Gini Index, 2004 compilation

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Gini Index, 2004 compilation: every country, as published by World Bank Group.

Positionderived	Country	Gini index (0 = perfect equality, 100 = perfect inequality)	Survey measures	Survey year
1	HondurasHNDCentral America · 2004 reading	58.09	income	2004
2	BrazilBRASouth America · 2004 reading	56.47	income	2004
3	ComorosCOMEastern Africa · 2004 reading	55.92	consumption	2004
4	BoliviaBOLSouth America · 2004 reading	55.00	income	2004
5	ColombiaCOLSouth America · 2004 reading	54.97	income	2004
6	PanamaPANCentral America · 2004 reading	54.77	income	2004
7	ZambiaZMBEastern Africa	54.27	consumption	2004.67
8	EcuadorECUSouth America · 2004 reading	53.89	income	2004
9	ParaguayPRYSouth America · 2004 reading	52.26	income	2004
10	Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean · 2004 reading	52.05	income	2004
11	MexicoMEXCentral America · 2004 reading	50.34	income	2004
12	PeruPERSouth America · 2004 reading	49.88	income	2004
13	ArgentinaARGSouth America · 2004 reading	48.48	income	2004
14	Costa RicaCRICentral America · 2004 reading	48.42	income	2004
15	El SalvadorSLVCentral America · 2004 reading	47.80	income	2004
16	VenezuelaVENSouth America · 2004 reading	47.32	income	2004
17	JamaicaJAMCaribbean · 2004 reading	45.46	consumption	2004
18	ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia · 2004 reading	42.54	consumption	2004
19	DR CongoCODMiddle Africa	41.63	consumption	2004.89
20	IsraelISRWestern Asia · 2004 reading	41.45	income	2004
21	TürkiyeTURWestern Asia · 2004 reading	41.29	consumption	2004
22	United StatesUSANorthern America · 2004 reading	40.55	income	2004
23	RussiaRUSEastern Europe · 2004 reading	40.32	consumption	2004
24	MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa	40.17	consumption	2004.55
25	MalawiMWIEastern Africa	39.87	consumption	2004.23

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 34.29. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

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+ Bosnia and Herzegovina+ Bolivia+ Switzerland+ DR Congo+ Comoros+ Cyprus+ Czechia+ Egypt+ Ethiopia+ Croatia+ India+ Jamaica+ Mexico+ Mauritania+ Malawi+ Netherlands+ Pakistan+ Palestine+ Slovakia+ Thailand+ Vietnam+ Zambia− Benin− Burkina Faso− Bulgaria− Bhutan− Chile− Gambia− Malaysia− Namibia− Nigeria− Nepal− Philippines− Sierra Leone− Syria− Chad− Uzbekistan− Kosovo

Changes in value, not in places: a country’s place also moves when others do. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

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