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 2019.^[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 2018. 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 come from the Global Wealth Databook 2018 by Credit Suisse.^[6] Also the Gini Wealth coefficients for 2019 are shown.^[1]

* 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		% of world	(in millions)	% of world
World	0.804	0.904	0.885	8,055,221,000	100	101,560,901	100	11,258
Afghanistan	—	—	0.655	—	—	—	—	—
Albania	0.642	0.629	0.637	2,882,740	0.036	15,103	0.014	5,239
Algeria	0.67	0.758	0.749	42,228,420	0.52	0.55	0	4,115
Angola	—	—	0.731	—	—	—	—	—
Antigua and Barbuda	0.747	0.838	0.823	96,280	0.0012	1,611	0.0015	16,732
Argentina *	0.74	0.792	0.768	44,361,150	0.55	0.58	0	11,719
Armenia	0.684	0.645	0.663	2,951,740	0.037	12,433	0.012	4,212
Aruba	—	—	0.703	—	—	—	—	—
Australia	0.622	0.658	0.656	24,898,150	0.31	1,433,904	1.4	57,591
Austria	0.646	0.764	0.739	8,891,380	0.11	455,286	0.43	51,205
Azerbaijan	0.678	0.643	0.654	9,949,540	0.12	46,940	0.044	4,718
Bahamas	—	—	0.828	—	—	—	—	—
Bahrain	—	—	0.747	—	—	—	—	—
Bangladesh	0.66	0.671	0.678	161,376,710	2.0	2.11	00	1,698
Barbados	0.706	0.788	0.778	285,720	0.0035	4,990	0.0047	17,465
Belarus	0.628	0.614	0.621	9,452,620	0.12	59,662	0.057	6,312
Belgium	0.662	0.659	0.603	11,482,180	0.14	542,761	0.51	47,270
Belize	0.763	0.815	0.803	383,070	0.0048	1,871	0.0018	4,884
Benin	0.713	0.689	0.707	11,485,040	0.14	10,354	0.0098	902
Bolivia	0.762	0.779	0.764	11,050,000	0.14	40,288	0.038	3,646
Bosnia and Herzegovina	—	—	0.642	3,301	0	21,023	0.020	6,056
Botswana	0.751	0.783	0.8	2,254.07	0	18,616	0.018	8,259
Brazil *	0.62	0.823	0.849	209,469,320	2.6	2.74	0	8,921
Brunei	—	—	0.787	—	—	—	—	—
Bulgaria	0.652	0.647	0.659	7,051,610	0.088	65,133	0.062	9,237
Burkina Faso	0.728	0.674	0.688	19,751,470	0.25	14,125	0.013	715
Burundi	0.699	0.654	0.681	11,175,380	0.14	3,037	0.0029	272
Cambodia	0.714	0.704	0.718	16,249,800	0.20	24,542	0.023	1,510
Cameroon	0.711	0.725	0.743	25,216,260	0.31	38,675	0.037	1,534
Canada	0.688	0.726	0.728	37,074,560	0.46	1,713,342	1.6	46,213
Central African Republic	0.782	0.768	0.777	4,666,380	0.058	2,220	0.0021	476
Chad	0.681	0.715	0.73	15,477,730	0.19	0.2	0	728
Chile	0.777	0.773	0.798	18,729,170	0.23	331,250	0.31	15,923
China *	0.55	0.714	0.702	1,427,647,790	18	15,710,960	15	9,532
Colombia *	0.765	0.807	0.77	49,661,060	0.62	0.65	0	6,666
Comoros	0.711	0.766	0.783	832,320	0.010	1,178	0.0011	1,415
DR Congo	—	—	0.755	—	—	—	—	—
Congo	—	—	0.769	—	—	—	—	—
Costa Rica	0.732	0.769	0.75	4,999,440	0.062	0.07	0	12,027
Croatia	0.654	0.631	0.645	4,156,410	0.052	60,972	0.058	14,669
Cyprus	—	—	0.801	—	—	—	—	—
Czech Republic	0.626	0.758	0.725	10,649,800	0.13	245,226	0.23	23,026
Denmark *	0.808	0.835	0.838	5,752,130	0.071	355,675	0.34	61,834
Djibouti	—	—	0.729	—	—	—	—	—
Dominica	0.763	0.84	0.823	71,630	0.00089	0	0	7,693
Dominican Republic	0.723	—	—	10,627.15	0.00013	85,555	0.081	8,051
Ecuador *	0.76	0.776	0.759	17,084,360	0.21	0.22	0	6,345
Egypt	0.689	0.909	0.756	99,581,200	1.2	250,895	0.24	2,520
El Salvador	0.746	0.759	0.743	6,420,740	0.080	26,057	0.025	4,058
Equatorial Guinea	0.688	0.781	0.793	1,308,970	0.016	13,432	0.013	10,262
Eritrea	—	—	0.621	—	—	—	—	—
Estonia	0.675	0.715	0.716	1,322,910	0.016	30,732	0.029	23,231
Eswatini	0.78	—	—	1,136.27	0	4,711	0.0045	4,146
Ethiopia	0.652	0.612	0.62	109,224,410	1.4	1.43	0	772
Fiji	0.709	0.694	0.702	883,490	0.011	5,537	0.0052	6,267
Finland	0.615	0.767	0.742	5,522,590	0.069	276,743	0.26	50,111
France *	0.73	0.687	0.696	64,990,510	0.81	3,135,267	3.0	42,738
Gabon	0.784	0.7	0.719	2,119.28	0	16,854	0.016	7,953
Gambia	0.723	0.755	0.771	2,051,360	0.025	1,633	0.0015	796
Georgia	0.725	0.678	0.687	4,002,950	0.050	17,600	0.017	4,397
Germany *	0.667	0.816	0.816	83,124,410	1.0	3,947,620	3.7	47,491
Ghana	0.692	0.682	0.699	29,767,110	0.37	65,556	0.062	2,202
Greece	0.654	0.682	0.654	10,522,240	0.13	218,032	0.21	20,721
Grenada	0.763	0.842	0.827	111,450	0.0014	1,186	0.0011	10,642
Guatemala *	0.779	—	—	17,247.86	0.00021	78,460	0.074	4,549
Guinea	0.693	0.716	0.741	12,414,290	0.15	10,907	0.010	879
Guinea-Bissau	0.71	0.697	0.712	1,874,300	0.023	0.02	0	778
Guyana	0.707	0.75	0.734	779,010	0.0097	0.01	9.5×10^−9	4,979
Haiti	0.755	0.82	0.801	11,123,180	0.14	0.15	0	868
Honduras *	0.743	0.804	—	9,587.52	0.00012	23,970	0.023	2,500
Hong Kong	0.740	—	0.777	7,482.5	0	362,682	0.34	48,471
Hungary *	0.651	0.662	0.663	9,707,500	0.12	157,883	0.15	16,264
Iceland	0.664	0.731	0.694	336,710	0.0042	25,878	0.025	76,855
India *	0.669	0.854	0.832	1,352,642,280	17	2,718,732	2.6	2,010
Indonesia *	0.764	0.84	0.833	267,670,550	3.3	3.51	0	3,893
Iran	0.707	0.705	0.705	82,531,700	1.0	454,013	0.43	5,501
Iraq	—	—	0.633	—	—	—	—	—
Ireland	0.581	0.83	0.796	4,818,690	0.060	511,458	0.48	102,394
Israel	0.677	0.766	0.777	8,381,510	0.10	370,588	0.35	44,215
Italy	0.609	0.689	0.669	60,627,290	0.75	2,083,864	2.0	34,372
Ivory Coast	0.712	—	—	25,069.23	0.00031	43,007	0.041	1,716
Jamaica	0.686	0.788	0.775	2,934,850	0.036	15,714	0.015	5,354
Japan	0.547	0.631	0.626	127,202,190	1.6	4,971,323	4.7	39,082
Jordan	0.678	0.677	0.696	9,965,320	0.12	42,231	0.040	4,238
Kazakhstan	0.655	0.952	0.772	18,319,620	0.23	179,340	0.17	9,790
Kenya	0.699	0.732	0.745	51,392,570	0.64	87,908	0.083	1,711
Kuwait	—	—	0.763	—	—	—	—	—
Kyrgyzstan	0.68	0.673	0.681	6,389,500	0.079	0.08	0	1,267
Laos	—	—	0.794	—	—	—	—	—
Latvia	0.67	0.788	0.789	1,928,460	0.024	0.03	0	17,843
Lebanon *	0.762	0.889	0.819	6,859,410	0.085	56,639	0.054	8,257
Lesotho	0.767	0.795	0.805	2,108,330	0.026	2,739	0.0026	1,299
Liberia	—	—	0.727	—	—	—	—	—
Libya	—	—	0.659	—	—	—	—	—
Lithuania	0.666	0.655	0.663	2,801,270	0.035	53,429	0.051	19,073
Luxembourg	0.65	0.663	0.67	604,240	0.0075	0.01	9.5×10^−9	117,312
Macau	0.58	—	—	667.4	0	55,084	0.052	82,535
Madagascar	0.722	0.702	0.722	26,262,310	0.33	13,853	0.013	527
Malawi	0.736	0.733	0.751	18,143,220	0.23	7,065	0.0067	389
Malaysia *	0.733	0.82	0.796	31,528,030	0.39	0.41	0	11,373
Maldives *	—	—	0.724	—	—	—	—	—
Mali	0.75	0.682	0.707	19,077,760	0.24	0.25	0	900
Malta	0.664	0.631	0.64	439,260	0.0055	0.01	9.5×10^−9	33,131
Mauritania	0.686	0.667	0.681	4,403,310	0.055	5,235	0.0050	1,189
Mauritius	0.661	0.64	0.662	1,267,180	0.016	0.02	0	11,222
Mexico *	0.749	0.8	0.777	126,190.78	0.0016	1,220,699	1.2	9,673
Moldova	—	—	0.645	—	—	—	—	—
Mongolia	—	—	0.668	—	—	—	—	—
Montenegro	—	—	0.648	—	—	—	—	—
Morocco	0.69	0.802	0.766	36,029,090	0.45	0.47	0	3,273
Mozambique	0.689	0.7	0.716	29,496	0.00037	14,717	0.014	499
Myanmar	—	—	0.597	—	—	—	—	—
Namibia	0.847	0.776	0.788	2,448,300	0.030	14,522	0.014	5,931
Nepal	—	—	0.71	—	—	—	—	—
Netherlands *	0.65	0.789	0.902	17,059,560	0.21	912,242	0.86	53,557
New Zealand *	0.651	0.708	0.672	4,743,130	0.059	204,924	0.19	43,204
Nicaragua	0.755	0.778	0.759	6,465,500	0.080	13,118	0.012	2,029
Niger	0.729	0.66	0.682	22,442,830	0.28	0.29	0	414
Nigeria	0.729	0.894	0.809	195,874,690	2.4	397,270	0.38	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	5,337,960	0.066	434,167	0.41	81,336
Oman	—	—	0.786	—	—	—	—	—
Pakistan	0.698	0.65	0.665	212,228,290	2.6	2.78	0	1,482
Panama	0.766	0.795	0.78	4,176,870	0.052	0.05	0	15,575
Papua New Guinea	0.738	0.76	0.766	8,606,320	0.11	0.11	00	2,730
Paraguay	0.766	0.785	0.768	6,956,070	0.086	40,497	0.038	5,822
Peru	0.738	0.795	0.788	31,989,270	0.40	222,045	0.21	6,941
Philippines *	0.717	0.826	0.837	106,651,390	1.3	330,910	0.31	3,103
Poland *	0.657	0.722	0.677	37,921,590	0.47	585,664	0.55	15,444
Portugal	0.667	0.736	0.692	10,256,190	0.13	240,675	0.23	23,466
Puerto Rico	0.753	—	—	3,039.6	0	101,131	0.096	33,271
Qatar	—	—	0.633	—	—	—	—	—
Romania	0.651	0.728	0.647	19,506,110	0.24	239,553	0.23	12,281
Russia *	0.699	0.875	0.879	146,801,930	1.8	1,657,555	1.6	11,291
Rwanda	0.714	0.728	0.742	12,301,970	0.15	9,509	0.0090	773
Samoa	—	—	0.747	—	—	—	—	—
São Tomé and Príncipe	—	—	0.674	—	—	—	—	—
Saudi Arabia	0.737	0.81	0.834	33,702,760	0.42	0.44	0	23,337
Senegal	0.697	0.705	0.726	15,854,320	0.20	24,130	0.023	1,522
Serbia	—	—	0.676	6,963.76	0	55,437	0.053	7,992
Seychelles	0.76	0.679	0.704	97,090	0.0012	0	0	16,376
Sierra Leone	0.687	0.671	0.694	7,650,150	0.095	4,085	0.0039	534
Singapore *	0.689	0.758	0.757	5,757,500	0.071	364,157	0.34	63,249
Slovakia	0.629	0.498	0.498	5,453,020	0.068	105,905	0.10	19,421
Slovenia	0.626	0.646	0.662	2,077,840	0.026	54,008	0.051	25,992
Solomon Islands	—	—	0.7	—	—	—	—	—
South Africa *	0.763	0.806	0.806	57,792,520	0.72	368,289	0.35	6,373
South Korea *	0.579	0.67	0.606	51,709,100	0.64	1,823,852	1.7	35,196
Spain	0.57	0.697	0.694	46,692,860	0.58	0.61	0	30,391
Sri Lanka	0.665	0.687	0.7	21,228.76	0.00026	88,901	0.084	4,188
Saint Lucia	—	—	0.728	—	—	—	—	—
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	—	—	0.818	—	—	—	—	—
Sudan	—	—	0.687	—	—	—	—	—
Suriname	—	—	0.832	—	—	—	—	—
Sweden *	0.742	0.865	0.867	9,971,630	0.12	556,086	0.53	55,767
Switzerland	0.803	0.741	0.705	8,570,150	0.11	705,140	0.67	82,279
Syria	—	—	0.699	—	—	—	—	—
Taiwan	—	—	0.751	—	—	—	—	—
Tajikistan	—	—	0.656	—	—	—	—	—
Tanzania	0.676	0.65	0.661	56,313,440	0.70	0.74	00	1,030
Thailand	0.71	0.902	0.846	69,428,450	0.86	0.91	0	7,274
East Timor	—	—	0.565	—	—	—	—	—
Togo	0.711	0.719	0.734	7,889,100	0.098	5,359	0.0051	679
Tonga	—	—	0.682	—	—	—	—	—
Trinidad and Tobago	0.689	0.748	0.732	1,389,840	0.017	23,808	0.023	17,130
Tunisia	0.693	0.683	0.705	11,565,200	0.14	39,871	0.038	3,447
Turkey	0.718	0.871	0.794	82,340,090	1.0	771,350	0.73	9,368
Turkmenistan	—	—	0.63	—	—	—	—	—
Uganda	0.723	0.714	0.729	42,729,030	0.53	27,461	0.026	643
Ukraine	0.667	0.955	0.847	44,246,160	0.55	130,832	0.12	2,957
United Arab Emirates	—	—	0.796	—	—	—	—	—
United Kingdom *	0.697	0.747	0.746	67,141,680	0.83	2,855,297	2.7	42,526
United States *	0.801	0.852	0.852	327,096,260	4.1	20,544,343	19	62,808
Uruguay	0.708	0.741	0.721	3,449,290	0.043	59,597	0.056	17,278
Vanuatu	—	—	0.688	—	—	—	—	—
Venezuela	—	—	0.743	—	—	—	—	—
Vietnam	0.682	0.708	0.761	95,545,960	1.2	245,214	0.23	2,566
Yemen	0.613	0.801	0.798	28,498,680	0.35	26,914	0.025	944
Zambia	0.766	0.787	0.798	17,351,710	0.22	26,720	0.025	1,540
Zimbabwe	0.845	0.707	0.719	14,438,810	0.18	31,001	0.029	2,147

See also

• List of countries by wealth per adult
• Income inequality metrics
• 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 external debt
• List of countries by public debt

References

1. "Global wealth databook 2019" (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{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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 2020-01-15.

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.
• . 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.