Data for 2018

Gini Index of Disposable Income (SWIID), 2018

2018, as Frederick Solt’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Gini Index of Disposable Income (SWIID), 2018 covers 145 countries on 2 measures. South Africa is highest, at 61.9; Slovakia is lowest, at 22.9. The middle country reads 36.7. Against 2017, 116 values changed (32 up, 84 down), 10 left.

Download CSV Cite this year

Share this page

Gini Index of Disposable Income (SWIID) · Data for 2018

HighestSouth Africa

61.9

LowestSlovakia

22.9

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

145countries
2measures per country
2018the year it describes
109distinct 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), 2018, as published. Frederick Solt ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.

Search this table

Showing 25 of 145 countries · select a heading to sort

Gini Index of Disposable Income (SWIID), 2018: every country, as published by Frederick Solt, University of Iowa.
derived
1	South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa	61.9	2.12
2	ZambiaZMBEastern Africa	55.2	3.51
3	Puerto RicoPRICaribbean	51.1	1.92
4	Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa	50.7	4.15
5	Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa	50.3	2.18
6	AngolaAGOMiddle Africa	49.9	3.85
7	BelizeBLZCentral America	49.2	4.03
8	MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa	48.6	2.70
9	Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia	48.2	2.99
10	RwandaRWAEastern Africa	47.9	2.96
11	Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia	47.7	4.28
=12	IndiaINDSouthern Asia	47.6	1.52
=12	ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa	47.6	3.37
14	BrazilBRASouth America	47.4	0.51
15	GrenadaGRDCaribbean	47.0	4.17
16	TajikistanTJKCentral Asia	46.8	2.90
17	ColombiaCOLSouth America	46.7	0.46
18	ParaguayPRYSouth America	46.4	1.17
19	ChileCHLSouth America	46.2	1.07
20	Costa RicaCRICentral America	46.1	0.93
=21	HondurasHNDCentral America	45.8	1.20
=21	IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia	45.8	1.61
23	SurinameSURSouth America	45.7	4.38
=24	PanamaPANCentral America	45.5	1.03
=24	TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa	45.5	2.97
26	CameroonCMRMiddle Africa	45.1	3.33
=27	DR CongoCODMiddle Africa	44.3	3.63
=27	PeruPERSouth America	44.3	0.67
29	MalawiMWIEastern Africa	44.2	2.97
30	Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa	44.1	4.81
=31	BeninBENWestern Africa	43.8	2.60
=31	UgandaUGAEastern Africa	43.8	2.64
33	ComorosCOMEastern Africa	43.3	3.22
=34	GuatemalaGTMCentral America	43.2	1.95
=34	TogoTGOWestern Africa	43.2	2.85
36	JamaicaJAMCaribbean	42.8	2.12
37	MexicoMEXCentral America	42.6	0.79
38	KenyaKENEastern Africa	42.3	2.65
39	PalestinePSEWestern Asia	42.1	1.36
=40	EcuadorECUSouth America	42.0	1.10
=40	MadagascarMDGEastern Africa	42.0	3.34
42	ChinaCHNEastern Asia	41.3	0.76
=43	Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa	40.9	2.77
=43	ChadTCDMiddle Africa	40.9	3.19
45	MoroccoMARNorthern Africa	40.7	3.28
46	GambiaGMBWestern Africa	40.6	2.79
=47	BoliviaBOLSouth America	40.5	1.06
=47	Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean	40.5	1.10
=47	Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa	40.5	3.03
=50	Hong KongHKGEastern Asia	40.1	3.04
=50	SenegalSENWestern Africa	40.1	3.00
52	TürkiyeTURWestern Asia	40.0	1.11
53	Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa	39.1	3.52
54	United StatesUSANorthern America	39.0	0.44
55	NigeriaNGAWestern Africa	38.9	2.73
56	PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia	38.8	2.02
=57	BurundiBDIEastern Africa	38.7	3.51
=57	MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia	38.7	2.23
59	Bosnia and HerzegovinaBIHSouthern Europe	38.4	3.14
60	BulgariaBGREastern Europe	38.3	1.21
61	ArgentinaARGSouth America	38.0	1.12
=62	BhutanBTNSouthern Asia	37.8	2.87
=62	GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia	37.8	1.10
=62	ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia	37.8	1.49
65	TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa	37.7	2.96
66	VanuatuVUTMelanesia	37.4	3.38
67	SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia	37.2	1.37
=68	El SalvadorSLVCentral America	37.1	1.10
=68	FijiFJIMelanesia	37.1	3.25
70	SeychellesSYCEastern Africa	37.0	3.44
=71	LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia	36.9	2.89
=71	NigerNERWestern Africa	36.9	2.62
=73	MaliMLIWestern Africa	36.7	0.96
=73	UruguayURYSouth America	36.7	0.43
75	ArmeniaARMWestern Asia	36.4	1.21
76	VenezuelaVENSouth America	36.1	1.80
=77	GuineaGINWestern Africa	36.0	3.06
=77	LebanonLBNWestern Asia	36.0	3.37
=77	LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe	36.0	0.98
=80	AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe	35.9	1.65
=80	IranIRNSouthern Asia	35.9	1.51
=80	VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia	35.9	1.54
=83	MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia	35.8	3.15
=83	MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa	35.8	2.87
85	NepalNPLSouthern Asia	35.4	3.42
86	OmanOMNWestern Asia	35.2	3.55
87	GreenlandGRLNorthern America	35.1	1.89
88	IraqIRQWestern Asia	34.5	2.53
=89	KosovoXKXSouthern Europe	34.4	2.12
=89	SyriaSYRWestern Asia	34.4	3.56
91	LatviaLVANorthern Europe	34.3	1.19
=92	IsraelISRWestern Asia	34.2	0.70
=92	South KoreaKOREastern Asia	34.2	0.66
=92	TongaTONPolynesia	34.2	3.25
95	PakistanPAKSouthern Asia	34.0	2.45
96	MongoliaMNGEastern Asia	33.8	2.53
97	BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia	33.7	2.97
98	MontenegroMNESouthern Europe	33.3	1.66
=99	EthiopiaETHEastern Africa	33.2	2.80
=99	ItalyITASouthern Europe	33.2	0.94
101	SpainESPSouthern Europe	32.9	0.66
102	AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand	32.7	1.01
=103	KyrgyzstanKGZCentral Asia	32.0	1.23
=103	New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand	32.0	1.05
=103	SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe	32.0	0.84
106	RussiaRUSEastern Europe	31.9	0.80
=107	PortugalPRTSouthern Europe	31.7	1.13
=107	RomaniaROUEastern Europe	31.7	0.88
=109	KiribatiKIRMicronesia	31.4	3.36
=109	United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe	31.4	0.66
=109	UzbekistanUZBCentral Asia	31.4	2.32
112	North MacedoniaMKDSouthern Europe	31.2	1.61
113	GreeceGRCSouthern Europe	31.0	0.75
114	MoldovaMDAEastern Europe	30.8	1.24
115	TaiwanTWNEastern Asia	30.7	0.56
=116	CanadaCANNorthern America	30.5	0.57
=116	JapanJPNEastern Asia	30.5	0.98
118	SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe	30.4	1.01
119	EgyptEGYNorthern Africa	30.3	1.05
120	EstoniaESTNorthern Europe	30.2	0.90
121	FranceFRAWestern Europe	30.1	0.54
122	GermanyDEUWestern Europe	30.0	0.79
123	CyprusCYPWestern Asia	29.8	1.51
124	LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe	29.6	1.01
125	United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia	29.5	3.43
126	IrelandIRLNorthern Europe	28.8	0.98
127	PolandPOLEastern Europe	28.7	0.53
128	SwedenSWENorthern Europe	28.5	1.06
=129	CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe	28.4	1.13
=129	MaltaMLTSouthern Europe	28.4	1.50
=131	AustriaAUTWestern Europe	27.8	0.89
=131	DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe	27.8	0.26
133	NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe	27.3	0.65
134	KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia	27.2	1.17
=135	HungaryHUNEastern Europe	27.0	0.94
=135	UkraineUKREastern Europe	27.0	1.47
137	FinlandFINNorthern Europe	26.0	0.68
=138	BelgiumBELWestern Europe	25.9	0.73
=138	NorwayNORNorthern Europe	25.9	0.68
140	IcelandISLNorthern Europe	25.3	0.86
141	CzechiaCZEEastern Europe	25.0	0.64
142	BelarusBLREastern Europe	24.5	1.06
143	SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe	24.1	0.80
144	San MarinoSMRSouthern Europe	23.7	2.47
145	SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe	22.9	0.75

02In 2018

At either end

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

Highest

Lowest

145Slovakia22.9
144San Marino23.7
143Slovenia24.1
142Belarus24.5
141Czechia25.0

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 36.7. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Standard error of the estimate (Gini points)
HighestEquatorial Guinea4.81
LowestDenmark0.26
Middle country: 1.54

032017 → 2018

Since 2017

What changed between 2017 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −10countries joined / left
116values changed, of 145 in both
32 · 84rose · fell
29unchanged

Rose most

Palestine41.4 → 42.1+0.7
Kosovo33.7 → 34.4+0.7
Colombia46.3 → 46.7+0.4
Egypt29.9 → 30.3+0.4
Germany29.6 → 30.0+0.4

Fell most

Bolivia41.5 → 40.5−1.0
Côte d’Ivoire51.2 → 50.3−0.9
Greece31.9 → 31.0−0.9
Georgia38.6 → 37.8−0.8
Paraguay47.1 → 46.4−0.7

− Afghanistan

− Barbados

− Djibouti

− Gabon

− Jordan

− Lesotho

− Myanmar

− Mauritius

− Qatar

− São Tomé and Príncipe

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 2018.
109 distinct values among 145
Values are stored exactly as published, to 1 decimal. 3 countries share 40.5. 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 145 countries has every column.

05The files

Download and cite

The table as a file, digit for digit, what this site changed, and a citation for this edition.

Licence in full

.csv
For a spreadsheet or code
145 rows · 4.6 KB · UTF-8, opens in Excel
Opens with 11 lines of source notes; the table starts on row 13.
Download gini-disposable-income-2018-nations-inquiry.csv
↗
The publisher’s original
Frederick Solt’s own file, on its own site.
13657070

What this site changed: Reshaped into one row per country: regional and income-group totals are left out, only the columns listed are kept, each row gets its ISO 3166 code, and some country names are brought to one spelling. No value is recalculated, rescaled or rounded.

Licence: CC0 1.0. No conditions at all. Crediting the publisher is still the courteous thing to do.

Cite this edition

Frederick Solt, University of Iowa (2018). Gini Index of Disposable Income (SWIID), 2018 [data set], describing 2018. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/gini-disposable-income/2018

0644 held

Other years

‹ The year before
Gini Index of Disposable Income (SWIID), 2017
155 countries
The year after ›
Gini Index of Disposable Income (SWIID), 2019
136 countries
All of them
Gini Index of Disposable Income (SWIID): every year
44 held, with the data dictionary, coverage and licence.
How it has moved, charted by country

07Questions