Data for 2020
Gini Index of Monthly Earnings, 2020
2020, 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, 2020 covers 76 countries. Botswana is highest, at 0.605; Slovakia is lowest, at 0.200. The middle country reads 0.345. Against 2019, 65 values changed (34 up, 31 down), 7 countries joined, 25 left.
Gini Index of Monthly Earnings · Data for 2020
HighestBotswana
0.605
LowestSlovakia
0.200Shaded 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, 2020, 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 76 countries · select a heading to sort
| derived | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BotswanaBWASouthern Africa | 0.605 | — |
| 2 |  BurundiBDIEastern Africa | 0.566 | — |
| =3 |  Costa RicaCRICentral America | 0.520 | — |
| =3 |  ZambiaZMBEastern Africa | 0.520 | — |
| 5 |  AngolaAGOMiddle Africa | 0.493 | — |
| 6 |  BrazilBRASouth America | 0.461 | — |
| 7 |  Puerto RicoPRICaribbean | 0.456 | — |
| 8 |  MaliMLIWestern Africa | 0.453 | — |
| 9 |  IndiaINDSouthern Asia | 0.450 | — |
| 10 |  TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa | 0.448 | Break in series |
| 11 |  HondurasHNDCentral America | 0.447 | Break in series |
| 12 |  MauritiusMUSEastern Africa | 0.441 | Break in series |
| 13 |  ChileCHLSouth America | 0.440 | — |
| 14 |  IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia | 0.419 | — |
| 15 |  PanamaPANCentral America | 0.418 | Break in series |
| 16 |  PeruPERSouth America | 0.410 | Break in series |
| 17 |  Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean | 0.408 | Break in series |
| 18 |  IrelandIRLNorthern Europe | 0.396 | — |
| 19 |  PakistanPAKSouthern Asia | 0.393 | Break in series |
| 20 |  ArgentinaARGSouth America | 0.392 | — |
| 21 |  BulgariaBGREastern Europe | 0.391 | — |
| 22 |  EcuadorECUSouth America | 0.384 | Break in series |
| 23 |  ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia | 0.375 | — |
| 24 |  PalestinePSEWestern Asia | 0.374 | — |
| 25 |  GermanyDEUWestern Europe | 0.371 | — |
| 26 |  United StatesUSANorthern America | 0.370 | Break in series |
| 27 |  UruguayURYSouth America | 0.369 | Break in series |
| 28 |  Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia | 0.366 | — |
| 29 |  CyprusCYPWestern Asia | 0.364 | — |
| 30 |  United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe | 0.363 | — |
| =31 |  GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia | 0.361 | — |
| =31 |  LatviaLVANorthern Europe | 0.361 | — |
| =33 |  AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand | 0.360 | — |
| =33 |  EstoniaESTNorthern Europe | 0.360 | — |
| 35 |  LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe | 0.356 | — |
| 36 |  LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe | 0.353 | — |
| 37 |  MexicoMEXCentral America | 0.351 | Break in series |
| =38 |  SpainESPSouthern Europe | 0.345 | — |
| =38 |  SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe | 0.345 | — |
| 40 |  AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia | 0.344 | Break in series |
| 41 |  NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe | 0.336 | — |
| =42 |  BhutanBTNSouthern Asia | 0.329 | — |
| =42 |  CanadaCANNorthern America | 0.329 | — |
| =42 |  MaltaMLTSouthern Europe | 0.329 | — |
| =42 |  PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia | 0.329 | — |
| 46 |  AustriaAUTWestern Europe | 0.322 | — |
| 47 |  BoliviaBOLSouth America | 0.315 | — |
| 48 |  IcelandISLNorthern Europe | 0.312 | — |
| 49 |  GuyanaGUYSouth America | 0.306 | — |
| 50 |  ArmeniaARMWestern Asia | 0.295 | — |
| 51 |  TürkiyeTURWestern Asia | 0.290 | — |
| 52 |  PolandPOLEastern Europe | 0.289 | — |
| 53 |  FranceFRAWestern Europe | 0.288 | — |
| =54 |  DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe | 0.286 | — |
| =54 |  FinlandFINNorthern Europe | 0.286 | — |
| =54 |  NorwayNORNorthern Europe | 0.286 | — |
| 57 |  SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe | 0.284 | — |
| 58 |  CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe | 0.283 | — |
| 59 |  HungaryHUNEastern Europe | 0.280 | — |
| 60 |  BelgiumBELWestern Europe | 0.277 | — |
| =61 |  CambodiaKHMSouth-eastern Asia | 0.274 | — |
| =61 |  SwedenSWENorthern Europe | 0.274 | — |
| 63 |  MoldovaMDAEastern Europe | 0.273 | — |
| =64 |  Bosnia and HerzegovinaBIHSouthern Europe | 0.271 | Break in series |
| =64 |  MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia | 0.271 | — |
| 66 |  MongoliaMNGEastern Asia | 0.270 | — |
| 67 |  SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe | 0.265 | — |
| 68 |  CzechiaCZEEastern Europe | 0.258 | — |
| 69 |  VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia | 0.252 | — |
| 70 |  RomaniaROUEastern Europe | 0.249 | — |
| 71 |  PortugalPRTSouthern Europe | 0.248 | — |
| 72 |  EgyptEGYNorthern Africa | 0.237 | — |
| 73 |  GreeceGRCSouthern Europe | 0.229 | — |
| 74 |  JordanJORWestern Asia | 0.217 | — |
| 75 |  ItalyITASouthern Europe | 0.216 | — |
| 76 | SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe | 0.200 | — |
02In 2020
At either end
The 5 countries at each end of the headline.
032019 → 2020
Since 2019
- +7 / −25countries joined / left
- 65values changed, of 69 in both
- 34 · 31rose · fell
- 4unchanged
Rose most
+ Afghanistan+ Burundi+ Bosnia and Herzegovina+ Chile+ United Kingdom+ Puerto Rico+ Tanzania
− Benin
− Burkina Faso
− Bahamas
− Belize
− Côte d’Ivoire
− Cook Islands
− Colombia
− Guinea
− Guinea-Bissau
− Guatemala
− Kenya
− Kiribati
− Lebanon
− Lesotho
− Maldives
− Marshall Islands
− Mauritania
− Niger
− Nigeria
− Paraguay
− Senegal
− El Salvador
− Togo
− Tunisia
− Uganda04Caveats
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 2020.
65 distinct values among 76
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 4 countries share 0.329. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
63 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) (2020). Gini Index of Monthly Earnings, 2020 [data set], describing 2020. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/earnings-gini/2020
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