Gini index of monthly earnings of employees 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 is currently reported for 49 countries. The highest value is 0.621 in Botswana; the lowest is 0.207 in Romania.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.334, and the mean is 0.3394.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 3.
Over the past decade 15 countries rose and 33 fell. The largest increase was in Bulgaria (up 28.8%), and the largest decrease in Poland (down 22.1%).
Gini index of monthly earnings of employees: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Botswana | 0.621 | 2024 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 2 | Zambia | 0.529 | 2024 | down 3.3% | falling |
| 3 | Rwanda | 0.528 | 2024 | down 7.5% | falling |
| 4 | Ghana | 0.498 | 2024 | down 14.9% | flat |
| 5 | United States of America | 0.437 | 2025 | up 11.5% | flat |
| 6 | Indonesia | 0.401 | 2023 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 7 | Bulgaria | 0.398 | 2025 | up 28.8% | rising |
| 8 | Costa Rica | 0.395 | 2025 | down 11.4% | falling |
| 9 | Palestine, State of | 0.391 | 2022 | — | flat |
| 10 | Ireland | 0.387 | 2025 | down 3.7% | flat |
| 11 | Peru | 0.384 | 2025 | down 1.5% | flat |
| 12 | Chile | 0.378 | 2022 | down 12.7% | falling |
| 13 | Luxembourg | 0.374 | 2025 | up 8.4% | flat |
| 14 | Cyprus | 0.367 | 2025 | down 5.2% | rising |
| 15 | Germany | 0.357 | 2022 | down 2.7% | flat |
| 16 | Lithuania | 0.355 | 2025 | down 4.8% | falling |
| 17 | Estonia | 0.35 | 2025 | down 7.7% | flat |
| 18 | Latvia | 0.348 | 2025 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 19 | Portugal | 0.346 | 2025 | down 6.7% | flat |
| 19 | Croatia | 0.346 | 2025 | up 15.7% | rising |
| 21 | France | 0.341 | 2025 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 22 | Sri Lanka | 0.338 | 2024 | down 1.7% | flat |
| 23 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 0.336 | 2025 | down 13.2% | falling |
| 24 | Switzerland | 0.335 | 2024 | down 6.7% | falling |
| 25 | Colombia | 0.334 | 2025 | down 21.6% | falling |
| 25 | Spain | 0.334 | 2025 | down 8.0% | rising |
| 27 | Italy | 0.322 | 2025 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 28 | Netherlands | 0.316 | 2025 | down 10.0% | flat |
| 29 | Austria | 0.314 | 2025 | down 9.8% | falling |
| 30 | Iceland | 0.312 | 2020 | down 1.9% | falling |
| 31 | Hungary | 0.311 | 2025 | up 4.7% | falling |
| 32 | Armenia | 0.309 | 2023 | up 1.0% | falling |
| 33 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 0.307 | 2024 | down 11.0% | falling |
| 34 | Malta | 0.306 | 2021 | up 11.3% | rising |
| 35 | Norway | 0.301 | 2025 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 36 | Republic of Moldova | 0.298 | 2025 | up 10.0% | flat |
| 37 | Denmark | 0.286 | 2025 | up 17.2% | rising |
| 38 | Serbia | 0.283 | 2025 | down 3.4% | falling |
| 39 | Slovenia | 0.277 | 2025 | down 7.0% | falling |
| 40 | Cambodia | 0.269 | 2023 | down 18.5% | falling |
| 41 | Belgium | 0.266 | 2025 | up 6.4% | flat |
| 42 | Sweden | 0.262 | 2025 | down 16.6% | falling |
| 43 | Poland | 0.258 | 2025 | down 22.1% | falling |
| 44 | Finland | 0.257 | 2025 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 45 | Slovakia | 0.254 | 2025 | up 23.3% | falling |
| 46 | Mongolia | 0.25 | 2025 | down 21.9% | falling |
| 47 | Czechia | 0.246 | 2025 | down 12.5% | falling |
| 48 | Greece | 0.213 | 2025 | down 22.0% | falling |
| 49 | Romania | 0.207 | 2025 | down 17.9% | 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.