Income distribution database — Gini (market income) by country

Name: Income distribution database — Gini (market income)
Creator: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
License: OECD Terms and Conditions (attribution required)

The OECD Income Distribution Database (IDD) offers data on levels and trends in income inequality and poverty and is updated on a rolling basis, two to three times a year.

Countries reporting

Highest

0.574 0-1 scale

Ireland

Lowest

0.388 0-1 scale

Iceland

Median

0.482 0-1 scale

Years covered

1975–2018

Data points

324

What the numbers show

Income distribution database — Gini (market income) is currently reported for 19 countries. The highest value is 0.574 0-1 scale in Ireland; the lowest is 0.388 0-1 scale in Iceland.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.482 0-1 scale, and the mean is 0.4824 0-1 scale.

Over the past decade 11 countries rose and 8 fell. The largest increase was in Greece (up 21.4%), and the largest decrease in New Zealand (down 6.4%).

Income distribution database — Gini: full country ranking

#	Country	Latest	Year	10-year change	Trend
1	Ireland	0.574 0-1 scale	2013	up 12.5%	rising
2	Greece	0.572 0-1 scale	2013	up 21.4%	rising
3	Portugal	0.563 0-1 scale	2013	up 11.3%	rising
4	Italy	0.516 0-1 scale	2013	up 0.8%	rising
5	France	0.512 0-1 scale	2011	up 4.5%	rising
6	Germany	0.506 0-1 scale	2011	up 7.4%	rising
7	Japan	0.499 0-1 scale	2018	up 2.3%	rising
8	Belgium	0.493 0-1 scale	2013	down 2.2%	flat
9	Finland	0.486 0-1 scale	2012	up 1.7%	rising
10	Luxembourg	0.482 0-1 scale	2013	up 5.7%	rising
11	Israel	0.481 0-1 scale	2011	down 4.6%	flat
12	Czechia	0.467 0-1 scale	2013	down 1.1%	flat
13	Australia	0.46 0-1 scale	2012	down 3.4%	flat
14	New Zealand	0.453 0-1 scale	2011	down 6.4%	flat
15	Canada	0.438 0-1 scale	2011	down 0.9%	rising
16	Sweden	0.435 0-1 scale	2011	down 2.5%	rising
17	Denmark	0.431 0-1 scale	2011	up 3.6%	rising
18	Norway	0.409 0-1 scale	2011	down 4.0%	rising
19	Iceland	0.388 0-1 scale	2013	up 4.3%	rising

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

United Kingdom 0.523 0-1 scale
Lithuania 0.516 0-1 scale
Estonia 0.513 0-1 scale
Latvia 0.512 0-1 scale
United States 0.506 0-1 scale
Slovenia 0.471 0-1 scale
Poland 0.469 0-1 scale
Slovak Republic 0.432 0-1 scale
Netherlands 0.424 0-1 scale
Korea 0.338 0-1 scale

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About this data

Indicator: Income distribution database — Gini (market income)
Unit: 0-1 scale
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Licence: OECD Terms and Conditions (attribution required)
Coverage: 29 places, 324 data points, 1975–2018
Last refreshed: 22 August 2026

The OECD Income Distribution Database (IDD) offers data on levels and trends in income inequality and poverty and is updated on a rolling basis, two to three times a year.