Data for 1999

Gini Index of Disposable Income (SWIID), 1999

1999, as Frederick Solt’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Gini Index of Disposable Income (SWIID), 1999 covers 150 countries on 2 measures. Namibia is highest, at 65.7; Denmark is lowest, at 22.6. The middle country reads 40.0. Against 1998, 121 values changed (71 up, 50 down), 3 countries joined.

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Gini Index of Disposable Income (SWIID) · Data for 1999

HighestNamibia

65.7

LowestDenmark

22.6

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

150countries
2measures per country
1999the year it describes
120distinct 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), 1999, 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), 1999: every country, as published by Frederick Solt, University of Iowa.
derived
1	NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa	65.7	3.01
2	South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa	61.9	1.94
3	EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa	57.7	3.79
4	BotswanaBWASouthern Africa	57.2	3.11
5	BrazilBRASouth America	54.9	0.44
6	BoliviaBOLSouth America	53.8	1.27
7	ZambiaZMBEastern Africa	53.4	2.37
8	ParaguayPRYSouth America	53.1	1.20
=9	Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa	52.1	4.08
=9	HondurasHNDCentral America	52.1	1.58
11	BelizeBLZCentral America	52.0	2.69
=12	PanamaPANCentral America	51.7	0.78
=12	PeruPERSouth America	51.7	0.95
=14	ColombiaCOLSouth America	51.6	1.37
=14	LesothoLSOSouthern Africa	51.6	4.10
16	EcuadorECUSouth America	51.5	1.59
17	ChileCHLSouth America	50.8	1.21
18	Cabo VerdeCPVWestern Africa	50.7	2.72
19	GuatemalaGTMCentral America	50.5	1.37
20	Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVCTCaribbean	50.1	5.51
21	NicaraguaNICCentral America	50.0	1.75
=22	Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa	49.9	2.03
=22	Puerto RicoPRICaribbean	49.9	2.88
=24	MexicoMEXCentral America	49.1	1.31
=24	RwandaRWAEastern Africa	49.1	2.41
26	MalawiMWIEastern Africa	48.7	2.76
27	ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa	48.2	3.35
28	Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean	48.0	1.35
29	El SalvadorSLVCentral America	47.9	1.43
30	SudanSDNNorthern Africa	47.7	3.72
31	Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia	47.5	3.81
32	GrenadaGRDCaribbean	47.4	3.59
33	Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa	47.0	2.38
34	KenyaKENEastern Africa	46.8	2.24
35	Saint LuciaLCACaribbean	46.5	3.43
36	ArgentinaARGSouth America	46.4	1.12
37	GuyanaGUYSouth America	45.8	3.20
38	Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia	45.7	2.35
39	GambiaGMBWestern Africa	45.6	2.76
40	MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa	45.5	2.23
41	BarbadosBRBCaribbean	44.8	3.39
42	JamaicaJAMCaribbean	44.4	1.73
43	CameroonCMRMiddle Africa	44.2	2.69
44	Costa RicaCRICentral America	44.0	1.08
=45	MadagascarMDGEastern Africa	43.9	2.32
=45	ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia	43.9	1.45
47	UgandaUGAEastern Africa	43.4	2.09
48	VenezuelaVENSouth America	43.2	1.16
=49	MicronesiaFSMMicronesia	43.1	4.00
=49	PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia	43.1	2.08
=49	Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa	43.1	3.19
=52	NigeriaNGAWestern Africa	42.9	2.68
=52	TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa	42.9	2.37
=52	Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean	42.9	3.45
55	IndiaINDSouthern Asia	42.8	1.60
=56	GuineaGINWestern Africa	42.6	2.41
=56	MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia	42.6	2.07
58	IranIRNSouthern Asia	42.4	1.20
59	SenegalSENWestern Africa	42.0	2.63
60	Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa	41.9	2.76
61	MaliMLIWestern Africa	41.6	2.32
=62	GhanaGHAWestern Africa	41.3	2.26
=62	TürkiyeTURWestern Asia	41.3	2.20
=64	IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia	41.1	1.34
=64	TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa	41.1	2.55
66	DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa	41.0	3.07
=67	MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa	40.9	2.01
=67	TuvaluTUVPolynesia	40.9	3.94
=69	FijiFJIMelanesia	40.7	2.85
=69	MoroccoMARNorthern Africa	40.7	2.00
=71	TajikistanTJKCentral Asia	40.6	2.06
=71	UruguayURYSouth America	40.6	0.95
73	SeychellesSYCEastern Africa	40.5	3.47
74	ArmeniaARMWestern Asia	40.4	1.45
75	Turks and Caicos IslandsTCACaribbean	40.2	5.62
76	NigerNERWestern Africa	39.8	2.90
77	Hong KongHKGEastern Asia	39.6	2.47
78	BurundiBDIEastern Africa	39.5	2.63
79	GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia	39.1	1.30
80	JordanJORWestern Asia	39.0	1.78
81	MoldovaMDAEastern Europe	38.6	1.35
82	SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia	38.4	1.83
83	QatarQATWestern Asia	38.3	3.84
84	LebanonLBNWestern Asia	38.1	3.32
85	ChinaCHNEastern Asia	38.0	1.05
86	NepalNPLSouthern Asia	37.9	2.48
87	MauritiusMUSEastern Africa	37.4	2.56
88	PalestinePSEWestern Asia	37.2	2.01
89	CambodiaKHMSouth-eastern Asia	37.1	3.83
90	United StatesUSANorthern America	36.8	0.62
91	RussiaRUSEastern Europe	36.6	1.12
92	KyrgyzstanKGZCentral Asia	36.5	1.12
=93	TongaTONPolynesia	36.4	2.59
=93	YemenYEMWestern Asia	36.4	2.42
=95	SyriaSYRWestern Asia	36.3	2.51
=95	VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia	36.3	1.63
=97	AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe	36.2	2.39
=97	KuwaitKWTWestern Asia	36.2	3.51
99	AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa	35.8	2.87
100	LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia	35.0	2.17
=101	EstoniaESTNorthern Europe	34.7	1.06
=101	United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe	34.7	0.73
103	IsraelISRWestern Asia	34.5	1.28
104	TurkmenistanTKMCentral Asia	34.4	2.43
105	UzbekistanUZBCentral Asia	34.3	1.72
106	PakistanPAKSouthern Asia	34.2	1.82
107	GreeceGRCSouthern Europe	34.1	1.05
108	MongoliaMNGEastern Asia	33.9	2.36
=109	ItalyITASouthern Europe	33.7	1.22
=109	South KoreaKOREastern Asia	33.7	1.09
111	BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia	33.3	1.96
112	EthiopiaETHEastern Africa	33.0	1.95
113	New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand	32.9	1.30
114	EgyptEGYNorthern Africa	32.7	0.89
=115	BulgariaBGREastern Europe	32.5	1.56
=115	SpainESPSouthern Europe	32.5	1.11
117	IrelandIRLNorthern Europe	32.0	1.56
118	LatviaLVANorthern Europe	31.9	1.50
119	LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe	31.7	1.35
=120	AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand	31.5	1.28
=120	KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia	31.5	1.65
=122	PortugalPRTSouthern Europe	31.4	1.63
=122	SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe	31.4	1.49
124	CanadaCANNorthern America	31.2	0.71
125	North MacedoniaMKDSouthern Europe	31.1	1.56
126	AzerbaijanAZEWestern Asia	31.0	1.81
127	UkraineUKREastern Europe	30.3	1.17
128	JapanJPNEastern Asia	29.6	1.19
129	CyprusCYPWestern Asia	29.3	2.66
=130	PolandPOLEastern Europe	29.1	0.54
=130	RomaniaROUEastern Europe	29.1	1.00
=130	TaiwanTWNEastern Asia	29.1	0.84
133	FranceFRAWestern Europe	29.0	0.35
134	SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe	28.4	1.44
135	HungaryHUNEastern Europe	28.1	0.98
136	CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe	27.9	1.57
137	AustriaAUTWestern Europe	26.2	0.98
138	LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe	26.1	0.91
=139	GermanyDEUWestern Europe	25.9	0.58
=139	IcelandISLNorthern Europe	25.9	0.99
141	BelgiumBELWestern Europe	25.7	1.46
=142	BelarusBLREastern Europe	25.4	0.91
=142	SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe	25.4	1.27
144	SwedenSWENorthern Europe	25.2	0.93
=145	CzechiaCZEEastern Europe	24.8	1.16
=145	NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe	24.8	0.82
=147	FinlandFINNorthern Europe	24.6	0.66
=147	NorwayNORNorthern Europe	24.6	0.85
149	SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe	23.2	0.83
150	DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe	22.6	0.83

02In 1999

At either end

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

Highest

1Namibia65.7
2South Africa61.9
3Eswatini57.7
4Botswana57.2
5Brazil54.9

Lowest

150Denmark22.6
149Slovenia23.2
147Norwayshared24.6
147Finlandshared24.6
145Netherlandsshared24.8

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 40.0. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Standard error of the estimate (Gini points)
HighestTurks and Caicos Islands5.62
LowestFrance0.35
Middle country: 1.80

031998 → 1999

Since 1998

What changed between 1998 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+3 / −0countries joined / left
121values changed, of 147 in both
71 · 50rose · fell
26unchanged

Rose most

Tajikistan39.7 → 40.6+0.9
China37.2 → 38.0+0.8
Costa Rica43.3 → 44.0+0.7
France28.3 → 29.0+0.7
Iceland25.2 → 25.9+0.7

Fell most

Brazil55.7 → 54.9−0.8
Spain33.0 → 32.5−0.5
Malawi49.2 → 48.7−0.5
Croatia28.3 → 27.9−0.4
Ethiopia33.4 → 33.0−0.4

+ Cabo Verde

+ Seychelles

+ Turks and Caicos Islands

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

Read before you use

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 1999.
120 distinct values among 150
Values are stored exactly as published, to 1 decimal. 3 countries share 43.1. 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 150 countries has every column.

05The files

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Cite this edition

Frederick Solt, University of Iowa (1999). Gini Index of Disposable Income (SWIID), 1999 [data set], describing 1999. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/gini-disposable-income/1999

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