Gini Index - countries with the biggest inequality in income distribution 2023

Published by S. Galan, Mar 25, 2025

South Africa had the highest inequality in income distribution in 2023 with a Gini score of 63. Its South African neighbor Namibia followed in second. The Gini coefficient measures the deviation of the distribution of income (or consumption) among individuals or households within a country from a perfectly equal distribution. A value of 0 represents absolute equality, a value of 100 absolute inequality. All the 20 most unequal countries in the world were either located in Africa or Latin America & The Caribbean.

20 countries with the biggest inequality in income distribution worldwide in 2023, based on the Gini index

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Statistic: 20 countries with the biggest inequality in income distribution worldwide in 2023, based on the Gini index

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March 2024

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Worldwide

Survey time period

2010 to 2023*

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Top 20

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*According to the source, the data refers to the latest number of the given period. For all countries that year is between 2010 and 2023. Countries for which data only was available before these years have not been included.

The Gini coefficient measures income inequality in a country. The closer the index is to zero, the more equally distributed the income.

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