Gini Index, 2010 compilation

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Gini Index, 2010 compilation: every country, as published by World Bank Group.

Positionderived	Country	Gini index (0 = perfect equality, 100 = perfect inequality)	Survey measures	Survey year
1	South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa · 2010 reading	60.87	consumption	2010
2	ColombiaCOLSouth America · 2010 reading	54.45	income	2010
3	HondurasHNDCentral America · 2010 reading	53.09	income	2010
4	ZambiaZMBEastern Africa · 2010 reading	52.01	consumption	2010
5	PanamaPANCentral America · 2010 reading	51.61	income	2010
6	ParaguayPRYSouth America · 2010 reading	50.98	income	2010
7	Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa · 2010 reading	50.60	consumption	2010
8	EcuadorECUSouth America · 2010 reading	48.80	income	2010
9	Costa RicaCRICentral America · 2010 reading	48.04	income	2010
10	MexicoMEXCentral America · 2010 reading	47.66	income	2010
11	Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean · 2010 reading	47.33	income	2010
12	RwandaRWAEastern Africa	47.22	consumption	2010.83
13	PeruPERSouth America · 2010 reading	45.54	income	2010
14	MalawiMWIEastern Africa	45.47	consumption	2010.23
15	UruguayURYSouth America · 2010 reading	44.47	income	2010
16	ChinaCHNEastern Asia · 2010 reading	43.74	consumption	2010
17	ArgentinaARGSouth America · 2010 reading	43.68	income	2010
18	GambiaGMBWestern Africa	43.57	consumption	2010.08
19	El SalvadorSLVCentral America · 2010 reading	43.51	income	2010
20	IsraelISRWestern Asia · 2010 reading	42.56	income	2010
21	MadagascarMDGEastern Africa · 2010 reading	42.41	consumption	2010
22	United StatesUSANorthern America · 2010 reading	40.24	income	2010
23	North MacedoniaMKDSouthern Europe · 2010 reading	40.07	income	2010
24	RussiaRUSEastern Europe · 2010 reading	39.55	consumption	2010
25	GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia · 2010 reading	39.46	consumption	2010

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 33.71. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

• +25 / −21countries joined / left
• 62values changed, of 62 in both
• 26 · 36rose · fell
• 0unchanged

+ Australia+ Bangladesh+ China+ Egypt+ Ethiopia+ Gambia+ Guinea-Bissau+ Jordan+ South Korea+ Madagascar+ Mexico+ Mongolia+ Malawi+ Nigeria+ Nepal+ Pakistan+ Rwanda+ São Tomé and Príncipe+ Tunisia+ Tuvalu+ Taiwan+ Vietnam+ Vanuatu+ South Africa+ Zambia− Burkina Faso− Bolivia− Brazil− Botswana− Chile− India− Iran− Sri Lanka− Maldives− Mali− Namibia− Nicaragua− Philippines− Papua New Guinea− Sudan− South Sudan− Eswatini− Syria− Tajikistan− Tonga− Uganda

Changes in value, not in places: a country’s place also moves when others do. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

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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.

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