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Gini Index, 2006 compilation

Name: Gini Index, 2006 compilation
Creator: World Bank Group
License: https://datacatalog.worldbank.org/public-licenses

Each country’s newest reading as of 2006; every row carries its own year · stored as published, never rewritten

Gini Index, 2006 compilation covers 82 countries. Honduras is highest, at 57.52; Slovenia is lowest, at 24.36. The middle country reads 35.63. Against the 2005 compilation, 59 values changed (24 up, 35 down), 23 countries joined, 22 left.

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Gini Index · Latest available · compiled 2006

HighestHonduras

57.52

LowestSlovenia

24.36

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

82countries
1measure
2006compiled · readings from many years
79distinct values2 decimals, as published
Sep 26, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 4.0licence

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Gini Index, 2006 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, 2006 compilation: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
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1	Honduras`HND`Central America · 2006 reading	57.52	income	2006
2	Bolivia`BOL`South America · 2006 reading	56.66	income	2006
3	Brazil`BRA`South America · 2006 reading	55.64	income	2006
4	Panama`PAN`Central America · 2006 reading	54.63	income	2006
5	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	54.57	consumption	2006.5
6	Guatemala`GTM`Central America · 2006 reading	54.54	income	2006
7	Paraguay`PRY`South America · 2006 reading	52.99	income	2006
8	Ecuador`ECU`South America · 2006 reading	52.25	income	2006
9	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean · 2006 reading	51.96	income	2006
10	Peru`PER`South America · 2006 reading	50.33	income	2006
11	Mexico`MEX`Central America · 2006 reading	49.71	income	2006
12	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America · 2006 reading	49.28	income	2006
13	Chile`CHL`South America · 2006 reading	47.71	income	2006
14	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia · 2006 reading	47.20	income	2006
15	Argentina`ARG`South America · 2006 reading	46.44	income	2006
16	Uruguay`URY`South America · 2006 reading	45.94	income	2006
17	El Salvador`SLV`Central America · 2006 reading	45.69	income	2006
=18	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	44.75	consumption	2006.23
=18	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia · 2006 reading	44.75	income	2006
20	Venezuela`VEN`South America · 2006 reading	44.70	income	2006
21	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	42.77	consumption	2006.43
22	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe · 2006 reading	42.64	consumption	2006
23	Togo`TGO`Western Africa · 2006 reading	42.21	consumption	2006
24	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia · 2006 reading	41.82	consumption	2006
25	United States`USA`Northern America · 2006 reading	41.70	income	2006
26	Israel`ISR`Western Asia · 2006 reading	41.55	income	2006
27	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe · 2006 reading	40.95	consumption	2006
28	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	40.72	consumption	2006.91
29	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	40.15	consumption	2006.83
30	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	39.67	consumption	2006.5
31	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia · 2006 reading	39.65	consumption	2006
32	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe · 2006 reading	39.64	income	2006
33	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	38.93	consumption	2006.25
34	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe · 2006 reading	38.06	income	2006
35	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia · 2006 reading	37.38	consumption	2006
36	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia · 2006 reading	36.97	consumption	2006
37	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia · 2006 reading	36.87	consumption	2006
38	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe · 2006 reading	35.88	income	2006
39	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia · 2006 reading	35.79	consumption	2006
40	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe · 2006 reading	35.69	income	2006
41	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	35.65	consumption	2006.5
42	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe · 2006 reading	35.60	income	2006
43	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe · 2006 reading	35.40	consumption	2006
44	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe · 2006 reading	35.12	income	2006
45	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe · 2006 reading	34.67	income	2006
46	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe · 2006 reading	34.41	income	2006
47	Canada`CAN`Northern America · 2006 reading	34.09	income	2006
48	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia · 2006 reading	33.96	consumption	2006
49	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe · 2006 reading	33.92	income	2006
50	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	33.86	consumption	2006.14
51	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe · 2006 reading	33.69	income	2006
52	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe · 2006 reading	33.67	income	2006
53	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe · 2006 reading	33.54	income	2006
54	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa · 2006 reading	33.36	consumption	2006
55	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe · 2006 reading	32.73	income	2006
56	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia · 2006 reading	31.70	income	2006
57	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia · 2006 reading	31.52	consumption	2006
58	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia · 2006 reading	31.13	income	2006
59	Germany`DEU`Western Europe · 2006 reading	31.05	income	2006
60	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe · 2006 reading	30.95	income	2006
61	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe · 2006 reading	30.32	consumption	2006
62	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe · 2006 reading	30.25	income	2006
63	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia · 2006 reading	30.24	consumption	2006
=64	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe · 2006 reading	30.04	consumption	2006
=64	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe · 2006 reading	30.04	income	2006
66	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe · 2006 reading	29.79	consumption	2006
67	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe · 2006 reading	29.73	consumption	2006
68	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia · 2006 reading	29.71	consumption	2006
69	France`FRA`Western Europe · 2006 reading	29.69	income	2006
70	Austria`AUT`Western Europe · 2006 reading	29.59	income	2006
71	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	28.60	consumption	2006.85
72	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe · 2006 reading	28.30	income	2006
73	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe · 2006 reading	28.28	consumption	2006
74	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe · 2006 reading	28.05	income	2006
75	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe · 2006 reading	28.02	income	2006
76	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe · 2006 reading	28.00	income	2006
77	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe · 2006 reading	26.74	income	2006
=78	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe · 2006 reading	26.35	income	2006
=78	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe · 2006 reading	26.35	income	2006
80	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe · 2006 reading	25.91	income	2006
81	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe · 2006 reading	25.80	income	2006
82	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe · 2006 reading	24.36	income	2006

02In Gini Index, 2006 compilation

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Honduras57.52
2Bolivia56.66
3Brazil55.64
4Panama54.63
5Zambia54.57

Lowest

82Slovenia24.36
81Slovakia25.80
80Denmark25.91
78Swedenshared26.35
78Norwayshared26.35

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 35.63. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032005 → 2006

Since the 2005 compilation

What changed between the 2005 compilation and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+23 / −22countries joined / left
59values changed, of 59 in both
24 · 35rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Romania29.82 → 39.64+9.82
Kyrgyzstan32.56 → 37.38+4.82
North Macedonia39.31 → 42.64+3.33
Dominican Republic49.97 → 51.96+1.99
Costa Rica47.51 → 49.28+1.77

Fell most

Kazakhstan39.83 → 30.24−9.59
Serbia36.46 → 29.73−6.73
Hungary34.72 → 28.30−6.42
Armenia35.99 → 29.71−6.28
Venezuela49.32 → 44.70−4.62

+ Burundi

+ Bulgaria

+ Switzerland

+ Chile

+ Guatemala

+ Iraq

+ Jordan

+ Kiribati

+ South Korea

+ Sri Lanka

+ Morocco

+ Mali

+ Malta

+ Mauritius

+ Malaysia

+ Philippines

+ Seychelles

+ Syria

+ Togo

+ Thailand

+ Uruguay

+ Vietnam

+ Zambia

− Albania

− Azerbaijan

− Bangladesh

− China

− Republic of the Congo

− Colombia

− Micronesia

− Gabon

− Ghana

− Kenya

− Madagascar

− Niger

− Nicaragua

− Pakistan

− Rwanda

− Senegal

− Solomon Islands

− Tunisia

− Taiwan

− Uganda

− Yemen

− South Africa

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 2006, from 2006 to 2006.
79 distinct values among 82
Values are stored exactly as published, to 2 decimals. 2 countries share 44.75. 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 82 countries has every column.

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World Bank Group (2006). Gini Index, 2006 compilation [data set]. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/gini-index/2006

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