List of countries by wealth inequality

A map showing Gini coefficients for Wealth within countries for 2019.^[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 inequality in wealth distribution, with 0 being complete equality, whereas a value near 1 can arise in a situation where everybody has zero wealth except a very small minority.

It is also important to note, however, that Wealth Inequality measurements can greatly vary based on the quality of data presented. 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]

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The table below is for 2018. 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 come from the Global Wealth Databook 2018 by Credit Suisse.^[6] Also the Gini Wealth coefficients for 2019 are shown.^[1]

Country	Wealth Gini			Population		Nominal GDP		GDP per capita
Country	2008	2018	2019		% of world	(in millions)	% of world	GDP per capita
World	0.804	0.904	0.885	7,896,226,000	100	93,863,851	100	11,258
Afghanistan	N/A	N/A	0.655	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Albania	0.642	0.629	0.637	2,882,740	0.037	15,103	0.016	5,239
Algeria	0.67	0.758	0.749	42,228,420	0.53	0.55	0	4,115
Angola	N/A	N/A	0.731	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Antigua and Barbuda	0.747	0.838	0.823	96,280	0.0012	1,611	0.0017	16,732
Argentina (more)	0.74	0.792	0.768	44,361,150	0.56	0.58	0	11,719
Armenia	0.684	0.645	0.663	2,951,740	0.037	12,433	0.013	4,212
Aruba	N/A	N/A	0.703	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Australia	0.622	0.658	0.656	24,898,150	0.32	1,433,904	1.5	57,591
Austria	0.646	0.764	0.739	8,891,380	0.11	455,286	0.49	51,205
Azerbaijan	0.678	0.643	0.654	9,949,540	0.13	46,940	0.050	4,718
Bahamas	N/A	N/A	0.828	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Bahrain	N/A	N/A	0.747	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Bangladesh	0.66	0.671	0.678	161,376,710	2.0	2.11	0	1,698
Barbados	0.706	0.788	0.778	285,720	0.0036	4,990	0.0053	17,465
Belarus	0.628	0.614	0.621	9,452,620	0.12	59,662	0.064	6,312
Belgium	0.662	0.659	0.603	11,482,180	0.15	542,761	0.58	47,270
Belize	0.763	0.815	0.803	383,070	0.0049	1,871	0.0020	4,884
Benin	0.713	0.689	0.707	11,485,040	0.15	10,354	0.011	902
Bolivia	0.762	0.779	0.764	11,050,000	0.14	40,288	0.043	3,646
Bosnia and Herzegovina	N/A	N/A	0.642	3,301	0	21,023	0.022	6,056
Botswana	0.751	0.783	0.8	2,254.07	0	18,616	0.020	8,259
Brazil (more)	0.62	0.823	0.849	209,469,320	2.7	2.74	0	8,921
Brunei	N/A	N/A	0.787	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Bulgaria	0.652	0.647	0.659	7,051,610	0.089	65,133	0.069	9,237
Burkina Faso	0.728	0.674	0.688	19,751,470	0.25	14,125	0.015	715
Burundi	0.699	0.654	0.681	11,175,380	0.14	3,037	0.0032	272
Cambodia	0.714	0.704	0.718	16,249,800	0.21	24,542	0.026	1,510
Cameroon	0.711	0.725	0.743	25,216,260	0.32	38,675	0.041	1,534
Canada	0.688	0.726	0.728	37,074,560	0.47	1,713,342	1.8	46,213
Central African Republic	0.782	0.768	0.777	4,666,380	0.059	2,220	0.0024	476
Chad	0.681	0.715	0.73	15,477,730	0.20	0.2	0	728
Chile	0.777	0.773	0.798	18,729,170	0.24	298,231	0.32	15,923
China (more)	0.55	0.714	0.702	1,427,647,790	18	18.71	00	9,532
Colombia	0.765	0.807	0.77	49,661,060	0.63	0.65	0	6,666
Comoros	0.711	0.766	0.783	832,320	0.011	1,178	0.0013	1,415
DR Congo	N/A	N/A	0.755	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Congo	N/A	N/A	0.769	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Costa Rica	0.732	0.769	0.75	4,999,440	0.063	0.07	0	12,027
Croatia	0.654	0.631	0.645	4,156,410	0.053	60,972	0.065	14,669
Cyprus	N/A	N/A	0.801	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Czech Republic	0.626	0.758	0.725	10,649,800	0.13	245,226	0.26	23,026
Denmark (more)	0.808	0.835	0.838	5,752,130	0.073	355,675	0.38	61,834
Djibouti	N/A	N/A	0.729	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Dominica	0.763	0.84	0.823	71,630	0.00091	0	0	7,693
Dominican Republic	0.723	N/A	N/A	10,627.15	0.00013	85,555	0.091	8,051
Ecuador	0.76	0.776	0.759	17,084,360	0.22	0.22	0	6,345
Egypt	0.689	0.909	0.756	99,581,200	1.3	250,895	0.27	2,520
El Salvador	0.746	0.759	0.743	6,420,740	0.081	26,057	0.028	4,058
Equatorial Guinea	0.688	0.781	0.793	1,308,970	0.017	13,432	0.014	10,262
Eritrea	N/A	N/A	0.621	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Estonia	0.675	0.715	0.716	1,322,910	0.017	30,732	0.033	23,231
Eswatini	0.78	N/A	N/A	1,136.27	0	4,711	0.0050	4,146
Ethiopia	0.652	0.612	0.62	109,224,410	1.4	1.43	0	772
Fiji	0.709	0.694	0.702	883,490	0.011	5,537	0.0059	6,267
Finland	0.615	0.767	0.742	5,522,590	0.070	276,743	0.29	50,111
France (more)	0.73	0.687	0.696	64,990,510	0.82	0.85	0	42,738
Gabon	0.784	0.7	0.719	2,119.28	0	16,854	0.018	7,953
Gambia	0.723	0.755	0.771	2,051,360	0.026	1,633	0.0017	796
Georgia	0.725	0.678	0.687	4,002,950	0.051	17,600	0.019	4,397
Germany	0.667	0.816	0.816	83,124,410	1.1	3,947,620	4.2	47,491
Ghana	0.692	0.682	0.699	29,767,110	0.38	65,556	0.070	2,202
Greece	0.654	0.682	0.654	10,522,240	0.13	218,032	0.23	20,721
Grenada	0.763	0.842	0.827	111,450	0.0014	1,186	0.0013	10,642
Guatemala (more)	0.779	N/A	N/A	17,247.86	0.00022	78,460	0.084	4,549
Guinea	0.693	0.716	0.741	12,414,290	0.16	10,907	0.012	879
Guinea-Bissau	0.71	0.697	0.712	1,874,300	0.024	0.02	0	778
Guyana	0.707	0.75	0.734	779,010	0.0099	0.01	0	4,979
Haiti	0.755	0.82	0.801	11,123,180	0.14	0.15	0	868
Honduras (more)	0.743	0.804	N/A	9,587.52	0.00012	23,970	0.026	2,500
Hong Kong	0.740	N/A	0.777	7,482.5	0	362,682	0.39	48,471
Hungary	0.651	0.662	0.663	9,707,500	0.12	157,883	0.17	16,264
Iceland	0.664	0.731	0.694	336,710	0.0043	25,878	0.028	76,855
India (more)	0.669	0.854	0.832	1,352,642,280	17	2,718,732	2.9	2,010
Indonesia	0.764	0.84	0.833	267,670,550	3.4	3.51	0	3,893
Iran	0.707	0.705	0.705	82,531,700	1.0	454,013	0.48	5,501
Iraq	N/A	N/A	0.633	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Ireland	0.581	0.83	0.796	4,818,690	0.061	0.06	0	79,376
Israel	0.677	0.766	0.777	8,381,510	0.11	370,588	0.39	44,215
Italy	0.609	0.689	0.669	60,627,290	0.77	2,083,864	2.2	34,372
Ivory Coast	0.712	N/A	N/A	25,069.23	0.00032	43,007	0.046	1,716
Jamaica	0.686	0.788	0.775	2,934,850	0.037	15,714	0.017	5,354
Japan	0.547	0.631	0.626	127,202,190	1.6	4,971,323	5.3	39,082
Jordan	0.678	0.677	0.696	9,965,320	0.13	42,231	0.045	4,238
Kazakhstan	0.655	0.952	0.772	18,319,620	0.23	179,340	0.19	9,790
Kenya	0.699	0.732	0.745	51,392,570	0.65	87,908	0.094	1,711
Kuwait	N/A	N/A	0.763	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Kyrgyzstan	0.68	0.673	0.681	6,389,500	0.081	0.08	0	1,267
Laos	N/A	N/A	0.794	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Latvia	0.67	0.788	0.789	1,928,460	0.024	0.03	0	17,843
Lebanon (more)	0.762	0.889	0.819	6,859,410	0.087	56,639	0.060	8,257
Lesotho	0.767	0.795	0.805	2,108,330	0.027	2,739	0.0029	1,299
Liberia	N/A	N/A	0.727	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Libya	N/A	N/A	0.659	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Lithuania	0.666	0.655	0.663	2,801,270	0.035	53,429	0.057	19,073
Luxembourg	0.65	0.663	0.67	604,240	0.0077	0.01	0	117,312
Macau	0.58	N/A	N/A	667.4	0	55,084	0.059	82,535
Madagascar	0.722	0.702	0.722	26,262,310	0.33	13,853	0.015	527
Malawi	0.736	0.733	0.751	18,143,220	0.23	7,065	0.0075	389
Malaysia (more)	0.733	0.82	0.796	31,528,030	0.40	0.41	0	11,373
Maldives	N/A	N/A	0.724	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Mali	0.75	0.682	0.707	19,077,760	0.24	0.25	0	900
Malta	0.664	0.631	0.64	439,260	0.0056	0.01	0	33,131
Mauritania	0.686	0.667	0.681	4,403,310	0.056	5,235	0.0056	1,189
Mauritius	0.661	0.64	0.662	1,267,180	0.016	0.02	0	11,222
Mexico (more)	0.749	0.8	0.777	126,190.78	0.0016	1,220,699	1.3	9,673
Moldova	N/A	N/A	0.645	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Mongolia	N/A	N/A	0.668	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Montenegro	N/A	N/A	0.648	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Morocco	0.69	0.802	0.766	36,029,090	0.46	0.47	00	3,273
Mozambique	0.689	0.7	0.716	29,496	0.00037	14,717	0.016	499
Myanmar	N/A	N/A	0.597	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Namibia	0.847	0.776	0.788	2,448,300	0.031	14,522	0.015	5,931
Nepal	N/A	N/A	0.71	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Netherlands (more)	0.65	0.736	0.902	17,059,560	0.22	0.22	0	53,557
New Zealand (more)	0.651	0.708	0.672	4,743,130	0.060	204,924	0.22	43,204
Nicaragua	0.755	0.778	0.759	6,465,500	0.082	13,118	0.014	2,029
Niger	0.729	0.66	0.682	22,442,830	0.28	0.29	0	414
Nigeria	0.729	0.894	0.809	195,874,690	2.5	397,270	0.42	2,028
North Macedonia	0.661	0.655	N/A	2,082.96	0	12,672	0.014	6,084
Norway	0.633	0.791	0.798	5,337,960	0.068	434,167	0.46	81,336
Oman	N/A	N/A	0.786	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Pakistan	0.698	0.65	0.665	212,228,290	2.7	2.78	00	1,482
Panama	0.766	0.795	0.78	4,176,870	0.053	0.05	0	15,575
Papua New Guinea	0.738	0.76	0.766	8,606,320	0.11	0.11	0	2,730
Paraguay	0.766	0.785	0.768	6,956,070	0.088	40,497	0.043	5,822
Peru	0.738	0.795	0.788	31,989,270	0.41	222,045	0.24	6,941
Philippines (more)	0.717	0.826	0.837	106,651,390	1.4	330,910	0.35	3,103
Poland (more)	0.657	0.722	0.677	37,921,590	0.48	585,664	0.62	15,444
Portugal	0.667	0.736	0.692	10,256,190	0.13	240,675	0.26	23,466
Puerto Rico	0.753	N/A	N/A	3,039.6	0	101,131	0.11	33,271
Qatar	N/A	N/A	0.633	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Romania	0.651	0.728	0.647	19,506,110	0.25	239,553	0.26	12,281
Russia (more)	0.699	0.875	0.879	146,801,930	1.9	1,657,555	1.8	11,291
Rwanda	0.714	0.728	0.742	12,301,970	0.16	9,509	0.010	773
Samoa	N/A	N/A	0.747	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
São Tomé and Príncipe	N/A	N/A	0.674	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Saudi Arabia	0.737	0.81	0.834	33,702,760	0.43	0.44	0	23,337
Senegal	0.697	0.705	0.726	15,854,320	0.20	24,130	0.026	1,522
Serbia	N/A	N/A	0.676	6,963.76	0	55,437	0.059	7,992
Seychelles	0.76	0.679	0.704	97,090	0.0012	0	0	16,376
Sierra Leone	0.687	0.671	0.694	7,650,150	0.097	4,085	0.0044	534
Singapore (more)	0.689	0.758	0.757	5,757,500	0.073	364,157	0.39	63,249
Slovakia	0.629	0.498	0.498	5,453,020	0.069	105,905	0.11	19,421
Slovenia	0.626	0.646	0.662	2,077,840	0.026	54,008	0.058	25,992
Solomon Islands	N/A	N/A	0.7	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
South Africa (more)	0.763	0.806	0.806	57,792,520	0.73	368,289	0.39	6,373
South Korea	0.579	0.67	0.606	51,709,100	0.65	0.68	0	31,318
Spain	0.57	0.697	0.694	46,692,860	0.59	0.61	0	30,391
Sri Lanka	0.665	0.687	0.7	21,228.76	0.00027	88,901	0.095	4,188
Saint Lucia	N/A	N/A	0.728	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	N/A	N/A	0.818	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Sudan	N/A	N/A	0.687	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Suriname	N/A	N/A	0.832	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Sweden (more)	0.742	0.865	0.867	9,971,630	0.13	556,086	0.59	55,767
Switzerland	0.803	0.741	0.705	8,570,150	0.11	705,140	0.75	82,279
Syria	N/A	N/A	0.699	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Taiwan	N/A	N/A	0.751	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Tajikistan	N/A	N/A	0.656	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Tanzania	0.676	0.65	0.661	56,313,440	0.71	0.74	0	1,030
Thailand	0.71	0.902	0.846	69,428,450	0.88	0.91	0	7,274
East Timor	N/A	N/A	0.565	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Togo	0.711	0.719	0.734	7,889,100	0.100	5,359	0.0057	679
Tonga	N/A	N/A	0.682	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Trinidad and Tobago	0.689	0.748	0.732	1,389,840	0.018	23,808	0.025	17,130
Tunisia	0.693	0.683	0.705	11,565,200	0.15	39,871	0.042	3,447
Turkey	0.718	0.871	0.794	82,340,090	1.0	771,350	0.82	9,368
Turkmenistan	N/A	N/A	0.63	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Uganda	0.723	0.714	0.729	42,729,030	0.54	27,461	0.029	643
Ukraine	0.667	0.955	0.847	44,246,160	0.56	130,832	0.14	2,957
United Arab Emirates	N/A	N/A	0.796	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Great Britain	0.697	0.747	0.746	67,141,680	0.85	2,855,297	3.0	42,526
United States (more)	0.801	0.852	0.852	327,096,260	4.1	20,544,343	22	62,808
Uruguay	0.708	0.741	0.721	3,449,290	0.044	59,597	0.063	17,278
Vanuatu	N/A	N/A	0.688	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Venezuela	N/A	N/A	0.743	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Vietnam	0.682	0.708	0.761	95,545,960	1.2	245,214	0.26	2,566
Yemen	0.613	0.801	0.798	28,498,680	0.36	26,914	0.029	944
Zambia	0.766	0.787	0.798	17,351,710	0.22	26,720	0.028	1,540
Zimbabwe	0.845	0.707	0.719	14,438,810	0.18	31,001	0.033	2,147

References[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "Global wealth databook 2019" (PDF). Credit Suisse.
^ Zucman, Gabriel (March 2016). "State of the Union 2016: Wealth Inequality" (PDF). Stanford.
^ "Gross Domestic Product 2018" (PDF). World Bank. 2018. Retrieved 2020-01-18.
^ "World Population Prospects, the 2019 revision". United Nations. June 2019. Retrieved 2020-01-18.
^ The Level and Distribution of Global Household Wealth. April 2008. By James B. Davies, Susanna Sandström, Anthony Shorrocks, and Edward N. Wolff.
^ "Global Wealth Databook 2018" (PDF). Credit Suisse. Retrieved 2020-01-15.

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.

[:1-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b "Global wealth databook 2019" (PDF). Credit Suisse.

[2] Zucman, Gabriel (March 2016). "State of the Union 2016: Wealth Inequality" (PDF). Stanford.

[3] "Gross Domestic Product 2018" (PDF). World Bank. 2018. Retrieved 2020-01-18.

[4] "World Population Prospects, the 2019 revision". United Nations. June 2019. Retrieved 2020-01-18.

[2008april-5] The Level and Distribution of Global Household Wealth. April 2008. By James B. Davies, Susanna Sandström, Anthony Shorrocks, and Edward N. Wolff.

[:0-6] "Global Wealth Databook 2018" (PDF). Credit Suisse. Retrieved 2020-01-15.

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Intercontinental	Americas Arab world Commonwealth of Nations Eurasia European Union Islands Latin America Middle East
Cities/urban areas	World cities National capitals Megacities Megalopolises
Past and future	Past and future population World population estimates 1 1000 1500 1600 1700 1800 1900 1907 1939 1989 2000 2005 2010 2015 Population milestones
Population density	Current density Past and future population density Current real density based on food growing capacity
Growth indicators	Population growth rate Natural increase Birth rate Mortality rate Fertility rate Past fertility rate
Other demographics	Age at first marriage Age structure Dependency ratio Divorce rate Ethnic and cultural diversity level Immigrant population Linguistic diversity Median age Net migration rate Number of households Sex ratio Urban population Urbanization
Health	Antidepressant consumption Antiviral medications for pandemic influenza HIV/AIDS adult prevalence rate Infant and under-five mortality rates Maternal mortality rate Life expectancy Obesity rate Past life expectancy Percentage suffering from undernourishment Health expenditure by country by type of financing Suicide rate Total health expenditure per capita Body mass index (BMI)
Education and innovation	Bloomberg Innovation Index Education Index International Innovation Index Literacy rate Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies Progress in International Reading Literacy Study Student skills Tertiary education attainment Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study World Intellectual Property Indicators
Economic	Access to financial services Development aid given Official Development Assistance received Employment rate Irrigated land area Human Development Index by country inequality-adjusted planetary pressures–adjusted HDI Human Poverty Index Imports Income equality Labour force Share of income of top 1% Number of millionaires (US dollars) Number of billionaires (US dollars) Percentage living in poverty Public sector Unemployment rate
List of international rankings List of top international rankings by country Lists by country

List of countries by wealth inequality

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