List of sovereign states by wealth inequality
A map showing Gini coefficients for Wealth within countries for 2021.[ 1]
This is a list of countries by distribution of wealth , including Gini coefficients . Wealth distribution can vary greatly from income distribution in a country (see List of countries by income equality ).
Higher Gini coefficients signify greater wealth inequality, with 0 being complete equality, whereas a value near 1 can arise if everybody has zero wealth except a very small minority.
Countries that have high-quality wealth taxes and honest reporting from financial institutions, such as the Netherlands and Norway , tend to have more reliable wealth inequality statistics.[ 2]
List
The table below is for 2008 , 2018 , 2019 and 2021 . The GDP data is based on data from the World Bank .[ 3] The population data is based on data from the UN .[ 4] The Wealth Gini coefficients from 2008 are based on a working paper published by the National Bureau of Economic Research .[ 5]
The Wealth Gini numbers for 2018, 2019, and 2021 come from the Global Wealth Databook by Credit Suisse .[ 6] [ 7] [ 8]
* indicates "Wealth inequality in COUNTRY or TERRITORY" or "Income inequality in COUNTRY or TERRITORY" links.
Afghanistan
—
—
0.655
0.689
—
—
—
—
—
Albania
0.642
0.629
0.637
0.686
2,882,740
0.035
15,103
0.014
5,239
Algeria
0.67
0.758
0.749
0.848
42,228,420
0.52
0.55
00
4,115
Angola
—
—
0.731
0.814
—
—
—
—
—
Antigua and Barbuda
0.747
0.838
0.823
0.813
96,280
0.0012
1,611
0.0015
16,732
Argentina *
0.74
0.792
0.768
0.809
44,361,150
0.54
0.58
0
11,719
Armenia
0.684
0.645
0.663
0.731
2,951,740
0.036
12,433
0.011
4,212
Aruba
—
—
0.703
0.813
—
—
—
—
—
Australia
0.622
0.658
0.656
0.662
24,898,150
0.31
1,433,904
1.3
57,591
Austria
0.646
0.764
0.739
0.742
8,891,380
0.11
455,286
0.41
51,205
Azerbaijan
0.678
0.643
0.654
0.726
9,949,540
0.12
46,940
0.043
4,718
Bahamas
—
—
0.828
0.895
—
—
—
—
—
Bahrain
—
—
0.747
0.885
—
—
—
—
—
Bangladesh
0.66
0.671
0.678
0.754
161,376,710
2.0
416,300
0.38
1,698
Barbados
0.706
0.788
0.778
0.805
285,720
0.0035
4,990
0.0045
17,465
Belarus
0.628
0.614
0.621
0.672
9,452,620
0.12
59,662
0.054
6,312
Belgium
0.662
0.659
0.603
0.599
11,482,180
0.14
542,761
0.49
47,270
Belize
0.763
0.815
0.803
0.835
383,070
0.0047
1,871
0.0017
4,884
Benin
0.713
0.689
0.707
0.800
11,485,040
0.14
10,354
0.0094
902
Bolivia
0.762
0.779
0.764
0.808
11,050,000
0.14
40,288
0.037
3,646
Bosnia and Herzegovina
—
—
0.642
0.692
3,301
00
21,023
0.019
6,056
Botswana
0.751
0.783
0.8
0.879
2,254.07
0
18,616
0.017
8,259
Brazil *
0.62
0.823
0.849
0.892
209,469,320
2.6
2.74
0
8,921
Brunei
—
—
0.787
0.897
—
—
—
—
—
Bulgaria
0.652
0.647
0.659
0.702
7,051,610
0.087
65,133
0.059
9,237
Burkina Faso
0.728
0.674
0.688
0.790
19,751,470
0.24
14,125
0.013
715
Burundi
0.699
0.654
0.681
0.703
11,175,380
0.14
3,037
0.0028
272
Cambodia
0.714
0.704
0.718
0.783
16,249,800
0.20
24,542
0.022
1,510
Cameroon
0.711
0.725
0.743
0.833
25,216,260
0.31
38,675
0.035
1,534
Canada
0.688
0.726
0.728
0.726
37,074,560
0.45
1,713,342
1.6
46,213
Central African Republic
0.782
0.768
0.777
0.845
4,666,380
0.057
2,220
0.0020
476
Chad
0.681
0.715
0.73
0.776
15,477,730
0.19
0.2
0
728
Chile
0.777
0.773
0.798
0.794
18,729,170
0.23
331,250
0.30
15,923
China *
0.55
0.714
0.702
0.701
1,427,647,790
18
15,710,960
14
9,532
Colombia *
0.765
0.807
0.77
0.835
49,661,060
0.61
0.65
0
6,666
Comoros
0.711
0.766
0.783
0.861
832,320
0.010
1,178
0.0011
1,415
DR Congo
—
—
0.755
0.830
—
—
—
—
—
Congo
—
—
0.769
0.855
—
—
—
—
—
Costa Rica
0.732
0.769
0.75
0.797
4,999,440
0.061
0.07
0
12,027
Croatia
0.654
0.631
0.645
0.702
4,156,410
0.051
60,972
0.055
14,669
Cyprus
—
—
0.801
0.791
—
—
—
—
—
Czech Republic
0.626
0.758
0.725
0.776
10,649,800
0.13
245,226
0.22
23,026
Denmark *
0.808
0.835
0.838
0.739
5,752,130
0.071
355,675
0.32
61,834
Djibouti
—
—
0.729
0.796
—
—
—
—
—
Dominica
0.763
0.84
0.823
0.813
71,630
0.00088
0
0
7,693
Dominican Republic
0.723
—
—
—
10,627.15
0.00013
85,555
0.078
8,051
Ecuador *
0.76
0.776
0.759
0.801
17,084,360
0.21
0.22
00
6,345
Egypt
0.689
0.909
0.756
0.793
99,581,200
1.2
250,895
0.23
2,520
El Salvador
0.746
0.759
0.743
0.812
6,420,740
0.079
26,057
0.024
4,058
Equatorial Guinea
0.688
0.781
0.793
0.864
1,308,970
0.016
13,432
0.012
10,262
Eritrea
—
—
0.621
0.763
—
—
—
—
—
Estonia
0.675
0.715
0.716
0.731
1,322,910
0.016
30,732
0.028
23,231
Eswatini
0.78
—
—
—
1,136.27
0
4,711
0.0043
4,146
Ethiopia
0.652
0.612
0.62
0.723
109,224,410
1.3
1.43
0
772
Fiji
0.709
0.694
0.702
0.785
883,490
0.011
5,537
0.0050
6,267
Finland
0.615
0.767
0.742
0.744
5,522,590
0.068
276,743
0.25
50,111
France *
0.73
0.687
0.696
0.702
64,990,510
0.80
3,135,267
2.8
42,738
Gabon
0.784
0.7
0.719
0.797
2,119.28
0
16,854
0.015
7,953
Gambia
0.723
0.755
0.771
0.857
2,051,360
0.025
1,633
0.0015
796
Georgia
0.725
0.678
0.687
0.817
4,002,950
0.049
17,600
0.016
4,397
Germany *
0.667
0.816
0.816
0.788
83,124,410
1.0
3,947,620
3.6
47,491
Ghana
0.692
0.682
0.699
0.753
29,767,110
0.37
65,556
0.060
2,202
Greece
0.654
0.682
0.654
0.682
10,522,240
0.13
218,032
0.20
20,721
Grenada
0.763
0.842
0.827
0.682
111,450
0.0014
1,186
0.0011
10,642
Guatemala *
0.779
—
—
—
17,247.86
0.00021
78,460
0.071
4,549
Guinea
0.693
0.716
0.741
0.816
12,414,290
0.15
10,907
0.0099
879
Guinea-Bissau
0.71
0.697
0.712
0.780
1,874,300
0.023
0.02
0
778
Guyana
0.707
0.75
0.734
0.769
779,010
0.0096
0.01
9.1× 10−9
4,979
Haiti
0.755
0.82
0.801
0.799
11,123,180
0.14
0.15
0
868
Honduras *
0.743
0.804
—
—
9,587.52
0.00012
23,970
0.022
2,500
Hong Kong
0.740
—
0.777
0.738
7,482.5
0
362,682
0.33
48,471
Hungary *
0.651
0.662
0.663
0.680
9,707,500
0.12
157,883
0.14
16,264
Iceland
0.664
0.731
0.694
0.649
336,710
0.0041
25,878
0.024
76,855
India *
0.669
0.854
0.832
0.823
1,352,642,280
17
2,718,732
2.5
2,010
Indonesia *
0.764
0.84
0.833
0.782
267,670,550
3.3
3.51
0
3,893
Iran
0.707
0.705
0.705
0.792
82,531,700
1.0
454,013
0.41
5,501
Iraq
—
—
0.633
0.710
—
—
—
—
—
Ireland
0.581
0.83
0.796
0.800
4,818,690
0.059
511,458
0.46
102,394
Israel
0.677
0.766
0.777
0.747
8,381,510
0.10
370,588
0.34
44,215
Italy
0.609
0.689
0.669
0.672
60,627,290
0.74
2,083,864
1.9
34,372
Ivory Coast
0.712
—
—
—
25,069.23
0.00031
43,007
0.039
1,716
Jamaica
0.686
0.788
0.775
0.822
2,934,850
0.036
15,714
0.014
5,354
Japan
0.547
0.631
0.626
0.647
127,202,190
1.6
4,971,323
4.5
39,082
Jordan
0.678
0.677
0.696
0.767
9,965,320
0.12
42,231
0.038
4,238
Kazakhstan
0.655
0.952
0.772
0.776
18,319,620
0.22
179,340
0.16
9,790
Kenya
0.699
0.732
0.745
0.826
51,392,570
0.63
87,908
0.080
1,711
Kuwait
—
—
0.763
0.862
—
—
—
—
—
Kyrgyzstan
0.68
0.673
0.681
0.752
6,389,500
0.078
0.08
0
1,267
Laos
—
—
0.794
0.883
—
—
—
—
—
Latvia
0.67
0.788
0.789
0.805
1,928,460
0.024
0.03
0
17,843
Lebanon *
0.762
0.889
0.819
0.802
6,859,410
0.084
56,639
0.051
8,257
Lesotho
0.767
0.795
0.805
0.888
2,108,330
0.026
2,739
0.0025
1,299
Liberia
—
—
0.727
0.806
—
—
—
—
—
Libya
—
—
0.659
0.760
—
—
—
—
—
Lithuania
0.666
0.655
0.663
0.720
2,801,270
0.034
53,429
0.049
19,073
Luxembourg
0.65
0.663
0.67
0.663
604,240
0.0074
0.01
9.1× 10−9
117,312
Macau
0.58
—
—
—
667.4
0
55,084
0.050
82,535
Madagascar
0.722
0.702
0.722
0.821
26,262,310
0.32
13,853
0.013
527
Malawi
0.736
0.733
0.751
0.845
18,143,220
0.22
7,065
0.0064
389
Malaysia *
0.733
0.82
0.796
0.830
31,528,030
0.39
0.41
0
11,373
Maldives *
—
—
0.724
0.808
—
—
—
—
—
Mali
0.75
0.682
0.707
0.800
19,077,760
0.23
0.25
0
900
Malta
0.664
0.631
0.64
0.611
439,260
0.0054
20,331
0.018
33,131
Mauritania
0.686
0.667
0.681
0.758
4,403,310
0.054
5,235
0.0048
1,189
Mauritius
0.661
0.64
0.662
0.716
1,267,180
0.016
0.02
0
11,222
Mexico *
0.749
0.8
0.777
0.804
126,190.78
0.0015
1,220,699
1.1
9,673
Moldova
—
—
0.645
0.691
—
—
—
—
—
Mongolia
—
—
0.668
0.742
—
—
—
—
—
Montenegro
—
—
0.648
0.681
—
—
—
—
—
Morocco
0.69
0.802
0.766
0.824
36,029,090
0.44
0.47
0
3,273
Mozambique
0.689
0.7
0.716
0.750
29,496
0.00036
14,717
0.013
499
Myanmar
—
—
0.597
0.680
—
—
—
—
—
Namibia
0.847
0.776
0.788
0.868
2,448,300
0.030
14,522
0.013
5,931
Nepal
—
—
0.71
0.788
—
—
—
—
—
Netherlands *
0.65
0.789
0.902
0.750
17,059,560
0.21
912,242
0.83
53,557
New Zealand *
0.651
0.708
0.672
0.700
4,743,130
0.058
204,924
0.19
43,204
Nicaragua
0.755
0.778
0.759
0.813
6,465,500
0.079
13,118
0.012
2,029
Niger
0.729
0.66
0.682
0.738
22,442,830
0.28
0.29
0
414
Nigeria
0.729
0.894
0.809
0.860
195,874,690
2.4
397,270
0.36
2,028
North Macedonia
0.661
0.655
—
—
2,082.96
0
12,672
0.012
6,084
Norway
0.633
0.791
0.798
0.794
5,337,960
0.065
434,167
0.39
81,336
Oman
—
—
0.786
0.880
—
—
—
—
—
Pakistan
0.698
0.65
0.665
0.740
212,228,290
2.6
2.78
0
1,482
Panama
0.766
0.795
0.78
0.819
4,176,870
0.051
0.05
0
15,575
Papua New Guinea
0.738
0.76
0.766
0.843
8,606,320
0.11
0.11
000
2,730
Paraguay
0.766
0.785
0.768
0.815
6,956,070
0.085
40,497
0.037
5,822
Peru
0.738
0.795
0.788
0.800
31,989,270
0.39
222,045
0.20
6,941
Philippines *
0.717
0.826
0.837
0.873
106,651,390
1.3
330,910
0.30
3,103
Poland *
0.657
0.722
0.677
0.716
37,921,590
0.47
585,664
0.53
15,444
Portugal
0.667
0.736
0.692
0.706
10,256,190
0.13
240,675
0.22
23,466
Puerto Rico
0.753
—
—
—
3,039.6
0
101,131
0.092
33,271
Qatar
—
—
0.633
0.586
—
—
—
—
—
Romania
0.651
0.728
0.647
0.696
19,506,110
0.24
239,553
0.22
12,281
Russia *
0.699
0.875
0.879
0.880
146,801,930
1.8
1,657,555
1.5
11,291
Rwanda
0.714
0.728
0.742
0.818
12,301,970
0.15
9,509
0.0086
773
Samoa
—
—
0.747
0.777
—
—
—
—
—
São Tomé and Príncipe
—
—
0.674
0.734
—
—
—
—
—
Saudi Arabia
0.737
0.81
0.834
0.864
33,702,760
0.41
0.44
00
23,337
Senegal
0.697
0.705
0.726
0.797
15,854,320
0.19
24,130
0.022
1,522
Serbia
—
—
0.676
0.713
6,963.76
0
55,437
0.050
7,992
Seychelles
0.76
0.679
0.704
0.760
97,090
0.0012
0
0
16,376
Sierra Leone
0.687
0.671
0.694
0.732
7,650,150
0.094
4,085
0.0037
534
Singapore *
0.689
0.758
0.757
0.788
5,757,500
0.071
364,157
0.33
63,249
Slovakia
0.629
0.498
0.498
0.505
5,453,020
0.067
105,905
0.096
19,421
Slovenia
0.626
0.646
0.662
0.652
2,077,840
0.025
54,008
0.049
25,992
Solomon Islands
—
—
0.7
0.814
—
—
—
—
—
South Africa *
0.763
0.806
0.806
0.886
57,792,520
0.71
368,289
0.33
6,373
South Korea *
0.579
0.67
0.606
0.682
51,709,100
0.63
1,823,852
1.7
35,196
Spain
0.57
0.697
0.694
0.691
46,692,860
0.57
0.61
0
30,391
Sri Lanka
0.665
0.687
0.7
0.770
21,228.76
0.00026
88,901
0.081
4,188
Saint Lucia
—
—
0.728
0.813
—
—
—
—
—
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
—
—
0.818
0.813
—
—
—
—
—
Sudan
—
—
0.687
—
—
—
—
—
—
Suriname
—
—
0.832
0.886
—
—
—
—
—
Sweden *
0.742
0.865
0.867
0.881
9,971,630
0.12
556,086
0.51
55,767
Switzerland
0.803
0.741
0.705
0.772
8,570,150
0.11
705,140
0.64
82,279
Syria
—
—
0.699
0.778
—
—
—
—
—
Taiwan
—
—
0.751
0.707
—
—
—
—
—
Tajikistan
—
—
0.656
0.728
—
—
—
—
—
Tanzania
0.676
0.65
0.661
0.744
56,313,440
0.69
0.74
0
1,030
Thailand *
0.71
0.902
0.846
0.771
69,428,450
0.85
0.91
0
7,274
Timor-Leste
—
—
0.565
0.627
—
—
—
—
—
Togo
0.711
0.719
0.734
0.815
7,889,100
0.097
5,359
0.0049
679
Tonga
—
—
0.682
0.777
—
—
—
—
—
Trinidad and Tobago
0.689
0.748
0.732
0.757
1,389,840
0.017
23,808
0.022
17,130
Tunisia
0.693
0.683
0.705
0.780
11,565,200
0.14
39,871
0.036
3,447
Turkey
0.718
0.871
0.794
0.810
82,340,090
1.0
771,350
0.70
9,368
Turkmenistan
—
—
0.63
0.705
—
—
—
—
—
Uganda
0.723
0.714
0.729
0.828
42,729,030
0.52
27,461
0.025
643
Ukraine
0.667
0.955
0.847
0.834
44,246,160
0.54
130,832
0.12
2,957
United Arab Emirates
—
—
0.796
0.885
—
—
—
—
—
United Kingdom *
0.697
0.747
0.746
0.706
67,141,680
0.82
2,855,297
2.6
42,526
United States *
0.801
0.852
0.852
0.850
327,096,260
4.0
20,544,343
19
62,808
Uruguay
0.708
0.741
0.721
0.774
3,449,290
0.042
59,597
0.054
17,278
Vanuatu
—
—
0.688
0.814
—
—
—
—
—
Venezuela
—
—
0.743
0.778
—
—
—
—
—
Vietnam
0.682
0.708
0.761
0.797
95,545,960
1.2
245,214
0.22
2,566
Yemen
0.613
0.801
0.798
0.883
28,498,680
0.35
26,914
0.024
944
Zambia
0.766
0.787
0.798
0.886
17,351,710
0.21
26,720
0.024
1,540
Zimbabwe
0.845
0.707
0.719
0.797
14,438,810
0.18
31,001
0.028
2,147
See also
References
External links
The World Distribution of Household Wealth . February 2008. By James B. Davies, Susanna Sandström, Anthony Shorrocks, and Edward N. Wolff. United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER).
Estimating the Level and Distribution of Global Household Wealth . November 2007. By James B. Davies, Susanna Sandström, Anthony Shorrocks, and Edward N. Wolff. UNU-WIDER .
The World Distribution of Household Wealth . July 2007. By James B. Davies, Susanna Sandström, Anthony Shorrocks, and Edward N. Wolff. Center for Global, International and Regional Studies. University of California, Santa Cruz .
The World Distribution of Household Wealth . 5 December 2006. By James B. Davies, Susanna Sandstrom, Anthony Shorrocks, and Edward N. Wolff. Tables to the 2006 report in Excel (including Gini coefficients for 229 countries) . UNU-WIDER .
World's richest 1% own 40% of all wealth, UN report discovers . 6 December 2006. By James Randerson. The Guardian .
It's the Inequality, Stupid . March/April 2011 Issue. Mother Jones (magazine) . Many charts, with sources.
Who Rules America: Wealth, Income, and Power . July 2011. By G. William Domhoff. Many charts, and sources. See table 4 for wealth distribution by country. See table 7 for income distribution by country.
Alan Grayson says United States has fifth-most unequal wealth distribution in world . 10 October 2011. PolitiFact .
CHARTS: Here's What The Wall Street Protesters Are So Angry About... . 11 October 2011. Business Insider .
OECD 2015 In It Together Chapter 1 Overview Inequality . 21 May 2015. Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development . More recent Gini data p. 41.