Gini Index

How unequally income is shared. 0 would mean everyone earns the same; 100 would mean one person earns everything.

Lower is better0 = perfect equality, 100 = maximum inequality

India, 2022

25.500-100

3.30since 2011

Among all countries

3rd of 73

bestworst

Top five on Earth. This one earns the title.

Better than 97.2% of countries measured.

India over time

yearly
25.5027.6029.70
19772022: 25.502022

Against comparable countries

2022

  1. 1India25.50
  2. 2Bangladesh30.90
  3. 3Indonesia35.50
  4. 4China36.00
  5. 5Viet Nam36.10
  6. 6United States41.70
  7. 7Brazil51.90
  8. 8South Africa54.10

Top of the table

  1. 1Slovak Republic24.10
  2. 2Slovenia24.30
  3. 3India25.50
  4. 4Czechia25.90
  5. 5Moldova25.90

Bottom of the table

  1. 69Mozambique49.60
  2. 70Zambia51.50
  3. 71Brazil51.90
  4. 72South Africa54.10
  5. 73Colombia54.80

Where this number comes from

Published by
World Bank
Updated
Yearly
Covers
~200 countries, 1960-present
Fetched
2 hrs ago
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