Data for 2002

Gini Index of Disposable Income (SWIID), 2002

2002, as Frederick Solt’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Gini Index of Disposable Income (SWIID), 2002 covers 164 countries on 2 measures. Namibia is highest, at 65.6; Denmark is lowest, at 23.0. The middle country reads 39.9. Against 2001, 136 values changed (58 up, 78 down), 7 countries joined.

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Gini Index of Disposable Income (SWIID) · Data for 2002

HighestNamibia

65.6

LowestDenmark

23.0

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

164countries
2measures per country
2002the year it describes
122distinct values1 decimal, as published
Sep 29, 2026read from the publisher
Public domain or CC0licence

01Position · derived

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Every country and every column of Gini Index of Disposable Income (SWIID), 2002, 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), 2002: every country, as published by Frederick Solt, University of Iowa.
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1	NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa	65.6	2.76
2	South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa	62.6	1.98
3	EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa	58.3	3.85
4	BotswanaBWASouthern Africa	57.6	2.95
5	BoliviaBOLSouth America	54.2	1.28
=6	HaitiHTICaribbean	53.6	3.76
=6	ZambiaZMBEastern Africa	53.6	2.33
8	BrazilBRASouth America	52.9	0.40
=9	HondurasHNDCentral America	52.7	1.21
=9	ParaguayPRYSouth America	52.7	1.10
11	Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa	52.1	1.92
12	Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa	51.9	3.83
=13	ColombiaCOLSouth America	51.8	0.62
=13	PanamaPANCentral America	51.8	0.78
=13	PeruPERSouth America	51.8	0.87
16	BelizeBLZCentral America	51.1	2.87
17	Cabo VerdeCPVWestern Africa	50.9	2.36
18	LesothoLSOSouthern Africa	50.7	4.01
=19	EcuadorECUSouth America	50.4	1.45
=19	GuatemalaGTMCentral America	50.4	1.02
21	AngolaAGOMiddle Africa	50.3	3.17
=22	ChileCHLSouth America	50.2	1.21
=22	RwandaRWAEastern Africa	50.2	2.15
24	Puerto RicoPRICaribbean	50.1	2.66
25	Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVCTCaribbean	49.8	5.50
26	Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean	48.7	1.06
27	NicaraguaNICCentral America	48.3	1.74
28	SudanSDNNorthern Africa	48.2	3.39
29	ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa	48.1	3.29
30	MexicoMEXCentral America	47.9	1.18
31	Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia	47.5	3.80
=32	ArgentinaARGSouth America	47.1	1.10
=32	El SalvadorSLVCentral America	47.1	1.14
=32	GrenadaGRDCaribbean	47.1	3.56
=35	MalawiMWIEastern Africa	46.9	2.53
=35	Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia	46.9	2.15
37	Saint LuciaLCACaribbean	46.7	3.37
=38	GuyanaGUYSouth America	46.4	3.54
=38	KenyaKENEastern Africa	46.4	2.31
40	Costa RicaCRICentral America	46.0	1.05
41	Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa	45.9	2.36
42	MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa	45.8	2.01
=43	GambiaGMBWestern Africa	45.1	2.59
=43	IndiaINDSouthern Asia	45.1	1.39
45	JamaicaJAMCaribbean	44.8	1.70
=46	BarbadosBRBCaribbean	44.7	3.41
=46	DominicaDMACaribbean	44.7	4.12
48	BahamasBHSCaribbean	44.6	3.58
=49	CameroonCMRMiddle Africa	44.3	2.54
=49	UgandaUGAEastern Africa	44.3	1.91
51	MadagascarMDGEastern Africa	43.9	2.26
52	TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa	43.4	2.34
=53	BeninBENWestern Africa	43.3	2.42
=53	ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia	43.3	1.39
=55	MicronesiaFSMMicronesia	43.1	3.96
=55	Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean	43.1	3.53
57	UruguayURYSouth America	43.0	0.66
=58	PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia	42.8	2.08
=58	VenezuelaVENSouth America	42.8	1.08
=60	Saint Kitts and NevisKNACaribbean	42.7	4.90
=60	SamoaWSMPolynesia	42.7	3.17
=60	TajikistanTJKCentral Asia	42.7	2.13
63	Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa	42.5	2.90
64	NigeriaNGAWestern Africa	42.4	2.32
=65	GhanaGHAWestern Africa	42.1	2.38
=65	MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia	42.1	2.07
67	IranIRNSouthern Asia	42.0	1.19
68	GuineaGINWestern Africa	41.8	2.12
69	SenegalSENWestern Africa	41.7	2.50
70	DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa	41.4	2.78
71	Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa	41.3	2.37
72	ChinaCHNEastern Asia	41.2	0.65
=73	MaliMLIWestern Africa	40.9	1.92
=73	MoroccoMARNorthern Africa	40.9	2.27
=75	TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa	40.8	2.41
=75	TürkiyeTURWestern Asia	40.8	1.84
=77	IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia	40.7	1.29
=77	TuvaluTUVPolynesia	40.7	3.82
79	MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa	40.5	1.98
80	SeychellesSYCEastern Africa	40.4	3.33
81	FijiFJIMelanesia	40.2	2.44
=82	Hong KongHKGEastern Asia	39.9	2.42
=82	NigerNERWestern Africa	39.9	2.63
84	GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia	39.2	1.25
=85	ArmeniaARMWestern Asia	39.0	1.24
=85	BurundiBDIEastern Africa	39.0	2.76
87	MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia	38.8	2.81
88	SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia	38.6	1.45
89	QatarQATWestern Asia	38.4	3.70
90	NepalNPLSouthern Asia	38.3	2.50
=91	JordanJORWestern Asia	38.2	0.95
=91	MoldovaMDAEastern Europe	38.2	1.20
93	Bosnia and HerzegovinaBIHSouthern Europe	38.1	2.56
94	OmanOMNWestern Asia	38.0	3.00
95	LebanonLBNWestern Asia	37.7	3.07
96	PalestinePSEWestern Asia	37.6	1.95
=97	MauritiusMUSEastern Africa	37.4	2.38
=97	United StatesUSANorthern America	37.4	0.52
99	AnguillaAIACaribbean	37.2	3.55
100	VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia	36.9	1.34
=101	CambodiaKHMSouth-eastern Asia	36.8	3.77
=101	SyriaSYRWestern Asia	36.8	2.43
103	AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe	36.7	2.12
104	YemenYEMWestern Asia	36.6	2.63
105	TongaTONPolynesia	36.5	2.48
106	RussiaRUSEastern Europe	36.1	1.04
107	IsraelISRWestern Asia	35.8	0.80
108	SomaliaSOMEastern Africa	35.5	4.87
109	AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa	35.4	3.03
110	LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia	35.1	2.06
111	TurkmenistanTKMCentral Asia	35.0	2.76
=112	GreenlandGRLNorthern America	34.6	2.21
=112	KyrgyzstanKGZCentral Asia	34.6	1.04
=112	Timor-LesteTLSSouth-eastern Asia	34.6	2.84
115	EstoniaESTNorthern Europe	34.5	0.94
=116	MongoliaMNGEastern Asia	34.1	2.20
=116	PakistanPAKSouthern Asia	34.1	1.70
118	SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe	33.8	1.29
=119	BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia	33.7	2.10
=119	LatviaLVANorthern Europe	33.7	1.40
=119	São Tomé and PríncipeSTPMiddle Africa	33.7	3.06
=119	United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe	33.7	0.71
123	GreeceGRCSouthern Europe	33.5	0.93
124	UzbekistanUZBCentral Asia	33.4	1.39
=125	BulgariaBGREastern Europe	33.0	1.50
=125	ItalyITASouthern Europe	33.0	0.99
=127	North MacedoniaMKDSouthern Europe	32.9	1.41
=127	South KoreaKOREastern Asia	32.9	1.16
129	New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand	32.7	1.38
=130	EgyptEGYNorthern Africa	32.5	1.36
=130	EthiopiaETHEastern Africa	32.5	2.05
132	PortugalPRTSouthern Europe	32.4	1.50
133	LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe	32.3	1.25
=134	AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand	31.7	0.99
=134	CanadaCANNorthern America	31.7	0.72
=136	IrelandIRLNorthern Europe	31.3	1.07
=136	KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia	31.3	1.13
138	RomaniaROUEastern Europe	30.8	1.02
=139	PolandPOLEastern Europe	30.6	0.84
=139	SpainESPSouthern Europe	30.6	0.72
141	TaiwanTWNEastern Asia	30.4	0.98
142	JapanJPNEastern Asia	30.3	1.10
143	AndorraANDSouthern Europe	29.9	2.97
144	UkraineUKREastern Europe	29.8	1.07
=145	AzerbaijanAZEWestern Asia	29.1	1.60
=145	CyprusCYPWestern Asia	29.1	2.46
147	FranceFRAWestern Europe	29.0	0.47
148	HungaryHUNEastern Europe	27.7	0.98
149	SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe	27.5	0.92
150	IcelandISLNorthern Europe	27.0	0.96
151	GermanyDEUWestern Europe	26.9	0.60
=152	CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe	26.6	1.36
=152	LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe	26.6	0.91
154	SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe	26.5	1.23
=155	AustriaAUTWestern Europe	26.3	1.11
=155	NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe	26.3	1.29
157	BelgiumBELWestern Europe	26.2	1.24
158	NorwayNORNorthern Europe	25.9	0.84
159	CzechiaCZEEastern Europe	25.5	0.83
160	BelarusBLREastern Europe	25.2	0.89
161	FinlandFINNorthern Europe	24.9	0.69
162	SwedenSWENorthern Europe	24.5	0.45
163	SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe	23.1	0.88
164	DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe	23.0	0.95

02In 2002

At either end

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

Highest

1Namibia65.6
2South Africa62.6
3Eswatini58.3
4Botswana57.6
5Bolivia54.2

Lowest

164Denmark23.0
163Slovenia23.1
162Sweden24.5
161Finland24.9
160Belarus25.2

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 39.9. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Standard error of the estimate (Gini points)
HighestSaint Vincent and the Grenadines5.50
LowestBrazil0.40
Middle country: 1.94

032001 → 2002

Since 2001

What changed between 2001 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+7 / −0countries joined / left
136values changed, of 157 in both
58 · 78rose · fell
21unchanged

Rose most

Norway24.6 → 25.9+1.3
China40.1 → 41.2+1.1
India44.1 → 45.1+1.0
Peru50.9 → 51.8+0.9
Côte d’Ivoire51.3 → 52.1+0.8

Fell most

Azerbaijan30.6 → 29.1−1.5
United Kingdom34.6 → 33.7−0.9
Brazil53.6 → 52.9−0.7
Nicaragua49.0 → 48.3−0.7
Armenia39.6 → 39.0−0.6

+ Anguilla

+ Benin

+ Dominica

+ Greenland

+ Maldives

+ Somalia

+ Samoa

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 2002.
122 distinct values among 164
Values are stored exactly as published, to 1 decimal. 4 countries share 33.7. 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 164 countries has every column.

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Frederick Solt, University of Iowa (2002). Gini Index of Disposable Income (SWIID), 2002 [data set], describing 2002. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/gini-disposable-income/2002

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