Income Gap Country Ranking

Ukraine 241 slovenia 256 norway 259 slovak.

Income gap country ranking. This is a list of countries or dependencies by income inequality metrics including gini coefficients the gini coefficient is a number between 0 and 1 where 0 corresponds with perfect equality where everyone has the same income and 1 corresponds with perfect inequality where one person has all the income and everyone else has no income. According to 2013 data from gallup the median household income worldwide is 9 733. The closer to 1 the coefficient is the greater the inequality. The country and lending groups page provides a complete list of economies classified by income region and lending status and links to previous years classifications.

Based on the most recent gini index estimates from the world bank the five most equal countries in terms of wealth are. The classification tables include all world bank members plus all other economies with populations of more than 30 000. If a country were to have a gini coefficient of 0 that means that everyone would have the same income. The united states has the fourth highest poverty rate of 17 8.

This data is based on self reported data that was gathered between 2006 and 2012. The term country used interchangeably with economy does not imply political independence but refers to. Countries with the lowest median income include libera burundi mali benin togo sierra leone and madagascar.