Data for 2006

Gini Index of Disposable Income (SWIID), 2006

2006, as Frederick Solt’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Gini Index of Disposable Income (SWIID), 2006 covers 182 countries on 2 measures. Namibia is highest, at 65.4; Slovenia is lowest, at 23.6. The middle country reads 39.8. Against 2005, 153 values changed (69 up, 84 down), 8 countries joined, 2 left.

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Gini Index of Disposable Income (SWIID) · Data for 2006

HighestNamibia

65.4

LowestSlovenia

23.6

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

182countries
2measures per country
2006the year it describes
140distinct 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), 2006, 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), 2006: every country, as published by Frederick Solt, University of Iowa.
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1	NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa	65.4	2.65
2	South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa	63.6	1.80
3	EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa	58.9	3.90
4	BotswanaBWASouthern Africa	57.4	3.09
5	ZambiaZMBEastern Africa	54.8	2.34
6	HaitiHTICaribbean	53.9	3.66
7	HondurasHNDCentral America	52.8	1.19
8	Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa	52.6	2.15
9	Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa	52.0	3.52
10	BoliviaBOLSouth America	51.7	1.15
11	ColombiaCOLSouth America	51.5	0.65
12	PeruPERSouth America	51.0	0.97
13	ParaguayPRYSouth America	50.7	1.26
14	RwandaRWAEastern Africa	50.6	2.12
15	BelizeBLZCentral America	50.5	3.22
16	Puerto RicoPRICaribbean	50.3	2.12
17	LesothoLSOSouthern Africa	50.2	4.17
=18	Cabo VerdeCPVWestern Africa	49.9	2.41
=18	PanamaPANCentral America	49.9	0.81
=20	AngolaAGOMiddle Africa	49.8	2.91
=20	Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean	49.8	1.03
=22	ComorosCOMEastern Africa	49.5	3.39
=22	Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVCTCaribbean	49.5	5.46
24	BrazilBRASouth America	49.3	0.40
25	SudanSDNNorthern Africa	48.9	2.79
26	EcuadorECUSouth America	48.6	1.05
27	GuatemalaGTMCentral America	48.2	1.39
28	ChileCHLSouth America	48.0	0.84
29	Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia	47.9	2.14
30	ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa	47.7	3.25
=31	IndiaINDSouthern Asia	47.4	1.25
=31	Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia	47.4	3.81
33	Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa	47.3	2.93
34	GuyanaGUYSouth America	47.1	3.92
35	Saint LuciaLCACaribbean	47.0	3.24
=36	GrenadaGRDCaribbean	46.7	3.45
=36	SurinameSURSouth America	46.7	4.62
38	MexicoMEXCentral America	46.5	0.92
39	MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa	45.9	2.01
40	DominicaDMACaribbean	45.7	4.05
=41	Costa RicaCRICentral America	45.6	1.07
=41	KenyaKENEastern Africa	45.6	2.32
=43	Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa	45.5	4.81
=43	NicaraguaNICCentral America	45.5	1.72
45	PalauPLWMicronesia	45.4	3.85
46	MalawiMWIEastern Africa	45.3	2.25
47	BeninBENWestern Africa	44.8	2.13
=48	BarbadosBRBCaribbean	44.6	3.32
=48	CameroonCMRMiddle Africa	44.6	2.61
50	UgandaUGAEastern Africa	44.5	1.96
=51	BahamasBHSCaribbean	44.3	3.67
=51	TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa	44.3	2.30
53	JamaicaJAMCaribbean	44.2	1.83
54	Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa	44.1	2.44
55	GambiaGMBWestern Africa	44.0	2.50
56	El SalvadorSLVCentral America	43.9	1.11
=57	DR CongoCODMiddle Africa	43.8	2.99
=57	TajikistanTJKCentral Asia	43.8	2.31
59	ArgentinaARGSouth America	43.5	1.08
60	Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia	43.3	3.82
61	MadagascarMDGEastern Africa	43.2	2.37
=62	MicronesiaFSMMicronesia	43.0	3.87
=62	UruguayURYSouth America	43.0	0.50
=64	GhanaGHAWestern Africa	42.9	2.40
=64	Saint Kitts and NevisKNACaribbean	42.9	5.01
=66	ChinaCHNEastern Asia	42.8	1.23
=66	SamoaWSMPolynesia	42.8	3.14
68	ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia	42.6	1.41
69	TogoTGOWestern Africa	42.5	2.63
70	PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia	42.4	2.03
71	Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa	42.1	2.53
72	DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa	42.0	2.91
73	NigeriaNGAWestern Africa	41.8	2.22
74	IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia	41.7	1.56
75	ChadTCDMiddle Africa	41.5	2.85
76	Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa	41.3	2.82
=77	MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia	41.1	1.94
=77	SenegalSENWestern Africa	41.1	2.49
=79	GabonGABMiddle Africa	41.0	3.17
=79	MoroccoMARNorthern Africa	41.0	2.44
81	IranIRNSouthern Asia	40.6	1.43
=82	BhutanBTNSouthern Asia	40.5	2.45
=82	TuvaluTUVPolynesia	40.5	3.82
=82	VenezuelaVENSouth America	40.5	1.10
85	GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia	40.3	1.29
=86	SeychellesSYCEastern Africa	40.2	3.01
=86	TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa	40.2	2.13
88	Hong KongHKGEastern Asia	40.1	2.35
=89	NauruNRUMicronesia	40.0	4.31
=89	TürkiyeTURWestern Asia	40.0	1.46
=91	FijiFJIMelanesia	39.8	2.43
=91	GuineaGINWestern Africa	39.8	2.12
=93	MaliMLIWestern Africa	39.6	1.73
=93	NigerNERWestern Africa	39.6	2.19
95	VanuatuVUTMelanesia	39.5	2.84
96	MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa	39.4	2.04
97	Bosnia and HerzegovinaBIHSouthern Europe	39.2	2.47
98	SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia	39.0	1.40
99	United StatesUSANorthern America	38.8	0.57
100	MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia	38.5	2.73
=101	PalestinePSEWestern Asia	38.4	1.54
=101	QatarQATWestern Asia	38.4	3.38
103	BurundiBDIEastern Africa	38.3	2.65
=104	AnguillaAIACaribbean	37.7	3.88
=104	NepalNPLSouthern Asia	37.7	2.56
=106	MauritiusMUSEastern Africa	37.6	2.21
=106	VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia	37.6	1.13
108	JordanJORWestern Asia	37.5	0.88
109	MoldovaMDAEastern Europe	37.4	1.30
=110	IsraelISRWestern Asia	37.3	0.88
=110	LiberiaLBRWestern Africa	37.3	2.80
112	OmanOMNWestern Asia	37.1	2.78
=113	AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe	37.0	2.17
=113	ArmeniaARMWestern Asia	37.0	1.10
=113	LebanonLBNWestern Asia	37.0	2.85
=113	SyriaSYRWestern Asia	37.0	2.33
=113	YemenYEMWestern Asia	37.0	2.76
=118	CambodiaKHMSouth-eastern Asia	36.4	3.64
=118	TongaTONPolynesia	36.4	2.68
120	RussiaRUSEastern Europe	35.9	0.99
121	LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia	35.8	2.18
122	KyrgyzstanKGZCentral Asia	35.7	1.16
123	IraqIRQWestern Asia	35.4	1.43
=124	KiribatiKIRMicronesia	35.0	3.26
=124	LatviaLVANorthern Europe	35.0	1.14
=124	North MacedoniaMKDSouthern Europe	35.0	1.50
127	AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa	34.7	3.12
=128	GreenlandGRLNorthern America	34.6	1.80
=128	SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe	34.6	0.92
130	MongoliaMNGEastern Asia	34.4	2.03
131	PakistanPAKSouthern Asia	34.2	1.71
132	BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia	34.1	2.24
=133	PortugalPRTSouthern Europe	33.7	1.13
=133	São Tomé and PríncipeSTPMiddle Africa	33.7	3.10
135	Timor-LesteTLSSouth-eastern Asia	33.5	2.71
136	United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe	33.4	0.69
137	BulgariaBGREastern Europe	33.2	1.27
138	LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe	33.1	0.93
=139	GreeceGRCSouthern Europe	33.0	0.92
=139	UzbekistanUZBCentral Asia	33.0	2.15
141	EstoniaESTNorthern Europe	32.7	0.82
=142	EthiopiaETHEastern Africa	32.5	2.09
=142	RomaniaROUEastern Europe	32.5	0.86
=144	AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand	32.4	1.25
=144	LibyaLBYNorthern Africa	32.4	3.72
=144	New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand	32.4	1.18
147	ItalyITASouthern Europe	32.3	1.03
148	SpainESPSouthern Europe	32.1	0.68
149	CanadaCANNorthern America	31.8	0.64
150	EgyptEGYNorthern Africa	31.5	1.18
151	KosovoXKXSouthern Europe	31.3	2.41
152	South KoreaKOREastern Asia	31.2	0.68
153	IrelandIRLNorthern Europe	31.1	1.13
154	PolandPOLEastern Europe	31.0	0.45
155	JapanJPNEastern Asia	30.8	0.99
156	TaiwanTWNEastern Asia	30.5	0.81
157	MontenegroMNESouthern Europe	30.2	1.87
158	AndorraANDSouthern Europe	30.0	3.36
159	FranceFRAWestern Europe	29.7	0.54
160	KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia	29.6	1.22
161	SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe	29.4	0.88
162	CyprusCYPWestern Asia	28.9	1.99
163	UkraineUKREastern Europe	28.7	1.29
=164	GermanyDEUWestern Europe	28.5	0.69
=164	IcelandISLNorthern Europe	28.5	1.10
166	AzerbaijanAZEWestern Asia	28.2	2.07
=167	HungaryHUNEastern Europe	27.4	0.91
=167	LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe	27.4	0.96
169	MaltaMLTSouthern Europe	27.3	2.23
170	NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe	27.2	0.82
171	AustriaAUTWestern Europe	27.1	0.77
172	BelgiumBELWestern Europe	27.0	0.80
173	CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe	26.4	1.29
=174	CzechiaCZEEastern Europe	25.6	0.81
=174	FinlandFINNorthern Europe	25.6	0.70
=176	NorwayNORNorthern Europe	25.4	0.83
=176	SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe	25.4	0.70
178	SwedenSWENorthern Europe	25.3	0.65
179	BelarusBLREastern Europe	25.0	0.99
180	San MarinoSMRSouthern Europe	24.7	2.22
181	DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe	24.3	0.69
182	SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe	23.6	0.70

02In 2006

At either end

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

Highest

1Namibia65.4
2South Africa63.6
3Eswatini58.9
4Botswana57.4
5Zambia54.8

Lowest

182Slovenia23.6
181Denmark24.3
180San Marino24.7
179Belarus25.0
178Sweden25.3

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 39.8. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Standard error of the estimate (Gini points)
HighestSaint Vincent and the Grenadines5.46
LowestBrazil0.40
Middle country: 2.08

032005 → 2006

Since 2005

What changed between 2005 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+8 / −2countries joined / left
153values changed, of 174 in both
69 · 84rose · fell
21unchanged

Rose most

Switzerland28.4 → 29.4+1.0
Sweden24.5 → 25.3+0.8
Austria26.5 → 27.1+0.6
Denmark23.7 → 24.3+0.6
Benin44.3 → 44.8+0.5

Fell most

Slovakia26.6 → 25.4−1.2
Venezuela41.7 → 40.5−1.2
Argentina44.5 → 43.5−1.0
Bolivia52.7 → 51.7−1.0
Norway26.4 → 25.4−1.0

+ Equatorial Guinea

+ Iraq

+ Kiribati

+ Malta

+ Nauru

+ Palau

+ San Marino

+ Vanuatu

− Turkmenistan

− Trinidad and Tobago

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 2006.
140 distinct values among 182
Values are stored exactly as published, to 1 decimal. 5 countries share 37.0. 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 182 countries has every column.

05The files

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Frederick Solt, University of Iowa (2006). Gini Index of Disposable Income (SWIID), 2006 [data set], describing 2006. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/gini-disposable-income/2006

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