Gini index of hourly earnings of employees (15+) by country
With the aim of promoting international comparability, statistics presented on ILOSTAT are based on standard international definitions wherever feasible and may differ from official national figures. The Gini index measures the degree of inequality in the distribution of earnings among employees. It ranges from 0...
What the numbers show
Gini index of hourly earnings of employees (15+) is currently reported for 55 countries. The highest value is 0.731 in Uganda; the lowest is 0.232 in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.382, and the mean is 0.4081.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 3.
Over the past decade 18 countries rose and 34 fell. The largest increase was in Timor-Leste (up 42.5%), and the largest decrease in Pakistan (down 39.2%).
Gini index of hourly earnings of employees: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Uganda | 0.731 | 2021 | up 1.7% | flat |
| 2 | South Africa | 0.685 | 2015 | up 25.9% | rising |
| 3 | Namibia | 0.657 | 2018 | down 4.9% | falling |
| 4 | Botswana | 0.636 | 2024 | down 1.7% | flat |
| 5 | Mali | 0.608 | 2024 | up 16.0% | flat |
| 6 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 0.602 | 2024 | down 19.5% | flat |
| 7 | Angola | 0.584 | 2024 | down 12.2% | falling |
| 8 | Timor-Leste | 0.557 | 2021 | up 42.5% | rising |
| 9 | Zambia | 0.553 | 2024 | down 29.6% | falling |
| 10 | Ghana | 0.542 | 2024 | down 11.4% | rising |
| 11 | Rwanda | 0.537 | 2024 | down 14.4% | falling |
| 12 | Jamaica | 0.525 | 2014 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 13 | United States of America | 0.474 | 2025 | up 11.8% | flat |
| 14 | Brazil | 0.458 | 2025 | up 5.3% | flat |
| 15 | Myanmar | 0.443 | 2020 | up 21.7% | rising |
| 16 | Honduras | 0.437 | 2025 | down 2.5% | falling |
| 17 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 0.428 | 2025 | — | falling |
| 18 | India | 0.427 | 2025 | down 3.8% | flat |
| 19 | Türkiye | 0.416 | 2025 | up 5.9% | flat |
| 20 | Chile | 0.415 | 2024 | down 4.4% | falling |
| 21 | Indonesia | 0.409 | 2023 | down 14.6% | rising |
| 22 | Egypt | 0.407 | 2024 | up 21.1% | falling |
| 23 | Panama | 0.403 | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 24 | Philippines | 0.392 | 2023 | down 12.7% | falling |
| 24 | Dominican Republic | 0.392 | 2025 | down 12.3% | falling |
| 26 | Peru | 0.391 | 2025 | down 4.6% | falling |
| 27 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 0.386 | 2017 | up 18.4% | flat |
| 28 | Mauritius | 0.382 | 2024 | down 22.0% | falling |
| 29 | Paraguay | 0.378 | 2025 | down 10.6% | falling |
| 30 | Argentina | 0.377 | 2025 | up 6.5% | flat |
| 31 | Sri Lanka | 0.376 | 2024 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 32 | Thailand | 0.37 | 2025 | down 31.5% | falling |
| 33 | Switzerland | 0.36 | 2025 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 34 | Colombia | 0.356 | 2025 | down 9.4% | falling |
| 35 | Costa Rica | 0.352 | 2025 | down 22.3% | falling |
| 36 | Bhutan | 0.351 | 2022 | — | falling |
| 37 | Palestine, State of | 0.35 | 2025 | down 18.6% | falling |
| 38 | Mexico | 0.341 | 2026 | down 8.8% | falling |
| 39 | El Salvador | 0.33 | 2025 | down 15.4% | falling |
| 40 | Canada | 0.329 | 2025 | down 1.8% | rising |
| 41 | Ecuador | 0.322 | 2025 | down 6.1% | falling |
| 42 | Bangladesh | 0.32 | 2024 | up 19.0% | rising |
| 43 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 0.314 | 2025 | down 11.3% | falling |
| 44 | Armenia | 0.311 | 2017 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 45 | Republic of Moldova | 0.309 | 2025 | down 1.6% | falling |
| 46 | France | 0.308 | 2024 | up 4.1% | flat |
| 47 | Jordan | 0.299 | 2024 | down 12.6% | flat |
| 48 | Portugal | 0.288 | 2025 | down 9.4% | falling |
| 49 | Cambodia | 0.286 | 2023 | down 18.3% | falling |
| 50 | Italy | 0.282 | 2020 | up 14.2% | flat |
| 51 | Greece | 0.266 | 2020 | up 2.7% | flat |
| 52 | Pakistan | 0.262 | 2025 | down 39.2% | falling |
| 53 | Mongolia | 0.252 | 2025 | down 15.2% | falling |
| 54 | Viet Nam | 0.249 | 2024 | down 29.3% | falling |
| 55 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.232 | 2024 | down 24.2% | falling |
About this data
With the aim of promoting international comparability, statistics presented on ILOSTAT are based on standard international definitions wherever feasible and may differ from official national figures. The Gini index measures the degree of inequality in the distribution of earnings among employees. It ranges from 0 to 1, where 0 indicates perfect equality (all employees have the same earnings) and higher values indicate greater inequality. The index is calculated from the distribution of employees earnings. For more information, refer to the Wages and Working Time Statistics (COND) database description.