List of countries by wealth equality

This is a list of countries by distribution of wealth, including Gini coefficients. Wealth distribution can vary greatly from income distribution in a country (see List of countries by income equality).

A map showing Gini coefficients for Wealth within countries for 2019.[1]

Higher Gini coefficients signify greater inequality in wealth distribution, with 0 being complete equality, whereas a value near 1 can arise in a situation where everybody has zero wealth except a very small minority.

It is a common misconception that Scandinavian countries or the Netherlands, amongst others, have low wealth inequality. This is not true. These countries have low income inequality, meaning that the income is relatively equal for everyone (see List of countries by income equality). However, their wealth inequality is very high, meaning that a small minority of the people owns the vast majority of wealth.

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The table below is for 2018. The GDP data is based on data from the World Bank.[2] The population data is based on data from the UN.[3] The Wealth Gini coefficients from 2008 are based on a working paper published by the National Bureau of Economic Research.[4] The Wealth Gini numbers come from the Global Wealth Databook 2018 by Credit Suisse.[5] Also the Gini Wealth coefficients for 2019 are shown.[1]



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CountryWealth Gini (2008)Wealth Gini (2018) Wealth Gini (2019)Population (in thousands)Percentage of populationNominal GDP (in millions)Percentage of world GDPGDP per capita
 World0.8040.904 0.8857,631,091.11100.00%85,909,816100.00%11258
 Afghanistan 0.655
 Albania0.6420.629 0.6372,882.740.04%15,1030.02%5239
 Algeria0.670.758 0.74942,228.420.55%173,7580.20%4115
 Angola 0.731
 Antigua and Barbuda0.7470.838 0.82396.280.00%1,6110.00%16732
 Argentina0.740.792 0.76844,361.150.58%519,8720.61%11719
 Armenia0.6840.645 0.6632,951.740.04%12,4330.01%4212
 Aruba 0.703
 Australia0.6220.658 0.65624,898.150.33%1,433,9041.67%57591
 Austria0.6460.764 0.7398,891.380.12%455,2860.53%51205
 Azerbaijan0.6780.643 0.6549,949.540.13%46,9400.05%4718
 Bahamas 0.828
 Bahrain 0.747
 Bangladesh0.660.671 0.678161,376.712.11%274,0250.32%1698
 Barbados0.7060.788 0.778285.720.00%4,9900.01%17465
 Belarus0.6280.614 0.6219,452.620.12%59,6620.07%6312
 Belgium0.6620.659 0.60311,482.180.15%542,7610.63%47270
 Belize0.7630.815 0.803383.070.01%1,8710.00%4884
 Benin0.7130.689 0.70711,485.040.15%10,3540.01%902
 Bolivia0.7620.779 0.76411,050.000.14%40,2880.05%3646
 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.6423,301.000.04%21,0230.02%6056
 Botswana0.7510.783 0.82,254.070.03%18,6160.02%8259
 Brazil0.620.823 0.849209,469.322.74%1,868,6262.18%8921
 Brunei 0.787
 Bulgaria0.6520.647 0.6597,051.610.09%65,1330.08%9237
 Burkina Faso0.7280.674 0.68819,751.470.26%14,1250.02%715
 Burundi0.6990.654 0.68111,175.380.15%3,0370.00%272
 Cambodia0.7140.704 0.71816,249.800.21%24,5420.03%1510
 Cameroon0.7110.725 0.74325,216.260.33%38,6750.05%1534
 Canada0.6880.726 0.72837,074.560.49%1,713,3421.99%46213
 Central African Republic0.7820.768 0.7774,666.380.06%2,2200.00%476
 Chad0.6810.715 0.7315,477.730.20%11,2730.01%728
 Chile0.7770.773 0.79818,729.170.25%298,2310.35%15923
 China0.550.714 0.7021,427,647.7918.71%13,608,15215.84%9532
 Colombia0.7650.807 0.7749,661.060.65%331,0470.39%6666
 Comoros0.7110.766 0.783832.320.01%1,1780.00%1415
 Congo, Dem. Rep. 0.755
 Congo, Rep. 0.769
 Costa Rica0.7320.769 0.754,999.440.07%60,1300.07%12027
 Croatia0.6540.631 0.6454,156.410.05%60,9720.07%14669
 Cyprus 0.801
 Czech Republic0.6260.758 0.72510,649.800.14%245,2260.29%23026
 Denmark0.8080.835 0.8385,752.130.08%355,6750.41%61834
 Djibouti 0.729
 Dominica0.7630.84 0.82371.630.00%5510.00%7693
 Dominican Republic0.723NA 10,627.150.14%85,5550.10%8051
 Ecuador0.760.776 0.75917,084.360.22%108,3980.13%6345
 Egypt0.6890.909 0.75699,581.201.30%250,8950.29%2520
 El Salvador0.7460.759 0.7436,420.740.08%26,0570.03%4058
 Equatorial Guinea0.6880.781 0.7931,308.970.02%13,4320.02%10262
 Eritrea 0.621
 Estonia0.6750.715 0.7161,322.910.02%30,7320.04%23231
 Eswatini0.78NA 1,136.270.01%4,7110.01%4146
 Ethiopia0.6520.612 0.62109,224.411.43%84,3560.10%772
 Fiji0.7090.694 0.702883.490.01%5,5370.01%6267
 Finland0.6150.767 0.7425,522.590.07%276,7430.32%50111
 France0.730.687 0.69664,990.510.85%2,777,5353.23%42738
 Gabon0.7840.7 0.7192,119.280.03%16,8540.02%7953
 Gambia0.7230.755 0.7712,051.360.03%1,6330.00%796
 Georgia0.7250.678 0.6874,002.950.05%17,6000.02%4397
 Germany0.6670.816 0.81683,124.411.09%3,947,6204.60%47491
 Ghana0.6920.682 0.69929,767.110.39%65,5560.08%2202
 Greece0.6540.682 0.65410,522.240.14%218,0320.25%20721
 Grenada0.7630.842 0.827111.450.00%1,1860.00%10642
 Guatemala0.779NA 17,247.860.23%78,4600.09%4549
 Guinea0.6930.716 0.74112,414.290.16%10,9070.01%879
 Guinea-Bissau0.710.697 0.7121,874.300.02%1,4580.00%778
 Guyana0.7070.75 0.734779.010.01%3,8790.00%4979
 Haiti0.7550.82 0.80111,123.180.15%9,6590.01%868
 Honduras0.7430.804 9,587.520.13%23,9700.03%2500
 Hong Kong0.740NA 0.7777,482.500.10%362,6820.42%48471
 Hungary0.6510.662 0.6639,707.500.13%157,8830.18%16264
 Iceland0.6640.731 0.694336.710.00%25,8780.03%76855
 India0.6690.854 0.8321,352,642.2817.73%2,718,7323.16%2010
 Indonesia0.7640.84 0.833267,670.553.51%1,042,1731.21%3893
 Iran0.7070.705 0.70582,531.701.08%454,0130.53%5501
 Iraq 0.633
 Ireland0.5810.83 0.7964,818.690.06%382,4870.45%79376
 Israel0.6770.766 0.7778,381.510.11%370,5880.43%44215
 Italy0.6090.689 0.66960,627.290.79%2,083,8642.43%34372
 Ivory Coast0.712NA 25,069.230.33%43,0070.05%1716
 Jamaica0.6860.788 0.7752,934.850.04%15,7140.02%5354
 Japan0.5470.631 0.626127,202.191.67%4,971,3235.79%39082
 Jordan0.6780.677 0.6969,965.320.13%42,2310.05%4238
 Kazakhstan0.6550.952 0.77218,319.620.24%179,3400.21%9790
 Kenya0.6990.732 0.74551,392.570.67%87,9080.10%1711
 Kuwait 0.763
 Kyrgyzstan0.680.673 0.6816,389.500.08%8,0930.01%1267
 Laos 0.794
 Latvia0.670.788 0.7891,928.460.03%34,4090.04%17843
 Lebanon0.7620.889 0.8196,859.410.09%56,6390.07%8257
 Lesotho0.7670.795 0.8052,108.330.03%2,7390.00%1299
 Liberia 0.727
 Libya 0.659
 Lithuania0.6660.655 0.6632,801.270.04%53,4290.06%19073
 Luxembourg0.650.663 0.67604.240.01%70,8850.08%117312
 Macau0.58NA 667.400.01%55,0840.06%82535
 Madagascar0.7220.702 0.72226,262.310.34%13,8530.02%527
 Malawi0.7360.733 0.75118,143.220.24%7,0650.01%389
 Malaysia0.7330.82 0.79631,528.030.41%358,5820.42%11373
 Maldives 0.724
 Mali0.750.682 0.70719,077.760.25%17,1630.02%900
 Malta0.6640.631 0.64439.260.01%14,5530.02%33131
 Mauritania0.6860.667 0.6814,403.310.06%5,2350.01%1189
 Mauritius0.6610.64 0.6621,267.180.02%14,2200.02%11222
 Mexico0.7490.8 0.777126,190.781.65%1,220,6991.42%9673
 Moldova 0.645
 Mongolia 0.668
 Montenegro 0.648
 Morocco0.690.802 0.76636,029.090.47%117,9210.14%3273
 Mozambique0.6890.7 0.71629,496.000.39%14,7170.02%499
 Myanmar 0.597
 Namibia0.8470.776 0.7882,448.300.03%14,5220.02%5931
   Nepal 0.71
 Netherlands0.650.736 0.90217,059.560.22%913,6581.06%53557
 New Zealand0.6510.708 0.6724,743.130.06%204,9240.24%43204
 Nicaragua0.7550.778 0.7596,465.500.08%13,1180.02%2029
 Niger0.7290.66 0.68222,442.830.29%9,2910.01%414
 Nigeria0.7290.894 0.809195,874.692.57%397,2700.46%2028
 North Macedonia0.6610.655 2,082.960.03%12,6720.01%6084
 Norway0.6330.791 0.7985,337.960.07%434,1670.51%81336
 Oman 0.786
 Pakistan0.6980.65 0.665212,228.292.78%314,5880.37%1482
 Panama0.7660.795 0.784,176.870.05%65,0550.08%15575
 Papua New Guinea0.7380.76 0.7668,606.320.11%23,4980.03%2730
 Paraguay0.7660.785 0.7686,956.070.09%40,4970.05%5822
 Peru0.7380.795 0.78831,989.270.42%222,0450.26%6941
 Philippines0.7170.826 0.837106,651.391.40%330,9100.39%3103
 Poland0.6570.722 0.67737,921.590.50%585,6640.68%15444
 Portugal0.6670.736 0.69210,256.190.13%240,6750.28%23466
 Puerto Rico0.753NA 3,039.600.04%101,1310.12%33271
 Qatar 0.633
 Romania0.6510.728 0.64719,506.110.26%239,5530.28%12281
 Russia0.6990.875 0.879146,801.931.92%1,657,5551.93%11291
 Rwanda0.7140.728 0.74212,301.970.16%9,5090.01%773
 Samoa 0.747
 Sao Tome and Principe 0.674
 Saudi Arabia0.7370.81 0.83433,702.760.44%786,5220.92%23337
 Senegal0.6970.705 0.72615,854.320.21%24,1300.03%1522
 SerbiaNANA 0.6766,963.760.09%55,4370.06%7992
 Seychelles0.760.679 0.70497.090.00%1,5900.00%16376
 Sierra Leone0.6870.671 0.6947,650.150.10%4,0850.00%534
 Singapore0.6890.758 0.7575,757.500.08%364,1570.42%63249
 Slovakia0.6290.498 0.4985,453.020.07%105,9050.12%19421
 Slovenia0.6260.646 0.6622,077.840.03%54,0080.06%25992
 Solomon Islands 0.7
 South Africa0.7630.806 0.80657,792.520.76%368,2890.43%6373
 South Korea0.5790.67 0.60651,709.100.68%1,619,4241.89%31318
 Spain0.570.697 0.69446,692.860.61%1,419,0421.65%30391
 Sri Lanka0.6650.687 0.721,228.760.28%88,9010.10%4188
 St. Lucia 0.728
 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 0.818
 Sudan 0.687
 Suriname 0.832
 Sweden0.7420.865 0.8679,971.630.13%556,0860.65%55767
  Switzerland0.8030.741 0.7058,570.150.11%705,1400.82%82279
 Syria 0.699
 Taiwan 0.751
 Tajikistan 0.656
 Tanzania0.6760.65 0.66156,313.440.74%58,0010.07%1030
 Thailand0.710.902 0.84669,428.450.91%504,9930.59%7274
 Timor-Leste 0.565
 Togo0.7110.719 0.7347,889.100.10%5,3590.01%679
 Tonga 0.682
 Trinidad and Tobago0.6890.748 0.7321,389.840.02%23,8080.03%17130
 Tunisia0.6930.683 0.70511,565.200.15%39,8710.05%3447
 Turkey0.7180.871 0.79482,340.091.08%771,3500.90%9368
 Turkmenistan 0.63
 Uganda0.7230.714 0.72942,729.030.56%27,4610.03%643
 Ukraine0.6670.955 0.84744,246.160.58%130,8320.15%2957
 United Arab Emirates 0.796
 United Kingdom0.6970.747 0.74667,141.680.88%2,855,2973.32%42526
 United States0.8010.852 0.852327,096.264.29%20,544,34323.91%62808
 Uruguay0.7080.741 0.7213,449.290.05%59,5970.07%17278
 Vanuatu 0.688
 Venezuela 0.743
 Vietnam0.6820.708 0.76195,545.961.25%245,2140.29%2566
 Yemen0.6130.801 0.79828,498.680.37%26,9140.03%944
 Zambia0.7660.787 0.79817,351.710.23%26,7200.03%1540
 Zimbabwe0.8450.707 0.71914,438.810.19%31,0010.04%2147

See also

References

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  3. "World Population Prospects, the 2019 revision". United Nations. June 2019. Retrieved 2020-01-18.
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