatesUSANorthern America	36.8	0.59
71	YemenYEMWestern Asia	36.7	2.85
72	AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa	36.5	2.61
=73	ArmeniaARMWestern Asia	36.4	1.90
=73	KuwaitKWTWestern Asia	36.4	3.59
75	TajikistanTJKCentral Asia	36.1	2.31
76	VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia	35.9	1.91
=77	ChinaCHNEastern Asia	35.8	1.11
=77	TongaTONPolynesia	35.8	2.86
79	RussiaRUSEastern Europe	35.4	0.98
80	MoldovaMDAEastern Europe	35.1	2.05
81	GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia	35.0	1.82
82	LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia	34.5	2.31
83	PakistanPAKSouthern Asia	34.2	1.91
84	GreeceGRCSouthern Europe	33.9	1.08
85	United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe	33.7	0.66
86	KyrgyzstanKGZCentral Asia	33.3	1.37
=87	ItalyITASouthern Europe	33.2	1.14
=87	SpainESPSouthern Europe	33.2	0.93
89	IrelandIRLNorthern Europe	33.1	1.39
=90	IsraelISRWestern Asia	32.5	1.30
=90	UzbekistanUZBCentral Asia	32.5	1.98
=92	EgyptEGYNorthern Africa	32.3	1.77
=92	EstoniaESTNorthern Europe	32.3	1.37
=92	TurkmenistanTKMCentral Asia	32.3	1.94
95	New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand	32.2	1.03
=96	AzerbaijanAZEWestern Asia	32.0	1.85
=96	PortugalPRTSouthern Europe	32.0	1.95
=96	South KoreaKOREastern Asia	32.0	1.05
99	BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia	31.7	2.01
100	BulgariaBGREastern Europe	30.8	1.42
=101	AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand	30.5	0.76
=101	AustriaAUTWestern Europe	30.5	0.86
=101	LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe	30.5	1.57
104	KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia	30.3	1.65
105	UkraineUKREastern Europe	30.1	1.40
=106	North MacedoniaMKDSouthern Europe	29.9	2.04
=106	SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe	29.9	1.82
108	CyprusCYPWestern Asia	29.7	2.62
109	PolandPOLEastern Europe	29.3	0.68
=110	FranceFRAWestern Europe	28.8	1.33
=110	TaiwanTWNEastern Asia	28.8	0.85
112	CanadaCANNorthern America	28.6	0.39
=113	CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe	28.1	2.31
=113	HungaryHUNEastern Europe	28.1	0.89
=115	JapanJPNEastern Asia	27.9	1.12
=115	LatviaLVANorthern Europe	27.9	1.53
117	NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe	26.4	1.07
=118	GermanyDEUWestern Europe	25.8	0.73
=118	RomaniaROUEastern Europe	25.8	0.88
120	LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe	25.1	0.80
121	BelgiumBELWestern Europe	24.6	1.24
122	NorwayNORNorthern Europe	24.0	0.79
123	SwedenSWENorthern Europe	23.6	0.79
124	IcelandISLNorthern Europe	23.4	0.91
125	SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe	23.2	1.05
126	BelarusBLREastern Europe	23.0	1.29
127	CzechiaCZEEastern Europe	22.9	0.99
128	DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe	22.2	0.74
129	FinlandFINNorthern Europe	22.1	0.64
130	SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe	20.7	1.13

02In 1994

At either end

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

Highest

1Namibia65.9
2South Africa61.6
3Botswana56.5
4Brazil56.3
5Eswatini56.1

Lowest

130Slovakia20.7
129Finland22.1
128Denmark22.2
127Czechia22.9
126Belarus23.0

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 38.6. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Standard error of the estimate (Gini points)
HighestCentral African Republic4.32
LowestCanada0.39
Middle country: 1.91

031993 → 1994

Since 1993

What changed between 1993 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+6 / −0countries joined / left
103values changed, of 124 in both
74 · 29rose · fell
21unchanged

Rose most

Paraguay47.0 → 50.2+3.2
Russia32.7 → 35.4+2.7
Kyrgyzstan31.0 → 33.3+2.3
Ukraine28.3 → 30.1+1.8
Romania24.2 → 25.8+1.6

Fell most

Denmark22.8 → 22.2−0.6
Portugal32.4 → 32.0−0.4
Jordan40.7 → 40.4−0.3
Switzerland30.2 → 29.9−0.3
Slovenia23.5 → 23.2−0.3

+ Austria

+ Burkina Faso

+ Ecuador

+ North Macedonia

+ Mali

+ Tuvalu

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 1994.
108 distinct values among 130
Values are stored exactly as published, to 1 decimal. 3 countries share 42.7. 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 130 countries has every column.

05The files

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Cite this edition

Frederick Solt, University of Iowa (1994). Gini Index of Disposable Income (SWIID), 1994 [data set], describing 1994. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/gini-disposable-income/1994

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