Data for 2000

Gini Index of Disposable Income (SWIID), 2000

Name: Gini Index of Disposable Income (SWIID), 2000
Creator: Frederick Solt, University of Iowa
License: https://dataverse.harvard.edu/dataset.xhtml?persistentId=doi:10.7910/DVN/LM4OWF

2000, as Frederick Solt’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

This is the Gini index of household income after taxes and transfers, as estimated by the Standardized World Income Inequality Database. It brings every published measure of a country’s inequality onto one definition and fills the years between them, so it reaches far more countries and years than any survey series — at the cost of being an estimate, published with its uncertainty.

Gini Index of Disposable Income (SWIID), 2000 covers 152 countries on 2 measures. Namibia is highest, at 65.7; Denmark is lowest, at 22.6. The middle country reads 40.0. Against 1999, 129 values changed (75 up, 54 down), 4 countries joined, 2 left.

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Gini Index of Disposable Income (SWIID) · Data for 2000

HighestNamibia

65.7

LowestDenmark

22.6

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the lowest end.

152countries
2measures per country
2000the year it describes
118distinct values1 decimal, as published
Sep 29, 2026read from the publisher
Public domain or CC0licence

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Gini Index of Disposable Income (SWIID), 2000, as published. Frederick Solt ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.

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Gini Index of Disposable Income (SWIID), 2000: every country, as published by Frederick Solt, University of Iowa.
derived
1	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	65.7	2.94
2	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	62.0	1.86
3	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	58.0	3.75
4	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	57.3	3.09
5	Bolivia`BOL`South America	54.5	1.23
6	Brazil`BRA`South America	54.3	0.83
7	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	53.5	2.39
8	Paraguay`PRY`South America	53.0	1.10
9	Honduras`HND`Central America	52.2	1.49
10	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	52.0	4.00
11	Panama`PAN`Central America	51.9	0.82
12	Belize`BLZ`Central America	51.7	2.78
13	Colombia`COL`South America	51.6	1.16
14	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	51.3	4.07
15	Ecuador`ECU`South America	51.2	1.57
=16	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	50.8	2.56
=16	Chile`CHL`South America	50.8	1.24
=18	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	50.6	2.05
=18	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	50.6	1.00
=18	Peru`PER`South America	50.6	0.92
21	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	50.5	3.24
22	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	50.0	5.49
23	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	49.9	2.83
24	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	49.6	2.24
25	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	49.5	1.72
26	Mexico`MEX`Central America	48.9	1.26
27	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	48.6	1.16
28	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	48.2	3.31
29	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	48.1	2.71
30	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	47.9	3.62
31	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	47.8	1.24
32	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	47.5	3.79
33	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	47.3	3.59
34	Argentina`ARG`South America	46.8	1.12
35	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	46.7	2.26
=36	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	46.6	2.41
=36	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	46.6	3.44
38	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	46.1	2.32
39	Guyana`GUY`South America	46.0	3.35
40	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	45.6	2.19
41	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	45.4	2.72
42	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	44.8	1.05
43	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	44.7	3.39
44	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	44.5	1.72
45	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	44.2	2.61
46	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	44.0	2.29
47	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	43.8	1.42
48	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	43.7	2.05
=49	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	43.1	4.00
=49	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	43.1	2.23
=51	India`IND`Southern Asia	43.0	1.47
=51	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	43.0	2.03
=51	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	43.0	3.48
=54	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	42.9	3.11
=54	Venezuela`VEN`South America	42.9	1.19
56	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	42.8	2.59
57	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	42.6	4.83
=58	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	42.4	2.35
=58	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	42.4	1.22
=58	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	42.4	2.12
61	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	41.9	2.57
62	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	41.7	2.64
63	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	41.6	2.31
64	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	41.4	2.15
65	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	41.3	2.13
66	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	41.2	2.98
=67	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	41.1	2.48
=67	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	41.1	2.10
69	Uruguay`URY`South America	41.0	0.69
70	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	40.9	1.34
=71	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	40.8	1.87
=71	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	40.8	2.07
=71	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	40.8	3.91
74	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	40.6	2.73
75	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	40.5	3.44
76	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	40.0	1.49
77	Niger`NER`Western Africa	39.9	2.82
78	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	39.7	2.43
=79	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	39.3	2.68
=79	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	39.3	1.30
81	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	39.0	0.99
82	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	38.7	1.63
83	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	38.6	1.26
=84	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	38.4	2.98
=84	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	38.4	1.59
86	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	38.3	3.78
87	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	38.0	2.52
88	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	37.9	3.23
89	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	37.4	2.51
90	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	37.3	2.01
=91	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	37.0	3.81
=91	United States`USA`Northern America	37.0	0.56
93	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	36.9	1.17
=94	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	36.5	2.51
=94	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	36.5	2.47
=94	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	36.5	1.62
=94	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	36.5	2.52
98	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	36.4	2.34
99	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	35.8	1.08
100	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	35.7	2.93
101	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	35.1	2.14
=102	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	35.0	0.98
=102	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	35.0	0.82
104	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	34.9	1.13
105	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	34.6	2.55
=106	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	34.0	2.34
=106	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	34.0	1.80
=106	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	34.0	1.60
109	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	33.9	0.97
110	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	33.6	2.96
=111	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	33.5	1.86
=111	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	33.5	1.04
113	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	33.3	1.13
=114	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	32.9	1.14
=114	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	32.9	1.24
=116	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	32.7	1.52
=116	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	32.7	1.97
118	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	32.5	1.52
119	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	32.4	1.45
=120	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	31.9	1.34
=120	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	31.9	1.06
=122	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	31.7	0.99
=122	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	31.7	1.41
=122	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	31.7	1.51
=125	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	31.6	1.53
=125	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	31.6	1.58
127	Canada`CAN`Northern America	31.5	0.76
128	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	30.6	1.61
129	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	30.5	1.17
=130	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	29.8	1.19
=130	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	29.8	0.84
132	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	29.6	1.03
133	France`FRA`Western Europe	29.3	0.38
=134	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	29.2	2.63
=134	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	29.2	0.59
136	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	28.1	1.09
137	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	28.0	0.91
138	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	27.5	1.43
139	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	26.4	0.97
=140	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	26.1	0.97
=140	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	26.1	0.64
=140	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	26.1	0.87
143	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	26.0	0.76
144	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	25.9	1.50
145	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	25.8	1.30
146	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	25.5	0.90
147	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	25.1	0.68
=148	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	25.0	1.16
=148	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	25.0	0.64
150	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	24.9	0.83
151	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	23.2	0.89
152	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	22.6	0.26

02In 2000

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline, then the highest and lowest on each other measure.

Highest

1Namibia65.7
2South Africa62.0
3Eswatini58.0
4Botswana57.3
5Bolivia54.5

Lowest

152Denmark22.6
151Slovenia23.2
150Norway24.9
148Finlandshared25.0
148Czechiashared25.0

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 40.0. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Standard error of the estimate (Gini points)
HighestSaint Vincent and the Grenadines5.49
LowestDenmark0.26
Middle country: 1.72

031999 → 2000

Since 1999

+4 / −2countries joined / left
129values changed, of 148 in both
75 · 54rose · fell
19unchanged

Rose most

Netherlands24.8 → 26.0+1.2
China38.0 → 39.0+1.0
Serbia31.4 → 32.4+1.0
Costa Rica44.0 → 44.8+0.8
Bolivia53.8 → 54.5+0.7

Fell most

Peru51.7 → 50.6−1.1
Kyrgyzstan36.5 → 35.8−0.7
Brazil54.9 → 54.3−0.6
Spain32.5 → 31.9−0.6
Malawi48.7 → 48.1−0.6

+ Angola

+ Saint Kitts and Nevis

+ Oman

+ São Tomé and Príncipe

− Kuwait

− Turks and Caicos Islands

04Caveats

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How values are stored

One year of the 2026 release
Every year in this series comes from Frederick Solt’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 2000.
118 distinct values among 152
Values are stored exactly as published, to 1 decimal. 4 countries share 36.5. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 152 countries has every column.

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Frederick Solt, University of Iowa (2000). Gini Index of Disposable Income (SWIID), 2000 [data set], describing 2000. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/gini-disposable-income/2000

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