Data for 2002

Gini Index of Disposable Income (SWIID), 2002

Name: Gini Index of Disposable Income (SWIID), 2002
Creator: Frederick Solt, University of Iowa
License: https://dataverse.harvard.edu/dataset.xhtml?persistentId=doi:10.7910/DVN/LM4OWF

2002, 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), 2002 covers 164 countries on 2 measures. Namibia is highest, at 65.6; Denmark is lowest, at 23.0. The middle country reads 39.9. Against 2001, 136 values changed (58 up, 78 down), 7 countries joined.

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Gini Index of Disposable Income (SWIID) · Data for 2002

HighestNamibia

65.6

LowestDenmark

23.0

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

164countries
2measures per country
2002the year it describes
122distinct values1 decimal, as published
Sep 29, 2026read from the publisher
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01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Gini Index of Disposable Income (SWIID), 2002, 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), 2002: every country, as published by Frederick Solt, University of Iowa.
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1	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	65.6	2.76
2	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	62.6	1.98
3	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	58.3	3.85
4	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	57.6	2.95
5	Bolivia`BOL`South America	54.2	1.28
=6	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	53.6	3.76
=6	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	53.6	2.33
8	Brazil`BRA`South America	52.9	0.40
=9	Honduras`HND`Central America	52.7	1.21
=9	Paraguay`PRY`South America	52.7	1.10
11	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	52.1	1.92
12	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	51.9	3.83
=13	Colombia`COL`South America	51.8	0.62
=13	Panama`PAN`Central America	51.8	0.78
=13	Peru`PER`South America	51.8	0.87
16	Belize`BLZ`Central America	51.1	2.87
17	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	50.9	2.36
18	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	50.7	4.01
=19	Ecuador`ECU`South America	50.4	1.45
=19	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	50.4	1.02
21	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	50.3	3.17
=22	Chile`CHL`South America	50.2	1.21
=22	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	50.2	2.15
24	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	50.1	2.66
25	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	49.8	5.50
26	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	48.7	1.06
27	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	48.3	1.74
28	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	48.2	3.39
29	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	48.1	3.29
30	Mexico`MEX`Central America	47.9	1.18
31	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	47.5	3.80
=32	Argentina`ARG`South America	47.1	1.10
=32	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	47.1	1.14
=32	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	47.1	3.56
=35	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	46.9	2.53
=35	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	46.9	2.15
37	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	46.7	3.37
=38	Guyana`GUY`South America	46.4	3.54
=38	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	46.4	2.31
40	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	46.0	1.05
41	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	45.9	2.36
42	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	45.8	2.01
=43	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	45.1	2.59
=43	India`IND`Southern Asia	45.1	1.39
45	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	44.8	1.70
=46	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	44.7	3.41
=46	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	44.7	4.12
48	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	44.6	3.58
=49	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	44.3	2.54
=49	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	44.3	1.91
51	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	43.9	2.26
52	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	43.4	2.34
=53	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	43.3	2.42
=53	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	43.3	1.39
=55	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	43.1	3.96
=55	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	43.1	3.53
57	Uruguay`URY`South America	43.0	0.66
=58	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	42.8	2.08
=58	Venezuela`VEN`South America	42.8	1.08
=60	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	42.7	4.90
=60	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	42.7	3.17
=60	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	42.7	2.13
63	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	42.5	2.90
64	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	42.4	2.32
=65	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	42.1	2.38
=65	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	42.1	2.07
67	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	42.0	1.19
68	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	41.8	2.12
69	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	41.7	2.50
70	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	41.4	2.78
71	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	41.3	2.37
72	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	41.2	0.65
=73	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	40.9	1.92
=73	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	40.9	2.27
=75	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	40.8	2.41
=75	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	40.8	1.84
=77	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	40.7	1.29
=77	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	40.7	3.82
79	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	40.5	1.98
80	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	40.4	3.33
81	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	40.2	2.44
=82	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	39.9	2.42
=82	Niger`NER`Western Africa	39.9	2.63
84	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	39.2	1.25
=85	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	39.0	1.24
=85	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	39.0	2.76
87	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	38.8	2.81
88	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	38.6	1.45
89	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	38.4	3.70
90	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	38.3	2.50
=91	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	38.2	0.95
=91	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	38.2	1.20
93	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	38.1	2.56
94	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	38.0	3.00
95	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	37.7	3.07
96	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	37.6	1.95
=97	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	37.4	2.38
=97	United States`USA`Northern America	37.4	0.52
99	Anguilla`AIA`Caribbean	37.2	3.55
100	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	36.9	1.34
=101	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	36.8	3.77
=101	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	36.8	2.43
103	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	36.7	2.12
104	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	36.6	2.63
105	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	36.5	2.48
106	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	36.1	1.04
107	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	35.8	0.80
108	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	35.5	4.87
109	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	35.4	3.03
110	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	35.1	2.06
111	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	35.0	2.76
=112	Greenland`GRL`Northern America	34.6	2.21
=112	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	34.6	1.04
=112	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	34.6	2.84
115	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	34.5	0.94
=116	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	34.1	2.20
=116	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	34.1	1.70
118	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	33.8	1.29
=119	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	33.7	2.10
=119	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	33.7	1.40
=119	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	33.7	3.06
=119	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	33.7	0.71
123	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	33.5	0.93
124	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	33.4	1.39
=125	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	33.0	1.50
=125	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	33.0	0.99
=127	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	32.9	1.41
=127	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	32.9	1.16
129	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	32.7	1.38
=130	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	32.5	1.36
=130	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	32.5	2.05
132	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	32.4	1.50
133	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	32.3	1.25
=134	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	31.7	0.99
=134	Canada`CAN`Northern America	31.7	0.72
=136	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	31.3	1.07
=136	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	31.3	1.13
138	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	30.8	1.02
=139	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	30.6	0.84
=139	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	30.6	0.72
141	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	30.4	0.98
142	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	30.3	1.10
143	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	29.9	2.97
144	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	29.8	1.07
=145	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	29.1	1.60
=145	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	29.1	2.46
147	France`FRA`Western Europe	29.0	0.47
148	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	27.7	0.98
149	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	27.5	0.92
150	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	27.0	0.96
151	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	26.9	0.60
=152	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	26.6	1.36
=152	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	26.6	0.91
154	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	26.5	1.23
=155	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	26.3	1.11
=155	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	26.3	1.29
157	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	26.2	1.24
158	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	25.9	0.84
159	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	25.5	0.83
160	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	25.2	0.89
161	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	24.9	0.69
162	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	24.5	0.45
163	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	23.1	0.88
164	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	23.0	0.95

02In 2002

At either end

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

Highest

1Namibia65.6
2South Africa62.6
3Eswatini58.3
4Botswana57.6
5Bolivia54.2

Lowest

164Denmark23.0
163Slovenia23.1
162Sweden24.5
161Finland24.9
160Belarus25.2

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 39.9. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Standard error of the estimate (Gini points)
HighestSaint Vincent and the Grenadines5.50
LowestBrazil0.40
Middle country: 1.94

032001 → 2002

Since 2001

+7 / −0countries joined / left
136values changed, of 157 in both
58 · 78rose · fell
21unchanged

Rose most

Norway24.6 → 25.9+1.3
China40.1 → 41.2+1.1
India44.1 → 45.1+1.0
Peru50.9 → 51.8+0.9
Côte d’Ivoire51.3 → 52.1+0.8

Fell most

Azerbaijan30.6 → 29.1−1.5
United Kingdom34.6 → 33.7−0.9
Brazil53.6 → 52.9−0.7
Nicaragua49.0 → 48.3−0.7
Armenia39.6 → 39.0−0.6

+ Anguilla

+ Benin

+ Dominica

+ Greenland

+ Maldives

+ Somalia

+ Samoa

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 2002.
122 distinct values among 164
Values are stored exactly as published, to 1 decimal. 4 countries share 33.7. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 164 countries has every column.

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Frederick Solt, University of Iowa (2002). Gini Index of Disposable Income (SWIID), 2002 [data set], describing 2002. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/gini-disposable-income/2002

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