Gini Index of Disposable Income (SWIID), 2021

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Gini Index of Disposable Income (SWIID), 2021: every country, as published by Frederick Solt, University of Iowa.

Positionderived	Country	Gini index of disposable household income (0–100), SWIID estimate	Standard error of the estimate (Gini points)
1	South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa	61.4	2.71
2	ZambiaZMBEastern Africa	55.0	3.77
3	Puerto RicoPRICaribbean	51.1	2.15
4	Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa	50.3	4.20
5	ColombiaCOLSouth America	49.2	0.48
6	MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa	48.9	3.07
7	Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa	48.7	2.61
8	TajikistanTJKCentral Asia	47.8	2.81
9	RwandaRWAEastern Africa	47.4	3.32
10	IndiaINDSouthern Asia	47.0	1.95
11	BrazilBRASouth America	46.4	0.55
12	PanamaPANCentral America	46.2	0.73
13	Costa RicaCRICentral America	46.0	0.96
14	SurinameSURSouth America	45.6	4.51
15	IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia	45.3	1.65
16	ChileCHLSouth America	45.2	0.92
17	HondurasHNDCentral America	45.1	1.56
=18	CameroonCMRMiddle Africa	45.0	3.60
=18	ParaguayPRYSouth America	45.0	1.05
20	PalestinePSEWestern Asia	44.4	1.57
21	Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa	43.8	4.79
22	PeruPERSouth America	43.5	0.63
=23	BeninBENWestern Africa	43.1	2.95
=23	JamaicaJAMCaribbean	43.1	2.50
25	TogoTGOWestern Africa	42.9	3.17

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 35.7. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

• Standard error of the estimate (Gini points)

  HighestEquatorial Guinea4.79

  LowestNorway0.18

  Middle country: 1.41

• +0 / −6countries joined / left
• 98values changed, of 119 in both
• 32 · 66rose · fell
• 21unchanged

− Australia− Burundi− DR Congo− Gambia− Morocco− Ukraine

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.

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