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Income distribution is the way that a nation's GDP is distributed to its population. This is modeled below as the ratio of the income of the lowest 20% to the income of the highest 20% by country. For example, the average person in the highest 20% of income earners makes 3.4 times more than the average person in the lowest 20% in Slovenia. This is the most equal distribution in the world according to this particular metric and dataset.
| Rank | Country | Income Distribution Ratio | | 1 | Slovenia | 3.4 | | 2 | Czech Republic | 3.5 | | 3 | Belarus | 3.5 | | 4 | Moldova | 3.5 | | 5 | Ukraine | 3.6 | | 6 | Kazakhstan | 3.8 | | 7 | Kyrgyz Republic | 3.8 | | 8 | Iceland | 3.8 | | 9 | Slovak Republic | 3.9 | | 10 | Finland | 3.9 | | 11 | Norway | 4.0 | | 12 | Belgium | 4.2 | | 13 | Denmark | 4.2 | | 14 | Kosovo | 4.2 | | 15 | Netherlands | 4.3 | | 16 | Sweden | 4.5 | | 17 | Malta | 4.5 | | 18 | Myanmar | 4.5 | | 19 | Egypt | 4.6 | | 20 | Poland | 4.6 | | 21 | Austria | 4.7 | | 22 | Estonia | 4.7 | | 23 | Cyprus | 4.8 | | 24 | Maldives | 4.8 | | 25 | Pakistan | 4.8 | | 26 | Bangladesh | 4.8 | | 27 | Hungary | 4.9 | | 28 | France | 4.9 | | 29 | Croatia | 5.1 | | 30 | Mongolia | 5.2 | | 31 | Germany | 5.2 | | 32 | Ireland | 5.2 | | 33 | Tunisia | 5.2 | | 34 | Switzerland | 5.3 | | 35 | Armenia | 5.3 | | 36 | Burkina Faso | 5.3 | | 37 | Japan | 5.3 | | 38 | South Korea | 5.3 | | 39 | Mauritania | 5.4 | | 40 | Albania | 5.4 | | 41 | Niger | 5.4 | | 42 | Sudan | 5.4 | | 43 | Guinea | 5.5 | | 44 | Sierra Leone | 5.6 | | 45 | Portugal | 5.6 | | 46 | West Bank and Gaza | 5.6 | | 47 | Tajikistan | 5.6 | | 48 | Australia | 5.7 | | 49 | Laos | 5.9 | | 50 | Ethiopia | 5.9 | | 51 | Gambia | 5.9 | | 52 | United Kingdom | 5.9 | | 53 | Liberia | 5.9 | | 54 | Fiji | 6.0 | | 55 | Canada | 6.1 | | 56 | Thailand | 6.1 | | 57 | Yemen | 6.1 | | 58 | United Arab Emirates | 6.2 | | 59 | Mauritius | 6.2 | | 60 | Greece | 6.2 | | 61 | Latvia | 6.3 | | 62 | Russian Federation | 6.4 | | 63 | Luxembourg | 6.4 | | 64 | Solomon Islands | 6.4 | | 65 | Vietnam | 6.4 | | 66 | Spain | 6.6 | | 67 | Bhutan | 6.6 | | 68 | Georgia | 6.6 | | 69 | Tonga | 6.7 | | 70 | Burundi | 6.7 | | 71 | Sri Lanka | 6.8 | | 72 | Samoa | 6.8 | | 73 | Indonesia | 6.9 | | 74 | Lithuania | 7.0 | | 75 | China | 7.0 | | 76 | Tanzania | 7.0 | | 77 | El Salvador | 7.0 | | 78 | Morocco | 7.0 | | 79 | Italy | 7.0 | | 80 | North Macedonia | 7.1 | | 81 | Gabon | 7.4 | | 82 | Kenya | 7.7 | | 83 | Romania | 7.7 | | 84 | Uruguay | 7.8 | | 85 | Serbia | 8.0 | | 86 | Iran | 8.0 | | 87 | Malawi | 8.1 | | 88 | Malaysia | 8.2 | | 89 | Uganda | 8.2 | | 90 | Bulgaria | 8.2 | | 91 | Turkey | 8.4 | | 92 | Cote d'Ivoire | 8.4 | | 93 | Rwanda | 8.5 | | 94 | Zimbabwe | 8.5 | | 95 | Montenegro | 8.5 | | 96 | Haiti | 8.6 | | 97 | Dominican Republic | 8.6 | | 98 | Madagascar | 8.7 | | 99 | Israel | 8.7 | | 100 | Congo | 8.8 | | 101 | Chile | 8.8 | | 102 | Philippines | 8.9 | | 103 | Guatemala | 9.1 | | 104 | United States | 9.2 | | 105 | Argentina | 9.3 | | 106 | Mexico | 9.6 | | 107 | Togo | 9.7 | | 108 | Seychelles | 9.8 | | 109 | Peru | 9.9 | | 110 | Nicaragua | 10.2 | | 111 | Bolivia | 10.3 | | 112 | Ghana | 10.3 | | 113 | Lesotho | 10.8 | | 114 | Paraguay | 11.0 | | 115 | Ecuador | 11.1 | | 116 | Comoros | 11.2 | | 117 | Cameroon | 11.5 | | 118 | Costa Rica | 12.3 | | 119 | Colombia | 13.9 | | 120 | Mozambique | 14.2 | | 121 | Angola | 14.6 | | 122 | Panama | 14.9 | | 123 | Botswana | 15.0 | | 124 | Eswatini | 16.3 | | 125 | Benin | 16.3 | | 126 | St. Lucia | 17.9 | | 127 | Honduras | 18.7 | | 128 | Brazil | 18.8 | | 129 | Zambia | 21.1 | | 130 | Namibia | 22.8 | | 131 | South Africa | 28.4 |
NotesBased on the following formula:Income Distribution Ratio = Income of highest 20% / Income of lowest 20%Based on the data set found on this page. See reference below for source of data.There are more sophisticated ways to model the dispersal of income in a population such as a statistical method known as the Gini coefficient.
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