Data for 2017
Gini Index of Monthly Earnings, 2017
2017, as ILO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten
This measures how unequally pay is spread among a country’s employees, on a scale from 0, where every employee earns the same, to 1, where one employee earns everything. It is the wage part of inequality, computed by the International Labour Organization from earnings surveys.
Gini Index of Monthly Earnings, 2017 covers 83 countries. Liberia is highest, at 0.849; Slovakia is lowest, at 0.214. The middle country reads 0.354. Against 2016, 64 values changed (27 up, 37 down), 17 countries joined, 14 left.
Gini Index of Monthly Earnings · Data for 2017
HighestLiberia
0.849
LowestSlovakia
0.214Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the lowest end.
01Position · derived
The table
Every country and every column of Gini Index of Monthly Earnings, 2017, as published. ILO ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.
Showing 25 of 83 countries · select a heading to sort
| derived | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | LiberiaLBRWestern Africa | 0.849 | Break in series |
| 2 |  ZambiaZMBEastern Africa | 0.669 | Break in series |
| 3 |  RwandaRWAEastern Africa | 0.613 | Break in series |
| 4 |  TogoTGOWestern Africa | 0.579 | Break in series |
| 5 |  UgandaUGAEastern Africa | 0.575 | Break in series |
| 6 |  Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa | 0.568 | — |
| 7 |  São Tomé and PríncipeSTPMiddle Africa | 0.502 | — |
| 8 |  GhanaGHAWestern Africa | 0.498 | Break in series |
| 9 |  Costa RicaCRICentral America | 0.476 | — |
| 10 |  MaliMLIWestern Africa | 0.471 | — |
| 11 |  MauritiusMUSEastern Africa | 0.441 | — |
| 12 |  IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia | 0.439 | — |
| 13 |  HondurasHNDCentral America | 0.432 | — |
| 14 |  BrazilBRASouth America | 0.431 | — |
| 15 |  ChileCHLSouth America | 0.416 | — |
| 16 |  GuatemalaGTMCentral America | 0.414 | — |
| 17 |  Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean | 0.400 | — |
| 18 |  IrelandIRLNorthern Europe | 0.393 | — |
| 19 |  PeruPERSouth America | 0.391 | — |
| 20 |  PanamaPANCentral America | 0.389 | — |
| 21 |  United StatesUSANorthern America | 0.386 | — |
| 22 |  BulgariaBGREastern Europe | 0.380 | — |
| =23 |  AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand | 0.379 | — |
| =23 |  United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe | 0.379 | — |
| 25 |  GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia | 0.377 | — |
| 26 |  ArgentinaARGSouth America | 0.376 | — |
| 27 |  SamoaWSMPolynesia | 0.374 | Break in series |
| =28 |  PalestinePSEWestern Asia | 0.372 | — |
| =28 |  ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia | 0.372 | — |
| 30 |  SpainESPSouthern Europe | 0.370 | — |
| 31 |  CyprusCYPWestern Asia | 0.369 | — |
| =32 |  Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia | 0.368 | — |
| =32 |  UruguayURYSouth America | 0.368 | — |
| 34 |  DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa | 0.366 | Break in series |
| 35 |  VenezuelaVENSouth America | 0.363 | — |
| 36 |  New CaledoniaNCLMelanesia | 0.361 | — |
| =37 |  GermanyDEUWestern Europe | 0.360 | — |
| =37 |  LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe | 0.360 | — |
| 39 |  EcuadorECUSouth America | 0.358 | — |
| 40 |  LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe | 0.357 | — |
| 41 |  LatviaLVANorthern Europe | 0.355 | — |
| 42 |  EstoniaESTNorthern Europe | 0.354 | — |
| 43 |  PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia | 0.351 | — |
| 44 |  AustriaAUTWestern Europe | 0.350 | — |
| 45 |  CanadaCANNorthern America | 0.349 | — |
| 46 |  SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe | 0.347 | — |
| 47 |  MexicoMEXCentral America | 0.345 | — |
| 48 |  MongoliaMNGEastern Asia | 0.344 | — |
| 49 |  NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe | 0.340 | — |
| 50 |  ColombiaCOLSouth America | 0.338 | — |
| 51 |  ParaguayPRYSouth America | 0.333 | — |
| =52 |  BelizeBLZCentral America | 0.319 | — |
| =52 |  BoliviaBOLSouth America | 0.319 | — |
| 54 |  PolandPOLEastern Europe | 0.314 | — |
| =55 |  BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia | 0.311 | — |
| =55 |  El SalvadorSLVCentral America | 0.311 | — |
| 57 |  IcelandISLNorthern Europe | 0.304 | — |
| 58 |  MaltaMLTSouthern Europe | 0.301 | — |
| 59 |  CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe | 0.299 | — |
| =60 |  ArmeniaARMWestern Asia | 0.298 | — |
| =60 |  FranceFRAWestern Europe | 0.298 | — |
| 62 |  SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe | 0.293 | — |
| 63 |  TürkiyeTURWestern Asia | 0.290 | — |
| =64 |  NepalNPLSouthern Asia | 0.288 | Break in series |
| =64 |  SwedenSWENorthern Europe | 0.288 | — |
| 66 |  NorwayNORNorthern Europe | 0.287 | — |
| 67 |  SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe | 0.285 | — |
| 68 |  FinlandFINNorthern Europe | 0.282 | — |
| =69 |  HungaryHUNEastern Europe | 0.275 | — |
| =69 |  MoldovaMDAEastern Europe | 0.275 | — |
| 71 |  CzechiaCZEEastern Europe | 0.274 | — |
| =72 |  LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia | 0.270 | Break in series |
| =72 |  VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia | 0.270 | — |
| 74 |  EgyptEGYNorthern Africa | 0.269 | — |
| 75 |  PortugalPRTSouthern Europe | 0.267 | — |
| 76 |  MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia | 0.263 | Break in series |
| 77 |  DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe | 0.259 | — |
| 78 |  BelgiumBELWestern Europe | 0.254 | — |
| 79 |  JordanJORWestern Asia | 0.247 | Break in series |
| 80 |  GreeceGRCSouthern Europe | 0.243 | — |
| 81 |  RomaniaROUEastern Europe | 0.234 | — |
| 82 |  ItalyITASouthern Europe | 0.218 | — |
| 83 | SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe | 0.214 | — |
02In 2017
At either end
The 5 countries at each end of the headline.
032016 → 2017
Since 2016
- +17 / −14countries joined / left
- 64values changed, of 66 in both
- 27 · 37rose · fell
- 2unchanged
Rose most
Fell most
- Paraguay0.370 → 0.333−0.037
- Vietnam0.303 → 0.270−0.033
- Egypt0.301 → 0.269−0.032
- Hungary0.301 → 0.275−0.026
- Philippines0.375 → 0.351−0.024
+ Argentina+ Bangladesh+ Côte d’Ivoire+ Djibouti+ Georgia+ Ghana+ Jordan+ Laos+ Myanmar+ New Caledonia+ Nepal+ Rwanda+ São Tomé and Príncipe+ Togo+ Uganda+ Samoa+ Zambia
− Bosnia and Herzegovina
− Barbados
− DR Congo
− Fiji
− Kenya
− Cambodia
− Saint Lucia
− Maldives
− Namibia
− Pakistan
− Suriname
− Eswatini
− Timor-Leste
− Trinidad and Tobago04Caveats
Read before you use
One year of the 2026 release
Every year in this series comes from ILO’s 2026 release, recalculated on one method, so a change from one year to the next is not a revision. It can differ from what was first published for 2017.
73 distinct values among 83
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share 0.379. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
71 empty cells
An empty cell means the publisher gave no figure. It is never a zero.
Some readings carry a flag
ILO marks readings it considers estimates or provisional. The flags in this file: Break in series.
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International Labour Organization (ILO) (2017). Gini Index of Monthly Earnings, 2017 [data set], describing 2017. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/earnings-gini/2017
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