Gini index of monthly 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 monthly earnings of employees (15+) is currently reported for 93 countries. The highest value is 0.679 in Burkina Faso; the lowest is -1 in South Africa.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.336, and the mean is 0.3469.
Over the past decade 30 countries rose and 62 fell. The largest increase was in Italy (up 47.0%), and the largest decrease in South Africa (down 276.7%).
Gini index of monthly earnings of employees: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Burkina Faso | 0.679 | 2025 | up 30.3% | rising |
| 2 | Uganda | 0.66 | 2021 | down 5.0% | falling |
| 3 | Namibia | 0.641 | 2018 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 4 | Botswana | 0.621 | 2024 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 5 | Senegal | 0.598 | 2024 | up 0.2% | falling |
| 6 | Zimbabwe | 0.576 | 2023 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 7 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 0.568 | 2024 | down 21.8% | flat |
| 8 | Zambia | 0.529 | 2024 | down 20.9% | falling |
| 9 | Rwanda | 0.528 | 2024 | down 7.5% | falling |
| 10 | Jamaica | 0.516 | 2014 | up 11.7% | rising |
| 11 | Angola | 0.515 | 2024 | down 3.9% | flat |
| 12 | Niger | 0.504 | 2022 | up 16.1% | falling |
| 13 | Mali | 0.5 | 2024 | up 4.0% | falling |
| 14 | Ghana | 0.498 | 2024 | down 14.9% | rising |
| 15 | Togo | 0.487 | 2022 | down 38.8% | falling |
| 16 | Côte d'Ivoire | 0.448 | 2022 | down 19.3% | falling |
| 17 | Brazil | 0.442 | 2025 | up 6.0% | volatile |
| 18 | United States of America | 0.437 | 2025 | up 11.5% | flat |
| 19 | India | 0.432 | 2025 | down 12.0% | falling |
| 20 | Honduras | 0.424 | 2025 | down 2.5% | falling |
| 20 | Guatemala | 0.424 | 2024 | up 1.7% | falling |
| 22 | Indonesia | 0.401 | 2023 | down 12.4% | rising |
| 23 | Bulgaria | 0.398 | 2025 | up 28.8% | rising |
| 24 | Panama | 0.395 | 2025 | up 1.5% | falling |
| 25 | Argentina | 0.394 | 2025 | up 7.9% | falling |
| 26 | Timor-Leste | 0.392 | 2021 | up 9.8% | rising |
| 27 | Ireland | 0.387 | 2025 | down 3.7% | flat |
| 28 | Peru | 0.384 | 2025 | down 1.5% | falling |
| 29 | Chile | 0.382 | 2024 | down 10.7% | falling |
| 30 | Luxembourg | 0.374 | 2025 | up 8.4% | flat |
| 31 | Uruguay | 0.368 | 2024 | down 0.8% | falling |
| 32 | Dominican Republic | 0.367 | 2025 | down 10.7% | falling |
| 32 | Cyprus | 0.367 | 2025 | down 5.2% | rising |
| 34 | Australia | 0.364 | 2021 | down 5.2% | flat |
| 35 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 0.363 | 2017 | up 21.0% | flat |
| 36 | Germany | 0.357 | 2022 | down 2.7% | flat |
| 37 | Lithuania | 0.355 | 2025 | down 4.8% | falling |
| 38 | Estonia | 0.35 | 2025 | down 7.7% | flat |
| 39 | Ecuador | 0.349 | 2025 | down 0.6% | falling |
| 40 | Latvia | 0.348 | 2025 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 41 | Croatia | 0.346 | 2025 | up 15.7% | rising |
| 41 | Costa Rica | 0.346 | 2025 | down 22.4% | falling |
| 43 | Mauritius | 0.344 | 2024 | down 24.4% | flat |
| 43 | Switzerland | 0.344 | 2025 | down 2.3% | flat |
| 45 | France | 0.341 | 2025 | up 16.8% | flat |
| 46 | Sri Lanka | 0.338 | 2024 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 47 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 0.336 | 2025 | down 13.2% | falling |
| 47 | Türkiye | 0.336 | 2025 | up 4.3% | falling |
| 49 | Spain | 0.334 | 2025 | down 8.0% | rising |
| 49 | Colombia | 0.334 | 2025 | down 6.7% | falling |
| 49 | Canada | 0.334 | 2025 | down 4.3% | flat |
| 52 | Georgia | 0.332 | 2023 | down 11.9% | falling |
| 53 | Mexico | 0.323 | 2026 | down 9.3% | falling |
| 54 | Italy | 0.322 | 2025 | up 47.0% | rising |
| 55 | El Salvador | 0.32 | 2025 | down 6.2% | falling |
| 55 | Belize | 0.32 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 57 | Paraguay | 0.317 | 2025 | down 11.9% | falling |
| 58 | Netherlands | 0.316 | 2025 | down 10.0% | flat |
| 58 | Philippines | 0.316 | 2023 | down 21.0% | falling |
| 60 | Thailand | 0.315 | 2025 | down 38.2% | falling |
| 61 | Austria | 0.314 | 2025 | down 9.8% | falling |
| 62 | Iceland | 0.312 | 2020 | down 1.9% | falling |
| 63 | Hungary | 0.311 | 2025 | up 4.7% | falling |
| 64 | Armenia | 0.309 | 2023 | up 1.0% | falling |
| 65 | Malta | 0.306 | 2021 | up 11.3% | rising |
| 66 | Bangladesh | 0.302 | 2024 | up 44.5% | rising |
| 67 | Bhutan | 0.301 | 2025 | down 9.9% | falling |
| 67 | Norway | 0.301 | 2025 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 69 | Palestine, State of | 0.3 | 2025 | down 16.0% | falling |
| 70 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 0.299 | 2025 | down 3.5% | falling |
| 71 | Republic of Moldova | 0.298 | 2025 | up 8.8% | falling |
| 72 | Denmark | 0.286 | 2025 | up 17.2% | rising |
| 73 | Serbia | 0.283 | 2025 | down 3.4% | falling |
| 74 | Slovenia | 0.277 | 2025 | down 7.0% | falling |
| 75 | Myanmar | 0.271 | 2020 | down 9.7% | falling |
| 76 | Cambodia | 0.269 | 2023 | down 18.5% | falling |
| 77 | Belgium | 0.266 | 2025 | up 6.4% | flat |
| 78 | Sweden | 0.262 | 2025 | down 16.6% | falling |
| 79 | Poland | 0.258 | 2025 | down 22.1% | falling |
| 80 | Finland | 0.257 | 2025 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 81 | Slovakia | 0.254 | 2025 | up 23.3% | falling |
| 82 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.253 | 2016 | down 15.7% | falling |
| 83 | Mongolia | 0.25 | 2025 | down 24.0% | falling |
| 84 | Czechia | 0.246 | 2025 | down 12.5% | falling |
| 85 | Portugal | 0.237 | 2025 | down 16.3% | falling |
| 86 | Pakistan | 0.23 | 2025 | down 42.1% | falling |
| 87 | Egypt | 0.229 | 2024 | down 23.4% | falling |
| 88 | Viet Nam | 0.227 | 2024 | down 20.1% | falling |
| 89 | Jordan | 0.22 | 2024 | down 10.9% | flat |
| 90 | Greece | 0.213 | 2025 | down 7.8% | falling |
| 91 | Romania | 0.207 | 2025 | down 17.9% | falling |
| 92 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.182 | 2024 | down 32.6% | falling |
| 93 | South Africa | -1 | 2020 | down 276.7% | volatile |
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.