Income Inequality (Gini)

Gini index of income inequality (0 = equal, 100 = unequal). Gapminder, 2016–2023.

Source: Gapminder (open data, ddf) Licence: CC BY 4.0 Unit: index 0–100 Parsed: 2026-07-03 Open source ↗

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Avg (2023)
24.8
-0.20pp vs 2022
Improving
14
of 81 tracked
Declining
37
period over period
Stable
22
±0.5pp band

Gini index

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Trend over time

Group average by period, 2016–2023.

30.13437.941.845.7 20162017201820192020202120222023
AfricaEuropeAsiaAmericas

Movers

Biggest period-over-period changes.

Top risers

EntityNowChange
🇵🇦 Panama 48.9 +48.9pp
🇭🇳 Honduras 46.8 +46.8pp
🇬🇹 Guatemala 45.2 +45.2pp
🇷🇼 Rwanda 39.4 +39.4pp
🇵🇭 Philippines 39.3 +39.3pp

Top fallers

EntityNowChange
🇿🇦 South Africa 0 -54.1pp
🇿🇲 Zambia 0 -51.5pp
🇲🇿 Mozambique 0 -49.6pp
🇲🇽 Mexico 0 -43.5pp
🇨🇱 Chile 0 -43.2pp

By group

Change by group, latest period.

Americas +2.0pp
Asia +1.0pp
Europe -0.70pp
Africa -4.0pp
GroupMembersAvgChange
Americas 15 44.6 +2.0pp
Africa 1 39.4 -4.0pp
Asia 10 33.5 +1.0pp
Europe 31 31.1 -0.70pp