List of sovereign states by wealth inequality

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 2021.^[1]

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

Countries that have high-quality wealth taxes and honest reporting from financial institutions, such as the Netherlands and Norway, tend to have more reliable wealth inequality statistics.^[2]

List

The table below is for 2008, 2018, 2019 and 2021. The GDP data is based on data from the World Bank.^[3] The population data is based on data from the UN.^[4] The Wealth Gini coefficients from 2008 are based on a working paper published by the National Bureau of Economic Research.^[5]

The Wealth Gini numbers for 2018, 2019, and 2021 come from the Global Wealth Databook by Credit Suisse.^[6][7][8]

* indicates "Wealth inequality in COUNTRY or TERRITORY" or "Income inequality in COUNTRY or TERRITORY" links.

Country	Wealth Gini				Population		Nominal GDP		GDP per capita
	2008	2018	2019	2021		% of world	(in millions)	% of world
World	0.804	0.904	0.885	0.889	8,141,073,000	100	101,560,901	100	11,258
Afghanistan	—	—	0.655	0.689	—	—	—	—	—
Albania	0.642	0.629	0.637	0.686	2,882,740	0.035	15,103	0.014	5,239
Algeria	0.67	0.758	0.749	0.848	42,228,420	0.52	0.55	00	4,115
Angola	—	—	0.731	0.814	—	—	—	—	—
Antigua and Barbuda	0.747	0.838	0.823	0.813	96,280	0.0012	1,611	0.0015	16,732
Argentina *	0.74	0.792	0.768	0.809	44,361,150	0.54	0.58	0	11,719
Armenia	0.684	0.645	0.663	0.731	2,951,740	0.036	12,433	0.011	4,212
Aruba	—	—	0.703	0.813	—	—	—	—	—
Australia	0.622	0.658	0.656	0.662	24,898,150	0.31	1,433,904	1.3	57,591
Austria	0.646	0.764	0.739	0.742	8,891,380	0.11	455,286	0.41	51,205
Azerbaijan	0.678	0.643	0.654	0.726	9,949,540	0.12	46,940	0.043	4,718
Bahamas	—	—	0.828	0.895	—	—	—	—	—
Bahrain	—	—	0.747	0.885	—	—	—	—	—
Bangladesh	0.66	0.671	0.678	0.754	161,376,710	2.0	416,300	0.38	1,698
Barbados	0.706	0.788	0.778	0.805	285,720	0.0035	4,990	0.0045	17,465
Belarus	0.628	0.614	0.621	0.672	9,452,620	0.12	59,662	0.054	6,312
Belgium	0.662	0.659	0.603	0.599	11,482,180	0.14	542,761	0.49	47,270
Belize	0.763	0.815	0.803	0.835	383,070	0.0047	1,871	0.0017	4,884
Benin	0.713	0.689	0.707	0.800	11,485,040	0.14	10,354	0.0094	902
Bolivia	0.762	0.779	0.764	0.808	11,050,000	0.14	40,288	0.037	3,646
Bosnia and Herzegovina	—	—	0.642	0.692	3,301	0	21,023	0.019	6,056
Botswana	0.751	0.783	0.8	0.879	2,254.07	0	18,616	0.017	8,259
Brazil *	0.62	0.823	0.849	0.892	209,469,320	2.6	2.74	0	8,921
Brunei	—	—	0.787	0.897	—	—	—	—	—
Bulgaria	0.652	0.647	0.659	0.702	7,051,610	0.087	65,133	0.059	9,237
Burkina Faso	0.728	0.674	0.688	0.790	19,751,470	0.24	14,125	0.013	715
Burundi	0.699	0.654	0.681	0.703	11,175,380	0.14	3,037	0.0028	272
Cambodia	0.714	0.704	0.718	0.783	16,249,800	0.20	24,542	0.022	1,510
Cameroon	0.711	0.725	0.743	0.833	25,216,260	0.31	38,675	0.035	1,534
Canada	0.688	0.726	0.728	0.726	37,074,560	0.46	1,713,342	1.6	46,213
Central African Republic	0.782	0.768	0.777	0.845	4,666,380	0.057	2,220	0.0020	476
Chad	0.681	0.715	0.73	0.776	15,477,730	0.19	0.2	0	728
Chile	0.777	0.773	0.798	0.794	18,729,170	0.23	331,250	0.30	15,923
China *	0.55	0.714	0.702	0.701	1,427,647,790	18	15,710,960	14	9,532
Colombia *	0.765	0.807	0.77	0.835	49,661,060	0.61	0.65	0	6,666
Comoros	0.711	0.766	0.783	0.861	832,320	0.010	1,178	0.0011	1,415
DR Congo	—	—	0.755	0.830	—	—	—	—	—
Congo	—	—	0.769	0.855	—	—	—	—	—
Costa Rica	0.732	0.769	0.75	0.797	4,999,440	0.061	0.07	0	12,027
Croatia	0.654	0.631	0.645	0.702	4,156,410	0.051	60,972	0.055	14,669
Cyprus	—	—	0.801	0.791	—	—	—	—	—
Czech Republic	0.626	0.758	0.725	0.776	10,649,800	0.13	245,226	0.22	23,026
Denmark *	0.808	0.835	0.838	0.739	5,752,130	0.071	355,675	0.32	61,834
Djibouti	—	—	0.729	0.796	—	—	—	—	—
Dominica	0.763	0.84	0.823	0.813	71,630	0.00088	0	0	7,693
Dominican Republic	0.723	—	—	—	10,627.15	0.00013	85,555	0.078	8,051
Ecuador *	0.76	0.776	0.759	0.801	17,084,360	0.21	0.22	00	6,345
Egypt	0.689	0.909	0.756	0.793	99,581,200	1.2	250,895	0.23	2,520
El Salvador	0.746	0.759	0.743	0.812	6,420,740	0.079	26,057	0.024	4,058
Equatorial Guinea	0.688	0.781	0.793	0.864	1,308,970	0.016	13,432	0.012	10,262
Eritrea	—	—	0.621	0.763	—	—	—	—	—
Estonia	0.675	0.715	0.716	0.731	1,322,910	0.016	30,732	0.028	23,231
Eswatini	0.78	—	—	—	1,136.27	0	4,711	0.0043	4,146
Ethiopia	0.652	0.612	0.62	0.723	109,224,410	1.3	1.43	0	772
Fiji	0.709	0.694	0.702	0.785	883,490	0.011	5,537	0.0050	6,267
Finland	0.615	0.767	0.742	0.744	5,522,590	0.068	276,743	0.25	50,111
France *	0.73	0.687	0.696	0.702	64,990,510	0.80	3,135,267	2.8	42,738
Gabon	0.784	0.7	0.719	0.797	2,119.28	0	16,854	0.015	7,953
Gambia	0.723	0.755	0.771	0.857	2,051,360	0.025	1,633	0.0015	796
Georgia	0.725	0.678	0.687	0.817	4,002,950	0.049	17,600	0.016	4,397
Germany *	0.667	0.816	0.816	0.788	83,124,410	1.0	3,947,620	3.6	47,491
Ghana	0.692	0.682	0.699	0.753	29,767,110	0.37	65,556	0.060	2,202
Greece	0.654	0.682	0.654	0.682	10,522,240	0.13	218,032	0.20	20,721
Grenada	0.763	0.842	0.827	0.682	111,450	0.0014	1,186	0.0011	10,642
Guatemala *	0.779	—	—	—	17,247.86	0.00021	78,460	0.071	4,549
Guinea	0.693	0.716	0.741	0.816	12,414,290	0.15	10,907	0.0099	879
Guinea-Bissau	0.71	0.697	0.712	0.780	1,874,300	0.023	0.02	0	778
Guyana	0.707	0.75	0.734	0.769	779,010	0.0096	0.01	9.1×10−9	4,979
Haiti	0.755	0.82	0.801	0.799	11,123,180	0.14	0.15	0	868
Honduras *	0.743	0.804	—	—	9,587.52	0.00012	23,970	0.022	2,500
Hong Kong	0.740	—	0.777	0.738	7,482.5	0	362,682	0.33	48,471
Hungary *	0.651	0.662	0.663	0.680	9,707,500	0.12	157,883	0.14	16,264
Iceland	0.664	0.731	0.694	0.649	336,710	0.0041	25,878	0.024	76,855
India *	0.669	0.854	0.832	0.823	1,352,642,280	17	2,718,732	2.5	2,010
Indonesia *	0.764	0.84	0.833	0.782	267,670,550	3.3	3.51	0	3,893
Iran	0.707	0.705	0.705	0.792	82,531,700	1.0	454,013	0.41	5,501
Iraq	—	—	0.633	0.710	—	—	—	—	—
Ireland	0.581	0.83	0.796	0.800	4,818,690	0.059	511,458	0.46	102,394
Israel	0.677	0.766	0.777	0.747	8,381,510	0.10	370,588	0.34	44,215
Italy	0.609	0.689	0.669	0.672	60,627,290	0.74	2,083,864	1.9	34,372
Ivory Coast	0.712	—	—	—	25,069.23	0.00031	43,007	0.039	1,716
Jamaica	0.686	0.788	0.775	0.822	2,934,850	0.036	15,714	0.014	5,354
Japan	0.547	0.631	0.626	0.647	127,202,190	1.6	4,971,323	4.5	39,082
Jordan	0.678	0.677	0.696	0.767	9,965,320	0.12	42,231	0.038	4,238
Kazakhstan	0.655	0.952	0.772	0.776	18,319,620	0.23	179,340	0.16	9,790
Kenya	0.699	0.732	0.745	0.826	51,392,570	0.63	87,908	0.080	1,711
Kuwait	—	—	0.763	0.862	—	—	—	—	—
Kyrgyzstan	0.68	0.673	0.681	0.752	6,389,500	0.078	0.08	0	1,267
Laos	—	—	0.794	0.883	—	—	—	—	—
Latvia	0.67	0.788	0.789	0.805	1,928,460	0.024	0.03	0	17,843
Lebanon *	0.762	0.889	0.819	0.802	6,859,410	0.084	56,639	0.051	8,257
Lesotho	0.767	0.795	0.805	0.888	2,108,330	0.026	2,739	0.0025	1,299
Liberia	—	—	0.727	0.806	—	—	—	—	—
Libya	—	—	0.659	0.760	—	—	—	—	—
Lithuania	0.666	0.655	0.663	0.720	2,801,270	0.034	53,429	0.049	19,073
Luxembourg	0.65	0.663	0.67	0.663	604,240	0.0074	0.01	9.1×10−9	117,312
Macau	0.58	—	—	—	667.4	0	55,084	0.050	82,535
Madagascar	0.722	0.702	0.722	0.821	26,262,310	0.32	13,853	0.013	527
Malawi	0.736	0.733	0.751	0.845	18,143,220	0.22	7,065	0.0064	389
Malaysia *	0.733	0.82	0.796	0.830	31,528,030	0.39	0.41	0	11,373
Maldives *	—	—	0.724	0.808	—	—	—	—	—
Mali	0.75	0.682	0.707	0.800	19,077,760	0.23	0.25	0	900
Malta	0.664	0.631	0.64	0.611	439,260	0.0054	20,331	0.018	33,131
Mauritania	0.686	0.667	0.681	0.758	4,403,310	0.054	5,235	0.0048	1,189
Mauritius	0.661	0.64	0.662	0.716	1,267,180	0.016	0.02	0	11,222
Mexico *	0.749	0.8	0.777	0.804	126,190.78	0.0016	1,220,699	1.1	9,673
Moldova	—	—	0.645	0.691	—	—	—	—	—
Mongolia	—	—	0.668	0.742	—	—	—	—	—
Montenegro	—	—	0.648	0.681	—	—	—	—	—
Morocco	0.69	0.802	0.766	0.824	36,029,090	0.44	0.47	0	3,273
Mozambique	0.689	0.7	0.716	0.750	29,496	0.00036	14,717	0.013	499
Myanmar	—	—	0.597	0.680	—	—	—	—	—
Namibia	0.847	0.776	0.788	0.868	2,448,300	0.030	14,522	0.013	5,931
Nepal	—	—	0.71	0.788	—	—	—	—	—
Netherlands *	0.65	0.789	0.902	0.750	17,059,560	0.21	912,242	0.83	53,557
New Zealand *	0.651	0.708	0.672	0.700	4,743,130	0.058	204,924	0.19	43,204
Nicaragua	0.755	0.778	0.759	0.813	6,465,500	0.079	13,118	0.012	2,029
Niger	0.729	0.66	0.682	0.738	22,442,830	0.28	0.29	0	414
Nigeria	0.729	0.894	0.809	0.860	195,874,690	2.4	397,270	0.36	2,028
North Macedonia	0.661	0.655	—	—	2,082.96	0	12,672	0.012	6,084
Norway	0.633	0.791	0.798	0.794	5,337,960	0.066	434,167	0.39	81,336
Oman	—	—	0.786	0.880	—	—	—	—	—
Pakistan	0.698	0.65	0.665	0.740	212,228,290	2.6	2.78	0	1,482
Panama	0.766	0.795	0.78	0.819	4,176,870	0.051	0.05	0	15,575
Papua New Guinea	0.738	0.76	0.766	0.843	8,606,320	0.11	0.11	000	2,730
Paraguay	0.766	0.785	0.768	0.815	6,956,070	0.085	40,497	0.037	5,822
Peru	0.738	0.795	0.788	0.800	31,989,270	0.39	222,045	0.20	6,941
Philippines *	0.717	0.826	0.837	0.873	106,651,390	1.3	330,910	0.30	3,103
Poland *	0.657	0.722	0.677	0.716	37,921,590	0.47	585,664	0.53	15,444
Portugal	0.667	0.736	0.692	0.706	10,256,190	0.13	240,675	0.22	23,466
Puerto Rico	0.753	—	—	—	3,039.6	0	101,131	0.092	33,271
Qatar	—	—	0.633	0.586	—	—	—	—	—
Romania	0.651	0.728	0.647	0.696	19,506,110	0.24	239,553	0.22	12,281
Russia *	0.699	0.875	0.879	0.880	146,801,930	1.8	1,657,555	1.5	11,291
Rwanda	0.714	0.728	0.742	0.818	12,301,970	0.15	9,509	0.0086	773
Samoa	—	—	0.747	0.777	—	—	—	—	—
São Tomé and Príncipe	—	—	0.674	0.734	—	—	—	—	—
Saudi Arabia	0.737	0.81	0.834	0.864	33,702,760	0.41	0.44	00	23,337
Senegal	0.697	0.705	0.726	0.797	15,854,320	0.19	24,130	0.022	1,522
Serbia	—	—	0.676	0.713	6,963.76	0	55,437	0.050	7,992
Seychelles	0.76	0.679	0.704	0.760	97,090	0.0012	0	0	16,376
Sierra Leone	0.687	0.671	0.694	0.732	7,650,150	0.094	4,085	0.0037	534
Singapore *	0.689	0.758	0.757	0.788	5,757,500	0.071	364,157	0.33	63,249
Slovakia	0.629	0.498	0.498	0.505	5,453,020	0.067	105,905	0.096	19,421
Slovenia	0.626	0.646	0.662	0.652	2,077,840	0.026	54,008	0.049	25,992
Solomon Islands	—	—	0.7	0.814	—	—	—	—	—
South Africa *	0.763	0.806	0.806	0.886	57,792,520	0.71	368,289	0.33	6,373
South Korea *	0.579	0.67	0.606	0.682	51,709,100	0.64	1,823,852	1.7	35,196
Spain	0.57	0.697	0.694	0.691	46,692,860	0.57	0.61	0	30,391
Sri Lanka	0.665	0.687	0.7	0.770	21,228.76	0.00026	88,901	0.081	4,188
Saint Lucia	—	—	0.728	0.813	—	—	—	—	—
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	—	—	0.818	0.813	—	—	—	—	—
Sudan	—	—	0.687	—	—	—	—	—	—
Suriname	—	—	0.832	0.886	—	—	—	—	—
Sweden *	0.742	0.865	0.867	0.881	9,971,630	0.12	556,086	0.51	55,767
Switzerland	0.803	0.741	0.705	0.772	8,570,150	0.11	705,140	0.64	82,279
Syria	—	—	0.699	0.778	—	—	—	—	—
Taiwan	—	—	0.751	0.707	—	—	—	—	—
Tajikistan	—	—	0.656	0.728	—	—	—	—	—
Tanzania	0.676	0.65	0.661	0.744	56,313,440	0.69	0.74	0	1,030
Thailand *	0.71	0.902	0.846	0.771	69,428,450	0.85	0.91	0	7,274
East Timor	—	—	0.565	0.627	—	—	—	—	—
Togo	0.711	0.719	0.734	0.815	7,889,100	0.097	5,359	0.0049	679
Tonga	—	—	0.682	0.777	—	—	—	—	—
Trinidad and Tobago	0.689	0.748	0.732	0.757	1,389,840	0.017	23,808	0.022	17,130
Tunisia	0.693	0.683	0.705	0.780	11,565,200	0.14	39,871	0.036	3,447
Turkey	0.718	0.871	0.794	0.810	82,340,090	1.0	771,350	0.70	9,368
Turkmenistan	—	—	0.63	0.705	—	—	—	—	—
Uganda	0.723	0.714	0.729	0.828	42,729,030	0.52	27,461	0.025	643
Ukraine	0.667	0.955	0.847	0.834	44,246,160	0.54	130,832	0.12	2,957
United Arab Emirates	—	—	0.796	0.885	—	—	—	—	—
United Kingdom *	0.697	0.747	0.746	0.706	67,141,680	0.82	2,855,297	2.6	42,526
United States *	0.801	0.852	0.852	0.850	327,096,260	4.0	20,544,343	19	62,808
Uruguay	0.708	0.741	0.721	0.774	3,449,290	0.042	59,597	0.054	17,278
Vanuatu	—	—	0.688	0.814	—	—	—	—	—
Venezuela	—	—	0.743	0.778	—	—	—	—	—
Vietnam	0.682	0.708	0.761	0.797	95,545,960	1.2	245,214	0.22	2,566
Yemen	0.613	0.801	0.798	0.883	28,498,680	0.35	26,914	0.024	944
Zambia	0.766	0.787	0.798	0.886	17,351,710	0.21	26,720	0.024	1,540
Zimbabwe	0.845	0.707	0.719	0.797	14,438,810	0.18	31,001	0.028	2,147

See also

• Income inequality metrics
• List of countries by external debt
• List of countries by income equality
• List of countries by GDP (nominal)
• List of countries by GDP (nominal) per capita
• List of countries by GDP (PPP)
• List of countries by GDP (PPP) per capita
• List of countries by Human Development Index
• List of countries by public debt
• List of countries by wealth per adult
• Wealth distribution by country
• Wealth inequality in the United States

References

1. "Global wealth databook 2022" (PDF). Credit Suisse.
2. Zucman, Gabriel (March 2016). "State of the Union 2016: Wealth Inequality" (PDF). Stanford. Retrieved 2023-03-13. Norway's data are of the highest quality, as extensive information on most assets is collected for all Norwegians
3. "Gross Domestic Product 2018" (PDF). World Bank. 2018. Retrieved 2020-01-18.
4. "World Population Prospects, the 2019 revision". United Nations. June 2019. Retrieved 2020-01-18.
5. The Level and Distribution of Global Household Wealth. April 2008. By James B. Davies, Susanna Sandström, Anthony Shorrocks, and Edward N. Wolff.
6. "Global Wealth Databook 2018" (PDF). Credit Suisse. Retrieved 2023-12-13.
7. "Global Wealth Databook 2019" (PDF). Credit Suisse. Retrieved 2023-12-13.
8. "Global Wealth Databook 2022" (PDF). Credit Suisse. Retrieved 2023-12-13.

External links

• The World Distribution of Household Wealth. February 2008. By James B. Davies, Susanna Sandström, Anthony Shorrocks, and Edward N. Wolff. United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER).
• Estimating the Level and Distribution of Global Household Wealth. November 2007. By James B. Davies, Susanna Sandström, Anthony Shorrocks, and Edward N. Wolff. UNU-WIDER.
• The World Distribution of Household Wealth. July 2007. By James B. Davies, Susanna Sandström, Anthony Shorrocks, and Edward N. Wolff. Center for Global, International and Regional Studies. University of California, Santa Cruz.
• The World Distribution of Household Wealth. 5 December 2006. By James B. Davies, Susanna Sandstrom, Anthony Shorrocks, and Edward N. Wolff. Tables to the 2006 report in Excel (including Gini coefficients for 229 countries). UNU-WIDER.
• World's richest 1% own 40% of all wealth, UN report discovers. 6 December 2006. By James Randerson. The Guardian.
• It's the Inequality, Stupid. March/April 2011 Issue. Mother Jones (magazine). Many charts, with sources.
• Who Rules America: Wealth, Income, and Power. July 2011. By G. William Domhoff. Many charts, and sources. See table 4 for wealth distribution by country. See table 7 for income distribution by country.
• Alan Grayson says United States has fifth-most unequal wealth distribution in world. 10 October 2011. PolitiFact.
• CHARTS: Here's What The Wall Street Protesters Are So Angry About.... 11 October 2011. Business Insider.
• OECD 2015 In It Together Chapter 1 Overview Inequality. 21 May 2015. Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. More recent Gini data p. 41.