List of countries by income equality

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This is a list of countries sorted by income inequality metrics, such as Gini coefficients. The Gini coefficient is a number between 0 and 1. If the number was 0, everyone in the country would be equal. If the number was 1, a country would be unequal, with one person having all the income. No country has a score of 0 or 1.

OECD countries

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Gini coefficient, before taxes and transfers

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Country Gini Year
  Australia 0.441 2020
  Austria 0.486 2019
  Belgium 0.489 2019
  Canada 0.438 2020
  Chile 0.495 2017
  Costa Rica 0.551 2021
  Czech Republic 0.432 2019
  Denmark 0.445 2019
  Estonia 0.465 2019
  Finland 0.516 2020
  France 0.519 2019
  Germany 0.497 2019
  Greece 0.525 2019
  Hungary 0.463 2019
  Iceland 0.369 2017
  Ireland 0.520 2018
  Israel 0.449 2019
  Italy 0.511 2018
  Japan 0.501 2018
  Latvia 0.483 2020
  Lithuania 0.495 2019
  Luxembourg 0.490 2019
  Mexico 0.435 2020
  Netherlands 0.453 2020
  New Zealand 0.454 2020
  Norway 0.436 2020
  Poland 0.452 2018
  Portugal 0.511 2019
  Slovakia 0.383 2019
  Slovenia 0.444 2019
  South Korea 0.405 2020
  Spain 0.491 2019
  Sweden 0.433 2020
  Switzerland 0.402 2019
  Turkey 0.502 2019
  United Kingdom 0.507 2020
  United States 0.517 2021

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Gini coefficient, after taxes and transfers

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Country Gini Year
  Australia 0.318 2020
  Austria 0.274 2019
  Belgium 0.262 2019
  Canada 0.280 2020
  Chile 0.460 2017
  Costa Rica 0.487 2021
  Czech Republic 0.248 2019
  Denmark 0.268 2019
  Estonia 0.305 2019
  Finland 0.265 2020
  France 0.292 2019
  Germany 0.296 2019
  Greece 0.308 2019
  Hungary 0.286 2019
  Iceland 0.250 2017
  Ireland 0.292 2018
  Israel 0.342 2019
  Italy 0.330 2018
  Japan 0.334 2018
  Latvia 0.355 2020
  Lithuania 0.357 2019
  Luxembourg 0.305 2019
  Mexico 0.420 2020
  Netherlands 0.304 2020
  New Zealand 0.320 2020
  Norway 0.263 2020
  Poland 0.281 2018
  Portugal 0.310 2019
  Slovakia 0.222 2019
  Slovenia 0.246 2019
  South Korea 0.331 2020
  Spain 0.320 2019
  Sweden 0.276 2020
  Switzerland 0.316 2019
  Turkey 0.415 2019
  United Kingdom 0.355 2020
  United States 0.375 2021

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References

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  1. "Income Distribution Database". OECD.org. Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Retrieved December 23, 2022. Measure: Gini (market income, before taxes and transfers)
  2. "Income Distribution Database". OECD.org. Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Retrieved December 23, 2022. Measure: Gini (disposable income, post taxes and transfers)