Data refers to the latest available numbers from the respective country.
For some countries, which were among the 20 countries with the greatest income distribution equality in prior years, no data were available in the recent report.
The income Gini coefficient measures the deviation of the distribution of income (or consumption) among individuals or households within a country from a perfectly equal distribution. A value of 0 represents absolute equality, a value of 100 absolute inequality.
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Gini Index - countries with the greatest income distribution equality 2023
A high number of the countries with the highest income distribution levels are located in Eastern, Central, and Northern Europe, with Slovakia topping the list, with an index of ****. On the other end of the scale, South Africa was the country with the lowest income distribution.
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