Latest available · compiled 2005

Gini Index, 2005 compilation

Name: Gini Index, 2005 compilation
Creator: World Bank Group
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Each country’s newest reading as of 2005; every row carries its own year · stored as published, never rewritten

Gini Index, 2005 compilation covers 81 countries. South Africa is highest, at 65.00; Slovenia is lowest, at 24.63. The middle country reads 36.28. Against the 2004 compilation, 59 values changed (31 up, 28 down), 22 countries joined, 16 left.

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Gini Index · Latest available · compiled 2005

HighestSouth Africa

65.00

LowestSlovenia

24.63

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

81countries
1measure
2005compiled · readings from many years
80distinct values2 decimals, as published
Sep 26, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 4.0licence

01Position · derived

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Every country and every column of Gini Index, 2005 compilation, as published. World Bank Group 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, 2005 compilation: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
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1	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa · 2005 reading	65.00	consumption	2005
2	Honduras`HND`Central America · 2005 reading	59.48	income	2005
3	Bolivia`BOL`South America · 2005 reading	58.52	income	2005
4	Brazil`BRA`South America · 2005 reading	56.31	income	2005
5	Colombia`COL`South America · 2005 reading	53.91	income	2005
6	Panama`PAN`Central America · 2005 reading	53.80	income	2005
7	Ecuador`ECU`South America · 2005 reading	53.06	income	2005
8	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	52.02	consumption	2005.75
9	Paraguay`PRY`South America · 2005 reading	51.38	income	2005
10	Mexico`MEX`Central America · 2005 reading	50.94	income	2005
11	Peru`PER`South America · 2005 reading	50.45	income	2005
12	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean · 2005 reading	49.97	income	2005
13	Venezuela`VEN`South America · 2005 reading	49.32	income	2005
14	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America · 2005 reading	48.82	income	2005
15	El Salvador`SLV`Central America · 2005 reading	48.47	income	2005
16	Argentina`ARG`South America · 2005 reading	47.81	income	2005
17	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America · 2005 reading	47.51	income	2005
18	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa · 2005 reading	47.33	consumption	2005
19	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	46.44	consumption	2005.38
20	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	46.09	consumption	2005.5
21	Niger`NER`Western Africa · 2005 reading	44.39	consumption	2005
22	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	43.56	consumption	2005.23
23	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	42.94	consumption	2005.33
24	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	42.76	consumption	2005.67
25	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia · 2005 reading	42.61	consumption	2005
26	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia · 2005 reading	42.36	consumption	2005
27	Israel`ISR`Western Asia · 2005 reading	42.27	income	2005
28	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa · 2005 reading	42.18	consumption	2005
29	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe · 2005 reading	41.27	consumption	2005
30	United States`USA`Northern America · 2005 reading	41.26	income	2005
31	China`CHN`Eastern Asia · 2005 reading	40.89	consumption	2005
32	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa · 2005 reading	39.94	consumption	2005
33	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia · 2005 reading	39.83	consumption	2005
34	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe · 2005 reading	39.31	consumption	2005
35	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	39.21	consumption	2005.8
36	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe · 2005 reading	38.97	income	2005
37	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe · 2005 reading	38.48	income	2005
38	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	37.73	consumption	2005.34
39	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia · 2005 reading	37.37	consumption	2005
40	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe · 2005 reading	36.46	consumption	2005
41	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe · 2005 reading	36.28	consumption	2005
42	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia · 2005 reading	35.99	consumption	2005
43	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe · 2005 reading	35.81	income	2005
44	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe · 2005 reading	35.49	income	2005
45	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe · 2005 reading	35.30	income	2005
46	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia · 2005 reading	34.74	consumption	2005
47	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	34.73	consumption	2005.25
48	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe · 2005 reading	34.72	income	2005
49	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe · 2005 reading	34.60	income	2005
50	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe · 2005 reading	33.83	income	2005
51	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe · 2005 reading	33.75	income	2005
52	Canada`CAN`Northern America · 2005 reading	33.62	income	2005
53	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe · 2005 reading	33.45	income	2005
54	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia · 2005 reading	33.20	consumption	2005
55	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia · 2005 reading	32.56	consumption	2005
56	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe · 2005 reading	32.43	income	2005
57	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia · 2005 reading	32.18	income	2005
58	Germany`DEU`Western Europe · 2005 reading	31.61	income	2005
59	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	31.26	consumption	2005.5
60	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe · 2005 reading	31.24	consumption	2005
61	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe · 2005 reading	30.84	income	2005
=62	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe · 2005 reading	30.60	consumption	2005
=62	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe · 2005 reading	30.60	income	2005
64	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia · 2005 reading	30.26	income	2005
65	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe · 2005 reading	30.22	consumption	2005
66	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia · 2005 reading	29.90	consumption	2005
67	France`FRA`Western Europe · 2005 reading	29.83	income	2005
68	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe · 2005 reading	29.82	consumption	2005
69	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe · 2005 reading	29.34	income	2005
70	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe · 2005 reading	29.30	income	2005
71	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe · 2005 reading	29.05	income	2005
72	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe · 2005 reading	29.02	consumption	2005
73	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe · 2005 reading	29.00	income	2005
74	Austria`AUT`Western Europe · 2005 reading	28.72	income	2005
75	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe · 2005 reading	27.62	income	2005
76	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe · 2005 reading	27.55	consumption	2005
77	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe · 2005 reading	26.95	income	2005
78	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe · 2005 reading	26.82	income	2005
79	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia · 2005 reading	26.55	consumption	2005
80	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe · 2005 reading	25.19	income	2005
81	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe · 2005 reading	24.63	income	2005

02In Gini Index, 2005 compilation

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1South Africa65.00
2Honduras59.48
3Bolivia58.52
4Brazil56.31
5Colombia53.91

Lowest

81Slovenia24.63
80Denmark25.19
79Azerbaijan26.55
78Sweden26.82
77Czechia26.95

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 36.28. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032004 → 2005

Since the 2004 compilation

What changed between the 2004 compilation and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+22 / −16countries joined / left
59values changed, of 59 in both
31 · 28rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Kazakhstan31.84 → 39.83+7.99
Hungary29.86 → 34.72+4.86
Bolivia55.00 → 58.52+3.52
Latvia36.38 → 38.97+2.59
Slovakia27.08 → 29.30+2.22

Fell most

Kyrgyzstan34.77 → 32.56−2.21
Poland38.02 → 35.81−2.21
Dominican Republic52.05 → 49.97−2.08
Lithuania37.01 → 35.30−1.71
Armenia37.51 → 35.99−1.52

+ Albania

+ Bangladesh

+ China

+ Republic of the Congo

+ Micronesia

+ Gabon

+ Ghana

+ Iran

+ Kenya

+ Madagascar

+ Montenegro

+ Niger

+ Nicaragua

+ Rwanda

+ Senegal

+ Solomon Islands

+ Tunisia

+ Taiwan

+ Uganda

+ Kosovo

+ Yemen

+ South Africa

− Australia

− Bosnia and Herzegovina

− Switzerland

− DR Congo

− Comoros

− Egypt

− Ethiopia

− Croatia

− India

− Jamaica

− Mauritania

− Malawi

− Thailand

− Tajikistan

− Vietnam

− Zambia

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.

04Caveats

Read before you use

What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

How values are stored

Readings from many years
Each country’s newest reading as of 2005, from 2005 to 2005.
80 distinct values among 81
Values are stored exactly as published, to 2 decimals. 2 countries share 30.60. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
The position is ours
World Bank Group publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 81 countries has every column.

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World Bank Group (2005). Gini Index, 2005 compilation [data set]. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/gini-index/2005

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