Data for 2004

Gini Index of Disposable Income (SWIID), 2004

2004, as Frederick Solt’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Gini Index of Disposable Income (SWIID), 2004 covers 169 countries on 2 measures. Namibia is highest, at 65.6; Denmark is lowest, at 23.1. The middle country reads 40.0. Against 2003, 137 values changed (71 up, 66 down), 2 countries joined.

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Gini Index of Disposable Income (SWIID) · Data for 2004

HighestNamibia

65.6

LowestDenmark

23.1

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

169countries
2measures per country
2004the year it describes
123distinct 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), 2004, 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), 2004: every country, as published by Frederick Solt, University of Iowa.
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1	NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa	65.6	2.57
2	South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa	63.1	1.92
3	EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa	58.6	3.86
4	BotswanaBWASouthern Africa	57.4	2.99
5	ZambiaZMBEastern Africa	54.3	2.31
6	HaitiHTICaribbean	53.8	3.72
7	HondurasHNDCentral America	53.3	1.19
8	BoliviaBOLSouth America	53.1	1.33
=9	Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa	52.3	2.11
=9	PeruPERSouth America	52.3	0.98
11	Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa	51.9	3.66
12	ParaguayPRYSouth America	51.7	1.22
13	BrazilBRASouth America	51.3	0.42
14	ColombiaCOLSouth America	51.2	0.51
15	PanamaPANCentral America	50.9	0.78
16	BelizeBLZCentral America	50.8	3.10
=17	Cabo VerdeCPVWestern Africa	50.5	2.42
=17	LesothoLSOSouthern Africa	50.5	4.09
=17	RwandaRWAEastern Africa	50.5	2.10
=20	AngolaAGOMiddle Africa	50.2	3.04
=20	ComorosCOMEastern Africa	50.2	3.45
=20	Puerto RicoPRICaribbean	50.2	2.44
=23	EcuadorECUSouth America	49.6	1.19
=23	Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVCTCaribbean	49.6	5.47
25	Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean	49.5	1.04
26	ChileCHLSouth America	49.3	1.15
27	SudanSDNNorthern Africa	48.6	3.13
28	GuatemalaGTMCentral America	48.4	1.07
29	ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa	47.9	3.29
30	IndiaINDSouthern Asia	47.6	0.87
31	Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia	47.5	3.78
32	Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia	47.3	2.19
33	MexicoMEXCentral America	47.1	0.86
=34	GrenadaGRDCaribbean	46.9	3.51
=34	NicaraguaNICCentral America	46.9	1.72
=34	Saint LuciaLCACaribbean	46.9	3.29
37	GuyanaGUYSouth America	46.7	3.72
38	KenyaKENEastern Africa	46.1	2.27
=39	MalawiMWIEastern Africa	45.7	2.25
=39	MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa	45.7	1.97
=41	ArgentinaARGSouth America	45.5	1.11
=41	Costa RicaCRICentral America	45.5	1.06
=41	El SalvadorSLVCentral America	45.5	1.12
44	DominicaDMACaribbean	45.2	4.10
45	Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa	45.0	2.36
=46	BarbadosBRBCaribbean	44.6	3.40
=46	GambiaGMBWestern Africa	44.6	2.53
=46	JamaicaJAMCaribbean	44.6	1.77
=49	CameroonCMRMiddle Africa	44.4	2.62
=49	UgandaUGAEastern Africa	44.4	1.92
51	BahamasBHSCaribbean	44.2	3.51
52	TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa	43.9	2.40
53	BeninBENWestern Africa	43.8	2.24
=54	DR CongoCODMiddle Africa	43.6	2.94
=54	TajikistanTJKCentral Asia	43.6	2.14
56	MadagascarMDGEastern Africa	43.5	2.30
57	Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean	43.3	3.53
=58	MicronesiaFSMMicronesia	43.1	3.87
=58	UruguayURYSouth America	43.1	0.67
60	ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia	43.0	1.44
61	Saint Kitts and NevisKNACaribbean	42.8	4.94
62	SamoaWSMPolynesia	42.7	3.18
=63	GhanaGHAWestern Africa	42.6	2.34
=63	PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia	42.6	2.06
65	ChinaCHNEastern Asia	42.2	1.12
66	NigeriaNGAWestern Africa	42.1	2.13
67	VenezuelaVENSouth America	42.0	1.05
68	Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa	41.9	2.77
=69	DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa	41.7	2.82
=69	Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa	41.7	2.47
71	MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia	41.6	2.01
72	SenegalSENWestern Africa	41.4	2.48
=73	ChadTCDMiddle Africa	41.3	2.84
=73	IranIRNSouthern Asia	41.3	1.23
75	IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia	41.0	1.42
76	MoroccoMARNorthern Africa	40.9	2.39
=77	BhutanBTNSouthern Asia	40.8	2.55
=77	GuineaGINWestern Africa	40.8	2.12
=79	TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa	40.6	2.23
=79	TürkiyeTURWestern Asia	40.6	1.64
=79	TuvaluTUVPolynesia	40.6	3.70
82	MaliMLIWestern Africa	40.5	1.84
=83	MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa	40.3	1.88
=83	SeychellesSYCEastern Africa	40.3	3.18
=85	FijiFJIMelanesia	40.0	2.43
=85	Hong KongHKGEastern Asia	40.0	2.45
=85	NigerNERWestern Africa	40.0	2.37
88	GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia	39.5	1.38
89	Bosnia and HerzegovinaBIHSouthern Europe	38.9	2.42
90	SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia	38.8	1.39
=91	BurundiBDIEastern Africa	38.6	2.74
=91	MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia	38.6	2.67
=93	ArmeniaARMWestern Asia	38.4	1.18
=93	QatarQATWestern Asia	38.4	3.54
95	NepalNPLSouthern Asia	38.3	2.41
=96	JordanJORWestern Asia	37.9	1.32
=96	PalestinePSEWestern Asia	37.9	1.65
=96	United StatesUSANorthern America	37.9	0.57
99	MoldovaMDAEastern Europe	37.6	1.26
=100	AnguillaAIACaribbean	37.5	3.73
=100	MauritiusMUSEastern Africa	37.5	2.36
=100	OmanOMNWestern Asia	37.5	2.91
103	LebanonLBNWestern Asia	37.4	2.81
104	VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia	37.2	1.19
105	SyriaSYRWestern Asia	37.0	2.26
=106	AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe	36.9	2.14
=106	IsraelISRWestern Asia	36.9	0.87
=106	RussiaRUSEastern Europe	36.9	0.98
109	YemenYEMWestern Asia	36.8	2.70
=110	CambodiaKHMSouth-eastern Asia	36.6	3.71
=110	TongaTONPolynesia	36.6	2.58
=112	LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia	35.4	2.17
=112	TurkmenistanTKMCentral Asia	35.4	2.91
114	KyrgyzstanKGZCentral Asia	35.2	1.13
115	AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa	35.1	3.04
116	SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe	34.9	1.19
117	LatviaLVANorthern Europe	34.8	1.22
118	GreenlandGRLNorthern America	34.6	1.93
=119	MongoliaMNGEastern Asia	34.2	2.13
=119	PakistanPAKSouthern Asia	34.2	1.66
=121	North MacedoniaMKDSouthern Europe	34.1	1.46
=121	Timor-LesteTLSSouth-eastern Asia	34.1	2.79
=123	BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia	34.0	2.17
=123	EstoniaESTNorthern Europe	34.0	0.93
125	São Tomé and PríncipeSTPMiddle Africa	33.7	3.13
=126	LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe	33.4	0.95
=126	PortugalPRTSouthern Europe	33.4	1.25
128	UzbekistanUZBCentral Asia	33.3	1.77
=129	BulgariaBGREastern Europe	33.1	1.45
=129	GreeceGRCSouthern Europe	33.1	0.82
131	United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe	32.9	0.60
132	ItalyITASouthern Europe	32.6	1.01
=133	New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand	32.5	1.32
=133	SpainESPSouthern Europe	32.5	0.69
135	LibyaLBYNorthern Africa	32.4	3.68
136	EthiopiaETHEastern Africa	32.3	1.94
=137	EgyptEGYNorthern Africa	32.0	0.88
=137	South KoreaKOREastern Asia	32.0	1.12
139	CanadaCANNorthern America	31.9	0.71
140	RomaniaROUEastern Europe	31.8	1.09
141	AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand	31.7	0.66
142	PolandPOLEastern Europe	31.5	0.51
143	IrelandIRLNorthern Europe	31.4	1.19
144	KosovoXKXSouthern Europe	31.3	2.58
145	JapanJPNEastern Asia	30.7	0.98
146	KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia	30.6	1.17
147	TaiwanTWNEastern Asia	30.5	0.89
148	AndorraANDSouthern Europe	30.0	3.16
149	UkraineUKREastern Europe	29.3	1.27
150	FranceFRAWestern Europe	29.0	0.53
151	CyprusCYPWestern Asia	28.9	2.18
152	HungaryHUNEastern Europe	28.3	0.91
153	AzerbaijanAZEWestern Asia	27.9	1.79
154	SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe	27.6	0.86
=155	GermanyDEUWestern Europe	27.3	0.58
=155	IcelandISLNorthern Europe	27.3	1.06
=157	LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe	26.8	0.97
=157	SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe	26.8	0.87
=159	BelgiumBELWestern Europe	26.7	0.92
=159	NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe	26.7	1.02
161	AustriaAUTWestern Europe	26.6	0.78
=162	CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe	26.4	1.29
=162	NorwayNORNorthern Europe	26.4	0.81
164	CzechiaCZEEastern Europe	25.8	0.95
165	FinlandFINNorthern Europe	25.4	0.81
166	BelarusBLREastern Europe	24.5	0.94
167	SwedenSWENorthern Europe	24.1	0.50
168	SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe	23.3	0.69
169	DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe	23.1	0.32

02In 2004

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 Africa63.1
3Eswatini58.6
4Botswana57.4
5Zambia54.3

Lowest

169Denmark23.1
168Slovenia23.3
167Sweden24.1
166Belarus24.5
165Finland25.4

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)
HighestSaint Vincent and the Grenadines5.47
LowestDenmark0.32
Middle country: 1.93

032003 → 2004

Since 2003

What changed between 2003 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+2 / −0countries joined / left
137values changed, of 167 in both
71 · 66rose · fell
30unchanged

Rose most

India46.3 → 47.6+1.3
Spain31.7 → 32.5+0.8
Kyrgyzstan34.5 → 35.2+0.7
Lithuania32.8 → 33.4+0.6
North Macedonia33.5 → 34.1+0.6

Fell most

Guatemala49.5 → 48.4−1.1
Argentina46.5 → 45.5−1.0
El Salvador46.4 → 45.5−0.9
Brazil52.0 → 51.3−0.7
Nicaragua47.6 → 46.9−0.7

+ DR Congo

+ Comoros

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 2004.
123 distinct values among 169
Values are stored exactly as published, to 1 decimal. 3 countries share 50.5. 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 169 countries has every column.

05The files

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