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...

Countries reporting
93
Highest
0.679
Burkina Faso
Lowest
-1
South Africa
Median
0.336
Years covered
38
1989–2026
Data points
1,587

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 LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
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

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Indicator
Gini index of monthly earnings of employees (15+)
Source
International Labour Organization
Licence
ILO Terms of Use (attribution required)
Coverage
93 places, 1,587 data points, 1989–2026
Last refreshed

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.