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List of countries by income equality

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This is a list of countries sorted by income inequality metrics, such as Gini coefficients. The Gini coefficient is a number between 0 and 1. If the number was 0, everyone in the country would be equal. If the number was 1, a country would be unequal, with one person having all the income. No country has a score of 0 or 1.

OECD countries

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Gini coefficient, before taxes and transfers

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Country Gini Year
 Australia 0.441 2020
 Austria 0.486 2019
 Belgium 0.489 2019
 Canada 0.438 2020
 Chile 0.495 2017
 Costa Rica 0.551 2021
 Czech Republic 0.432 2019
 Denmark 0.445 2019
 Estonia 0.465 2019
 Finland 0.516 2020
 France 0.519 2019
 Germany 0.497 2019
 Greece 0.525 2019
 Hungary 0.463 2019
 Iceland 0.369 2017
 Ireland 0.520 2018
 Israel 0.449 2019
 Italy 0.511 2018
 Japan 0.501 2018
 Latvia 0.483 2020
 Lithuania 0.495 2019
 Luxembourg 0.490 2019
 Mexico 0.435 2020
 Netherlands 0.453 2020
 New Zealand 0.454 2020
 Norway 0.436 2020
 Poland 0.452 2018
 Portugal 0.511 2019
 Slovakia 0.383 2019
 Slovenia 0.444 2019
 South Korea 0.405 2020
 Spain 0.491 2019
 Sweden 0.433 2020
 Switzerland 0.402 2019
 Turkey 0.502 2019
 United Kingdom 0.507 2020
 United States 0.517 2021

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Gini coefficient, after taxes and transfers

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Country Gini Year
 Australia 0.318 2020
 Austria 0.274 2019
 Belgium 0.262 2019
 Canada 0.280 2020
 Chile 0.460 2017
 Costa Rica 0.487 2021
 Czech Republic 0.248 2019
 Denmark 0.268 2019
 Estonia 0.305 2019
 Finland 0.265 2020
 France 0.292 2019
 Germany 0.296 2019
 Greece 0.308 2019
 Hungary 0.286 2019
 Iceland 0.250 2017
 Ireland 0.292 2018
 Israel 0.342 2019
 Italy 0.330 2018
 Japan 0.334 2018
 Latvia 0.355 2020
 Lithuania 0.357 2019
 Luxembourg 0.305 2019
 Mexico 0.420 2020
 Netherlands 0.304 2020
 New Zealand 0.320 2020
 Norway 0.263 2020
 Poland 0.281 2018
 Portugal 0.310 2019
 Slovakia 0.222 2019
 Slovenia 0.246 2019
 South Korea 0.331 2020
 Spain 0.320 2019
 Sweden 0.276 2020
 Switzerland 0.316 2019
 Turkey 0.415 2019
 United Kingdom 0.355 2020
 United States 0.375 2021

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References

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  1. "Income Distribution Database". OECD.org. Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Retrieved December 23, 2022. Measure: Gini (market income, before taxes and transfers)
  2. "Income Distribution Database". OECD.org. Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Retrieved December 23, 2022. Measure: Gini (disposable income, post taxes and transfers)