Data for 2018
Gini Index of Monthly Earnings, 2018
2018, 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, 2018 covers 80 countries. Sierra Leone is highest, at 0.670; Slovakia is lowest, at 0.191. The middle country reads 0.349. Against 2017, 69 values changed (24 up, 45 down), 11 countries joined, 14 left.
Gini Index of Monthly Earnings · Data for 2018
HighestSierra Leone
0.670
LowestSlovakia
0.191Shaded 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, 2018, 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 80 countries · select a heading to sort
| derived | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa | 0.670 | — |
| 2 |  NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa | 0.641 | — |
| 3 |  ZambiaZMBEastern Africa | 0.546 | Break in series |
| 4 |  Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa | 0.521 | — |
| 5 |  MaliMLIWestern Africa | 0.520 | — |
| 6 |  ChadTCDMiddle Africa | 0.500 | — |
| 7 |  Costa RicaCRICentral America | 0.469 | — |
| 8 |  SamoaWSMPolynesia | 0.451 | — |
| 9 |  IndiaINDSouthern Asia | 0.444 | — |
| 10 |  HondurasHNDCentral America | 0.441 | Break in series |
| 11 |  BrazilBRASouth America | 0.440 | — |
| 12 |  IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia | 0.426 | — |
| 13 |  ChileCHLSouth America | 0.420 | — |
| 14 |  MauritiusMUSEastern Africa | 0.418 | — |
| 15 |  GuatemalaGTMCentral America | 0.412 | — |
| 16 |  Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean | 0.403 | — |
| 17 |  IrelandIRLNorthern Europe | 0.401 | — |
| 18 |  BulgariaBGREastern Europe | 0.399 | — |
| 19 |  PeruPERSouth America | 0.393 | — |
| 20 |  TongaTONPolynesia | 0.392 | Break in series |
| 21 |  PanamaPANCentral America | 0.388 | — |
| 22 |  PakistanPAKSouthern Asia | 0.387 | — |
| 23 |  United StatesUSANorthern America | 0.382 | — |
| 24 |  ArgentinaARGSouth America | 0.378 | — |
| 25 |  United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe | 0.373 | — |
| 26 |  AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand | 0.372 | — |
| 27 |  PalestinePSEWestern Asia | 0.370 | — |
| 28 |  ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia | 0.369 | — |
| 29 |  LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe | 0.366 | — |
| =30 |  LatviaLVANorthern Europe | 0.364 | — |
| =30 |  LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe | 0.364 | — |
| =30 |  SpainESPSouthern Europe | 0.364 | — |
| =33 |  EcuadorECUSouth America | 0.361 | — |
| =33 |  UruguayURYSouth America | 0.361 | — |
| 35 |  CyprusCYPWestern Asia | 0.360 | — |
| 36 |  GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia | 0.359 | — |
| 37 |  GermanyDEUWestern Europe | 0.358 | — |
| =38 |  PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia | 0.350 | — |
| =38 |  SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe | 0.350 | — |
| =40 |  AustriaAUTWestern Europe | 0.349 | — |
| =40 |  MongoliaMNGEastern Asia | 0.349 | — |
| 42 |  NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe | 0.345 | — |
| =43 |  EstoniaESTNorthern Europe | 0.344 | — |
| =43 |  Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia | 0.344 | — |
| 45 |  CanadaCANNorthern America | 0.342 | — |
| 46 |  MexicoMEXCentral America | 0.341 | — |
| 47 |  ColombiaCOLSouth America | 0.339 | — |
| 48 |  BhutanBTNSouthern Asia | 0.334 | — |
| 49 |  Antigua and BarbudaATGCaribbean | 0.333 | — |
| 50 |  ParaguayPRYSouth America | 0.332 | — |
| 51 |  HungaryHUNEastern Europe | 0.327 | — |
| 52 |  BelizeBLZCentral America | 0.318 | — |
| 53 |  GuyanaGUYSouth America | 0.317 | Break in series |
| 54 |  BoliviaBOLSouth America | 0.313 | — |
| 55 |  El SalvadorSLVCentral America | 0.310 | — |
| 56 |  PolandPOLEastern Europe | 0.304 | — |
| 57 |  MaltaMLTSouthern Europe | 0.302 | — |
| 58 |  IcelandISLNorthern Europe | 0.301 | — |
| 59 |  FranceFRAWestern Europe | 0.295 | — |
| 60 |  TürkiyeTURWestern Asia | 0.293 | — |
| 61 |  SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe | 0.292 | — |
| 62 |  NorwayNORNorthern Europe | 0.290 | — |
| 63 |  CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe | 0.288 | — |
| 64 |  FinlandFINNorthern Europe | 0.284 | — |
| 65 |  SwedenSWENorthern Europe | 0.274 | — |
| 66 |  MoldovaMDAEastern Europe | 0.271 | — |
| 67 |  GambiaGMBWestern Africa | 0.268 | Break in series |
| 68 |  CzechiaCZEEastern Europe | 0.265 | — |
| 69 |  VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia | 0.259 | — |
| 70 |  SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe | 0.258 | — |
| 71 |  PortugalPRTSouthern Europe | 0.256 | — |
| 72 |  BelgiumBELWestern Europe | 0.252 | — |
| 73 |  DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe | 0.250 | — |
| 74 |  MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia | 0.247 | — |
| 75 |  RomaniaROUEastern Europe | 0.240 | — |
| =76 |  EgyptEGYNorthern Africa | 0.237 | — |
| =76 |  GreeceGRCSouthern Europe | 0.237 | — |
| 78 |  JordanJORWestern Asia | 0.215 | — |
| 79 |  ItalyITASouthern Europe | 0.214 | — |
| 80 | SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe | 0.191 | — |
02In 2018
At either end
The 5 countries at each end of the headline.
Highest
- 1Sierra Leone0.670
- 2Namibia0.641
- 3Zambia0.546
- 4Burkina Faso0.521
- 5Mali0.520
A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 0.349. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.
032017 → 2018
Since 2017
- +11 / −14countries joined / left
- 69values changed, of 69 in both
- 24 · 45rose · fell
- 0unchanged
Rose most
+ Antigua and Barbuda+ Burkina Faso+ Bhutan+ Gambia+ Guyana+ India+ Namibia+ Pakistan+ Sierra Leone+ Chad+ Tonga
− Armenia
− Bangladesh
− Côte d’Ivoire
− Djibouti
− Ghana
− Laos
− Liberia
− New Caledonia
− Nepal
− Rwanda
− São Tomé and Príncipe
− Togo
− Uganda
− Venezuela04Caveats
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 2018.
73 distinct values among 80
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 3 countries share 0.364. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
75 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.
05The files
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International Labour Organization (ILO) (2018). Gini Index of Monthly Earnings, 2018 [data set], describing 2018. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/earnings-gini/2018
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