List of sovereign states by wealth inequality

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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).

Higher Gini coefficients signify greater inequality in wealth distribution, with 0 being complete equality, whereas a value near 1 can arise in a situation where everybody has zero wealth except a very small minority.

It is a common misconception that Scandinavian countries have low wealth inequality. This is not true. These countries have low income inequality, meaning that the income is relatively equal for everyone. However, their wealth inequality is very high, meaning that a small minority of the people owns the vast majority of wealth.

List

The table below is for 2018. The GDP data is based on data from the World Bank[1]. The population data is based on data from the UN.[2] The Wealth Gini coefficients from 2008 are based on a working paper published by the National Bureau of Economic Research.[3] The Wealth Gini numbers come from the Global Wealth Databook 2018 by Credit Suisse.[4]


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Country Wealth Gini (2008) Wealth Gini (2018) Population (in thousands) Percentage of population Nominal GDP (in millions) Percentage of world GDP GDP per capita
 World 0.804 0.904 7,631,091.11 100.00% 85,909,816 100.00% 11258
 Albania 0.642 0.629 2,882.74 0.04% 15,103 0.02% 5239
 Algeria 0.67 0.758 42,228.42 0.55% 173,758 0.20% 4115
 Antigua and Barbuda 0.747 0.838 96.28 0.00% 1,611 0.00% 16732
 Argentina 0.74 0.792 44,361.15 0.58% 519,872 0.61% 11719
 Armenia 0.684 0.645 2,951.74 0.04% 12,433 0.01% 4212
 Australia 0.622 0.658 24,898.15 0.33% 1,433,904 1.67% 57591
 Austria 0.646 0.764 8,891.38 0.12% 455,286 0.53% 51205
 Azerbaijan 0.678 0.643 9,949.54 0.13% 46,940 0.05% 4718
 Bangladesh 0.66 0.671 161,376.71 2.11% 274,025 0.32% 1698
 Barbados 0.706 0.788 285.72 0.00% 4,990 0.01% 17465
 Belarus 0.628 0.614 9,452.62 0.12% 59,662 0.07% 6312
 Belgium 0.662 0.659 11,482.18 0.15% 542,761 0.63% 47270
 Belize 0.763 0.815 383.07 0.01% 1,871 0.00% 4884
 Benin 0.713 0.689 11,485.04 0.15% 10,354 0.01% 902
 Bolivia 0.762 0.779 11,050.00 0.14% 40,288 0.05% 3646
 Botswana 0.751 0.783 2,254.07 0.03% 18,616 0.02% 8259
 Brazil 0.62 0.823 209,469.32 2.74% 1,868,626 2.18% 8921
 Bulgaria 0.652 0.647 7,051.61 0.09% 65,133 0.08% 9237
 Burkina Faso 0.728 0.674 19,751.47 0.26% 14,125 0.02% 715
 Burundi 0.699 0.654 11,175.38 0.15% 3,037 0.00% 272
 Cambodia 0.714 0.704 16,249.80 0.21% 24,542 0.03% 1510
 Cameroon 0.711 0.725 25,216.26 0.33% 38,675 0.05% 1534
 Canada 0.688 0.726 37,074.56 0.49% 1,713,342 1.99% 46213
 Central African Republic 0.782 0.768 4,666.38 0.06% 2,220 0.00% 476
 Chad 0.681 0.715 15,477.73 0.20% 11,273 0.01% 728
 Chile 0.777 0.773 18,729.17 0.25% 298,231 0.35% 15923
 China 0.55 0.714 1,427,647.79 18.71% 13,608,152 15.84% 9532
 Colombia 0.765 0.807 49,661.06 0.65% 331,047 0.39% 6666
 Comoros 0.711 0.766 832.32 0.01% 1,178 0.00% 1415
 Costa Rica 0.732 0.769 4,999.44 0.07% 60,130 0.07% 12027
 Croatia 0.654 0.631 4,156.41 0.05% 60,972 0.07% 14669
 Czech Republic 0.626 0.758 10,649.80 0.14% 245,226 0.29% 23026
 Denmark 0.808 0.835 5,752.13 0.08% 355,675 0.41% 61834
 Dominica 0.763 0.84 71.63 0.00% 551 0.00% 7693
 Dominican Republic 0.723 NA 10,627.15 0.14% 85,555 0.10% 8051
 Ecuador 0.76 0.776 17,084.36 0.22% 108,398 0.13% 6345
 Egypt 0.689 0.909 99,581.20 1.30% 250,895 0.29% 2520
 El Salvador 0.746 0.759 6,420.74 0.08% 26,057 0.03% 4058
 Equatorial Guinea 0.688 0.781 1,308.97 0.02% 13,432 0.02% 10262
 Estonia 0.675 0.715 1,322.91 0.02% 30,732 0.04% 23231
 Eswatini 0.78 NA 1,136.27 0.01% 4,711 0.01% 4146
 Ethiopia 0.652 0.612 109,224.41 1.43% 84,356 0.10% 772
 Fiji 0.709 0.694 883.49 0.01% 5,537 0.01% 6267
 Finland 0.615 0.767 5,522.59 0.07% 276,743 0.32% 50111
 France 0.73 0.687 64,990.51 0.85% 2,777,535 3.23% 42738
 Gabon 0.784 0.7 2,119.28 0.03% 16,854 0.02% 7953
 Gambia 0.723 0.755 2,051.36 0.03% 1,633 0.00% 796
 Georgia 0.725 0.678 4,002.95 0.05% 17,600 0.02% 4397
 Germany 0.667 0.816 83,124.41 1.09% 3,947,620 4.60% 47491
 Ghana 0.692 0.682 29,767.11 0.39% 65,556 0.08% 2202
 Greece 0.654 0.682 10,522.24 0.14% 218,032 0.25% 20721
 Grenada 0.763 0.842 111.45 0.00% 1,186 0.00% 10642
 Guatemala 0.779 NA 17,247.86 0.23% 78,460 0.09% 4549
 Guinea 0.693 0.716 12,414.29 0.16% 10,907 0.01% 879
 Guinea-Bissau 0.71 0.697 1,874.30 0.02% 1,458 0.00% 778
 Guyana 0.707 0.75 779.01 0.01% 3,879 0.00% 4979
 Haiti 0.755 0.82 11,123.18 0.15% 9,659 0.01% 868
 Honduras 0.743 0.804 9,587.52 0.13% 23,970 0.03% 2500
 Hong Kong 0.740 NA 7,482.50 0.10% 362,682 0.42% 48471
 Hungary 0.651 0.662 9,707.50 0.13% 157,883 0.18% 16264
 Iceland 0.664 0.731 336.71 0.00% 25,878 0.03% 76855
 India 0.669 0.854 1,352,642.28 17.73% 2,718,732 3.16% 2010
 Indonesia 0.764 0.84 267,670.55 3.51% 1,042,173 1.21% 3893
 Iran 0.707 0.705 82,531.70 1.08% 454,013 0.53% 5501
 Ireland 0.581 0.83 4,818.69 0.06% 382,487 0.45% 79376
 Israel 0.677 0.766 8,381.51 0.11% 370,588 0.43% 44215
 Italy 0.609 0.689 60,627.29 0.79% 2,083,864 2.43% 34372
 Ivory Coast 0.712 NA 25,069.23 0.33% 43,007 0.05% 1716
 Jamaica 0.686 0.788 2,934.85 0.04% 15,714 0.02% 5354
 Japan 0.547 0.631 127,202.19 1.67% 4,971,323 5.79% 39082
 Jordan 0.678 0.677 9,965.32 0.13% 42,231 0.05% 4238
 Kazakhstan 0.655 0.952 18,319.62 0.24% 179,340 0.21% 9790
 Kenya 0.699 0.732 51,392.57 0.67% 87,908 0.10% 1711
 Kyrgyzstan 0.68 0.673 6,389.50 0.08% 8,093 0.01% 1267
 Latvia 0.67 0.788 1,928.46 0.03% 34,409 0.04% 17843
 Lebanon 0.762 0.889 6,859.41 0.09% 56,639 0.07% 8257
 Lesotho 0.767 0.795 2,108.33 0.03% 2,739 0.00% 1299
 Lithuania 0.666 0.655 2,801.27 0.04% 53,429 0.06% 19073
 Luxembourg 0.65 0.663 604.24 0.01% 70,885 0.08% 117312
 Macau 0.58 NA 667.40 0.01% 55,084 0.06% 82535
 Madagascar 0.722 0.702 26,262.31 0.34% 13,853 0.02% 527
 Malawi 0.736 0.733 18,143.22 0.24% 7,065 0.01% 389
 Malaysia 0.733 0.82 31,528.03 0.41% 358,582 0.42% 11373
 Mali 0.75 0.682 19,077.76 0.25% 17,163 0.02% 900
 Malta 0.664 0.631 439.26 0.01% 14,553 0.02% 33131
 Mauritania 0.686 0.667 4,403.31 0.06% 5,235 0.01% 1189
 Mauritius 0.661 0.64 1,267.18 0.02% 14,220 0.02% 11222
 Mexico 0.749 0.8 126,190.78 1.65% 1,220,699 1.42% 9673
 Morocco 0.69 0.802 36,029.09 0.47% 117,921 0.14% 3273
 Mozambique 0.689 0.7 29,496.00 0.39% 14,717 0.02% 499
 Namibia 0.847 0.776 2,448.30 0.03% 14,522 0.02% 5931
 Netherlands 0.65 0.736 17,059.56 0.22% 913,658 1.06% 53557
 New Zealand 0.651 0.708 4,743.13 0.06% 204,924 0.24% 43204
 Nicaragua 0.755 0.778 6,465.50 0.08% 13,118 0.02% 2029
 Niger 0.729 0.66 22,442.83 0.29% 9,291 0.01% 414
 Nigeria 0.729 0.894 195,874.69 2.57% 397,270 0.46% 2028
 North Macedonia 0.661 0.655 2,082.96 0.03% 12,672 0.01% 6084
 Norway 0.633 0.791 5,337.96 0.07% 434,167 0.51% 81336
 Pakistan 0.698 0.65 212,228.29 2.78% 314,588 0.37% 1482
 Panama 0.766 0.795 4,176.87 0.05% 65,055 0.08% 15575
 Papua New Guinea 0.738 0.76 8,606.32 0.11% 23,498 0.03% 2730
 Paraguay 0.766 0.785 6,956.07 0.09% 40,497 0.05% 5822
 Peru 0.738 0.795 31,989.27 0.42% 222,045 0.26% 6941
 Philippines 0.717 0.826 106,651.39 1.40% 330,910 0.39% 3103
 Poland 0.657 0.722 37,921.59 0.50% 585,664 0.68% 15444
 Portugal 0.667 0.736 10,256.19 0.13% 240,675 0.28% 23466
 Puerto Rico 0.753 NA 3,039.60 0.04% 101,131 0.12% 33271
 Romania 0.651 0.728 19,506.11 0.26% 239,553 0.28% 12281
 Russia 0.699 0.875 146,801.93 1.92% 1,657,555 1.93% 11291
 Rwanda 0.714 0.728 12,301.97 0.16% 9,509 0.01% 773
 Saudi Arabia 0.737 0.81 33,702.76 0.44% 786,522 0.92% 23337
 Senegal 0.697 0.705 15,854.32 0.21% 24,130 0.03% 1522
 Serbia NA NA 8,802.74 0.12% 50,597 0.06% 5748
 Seychelles 0.76 0.679 97.09 0.00% 1,590 0.00% 16376
 Sierra Leone 0.687 0.671 7,650.15 0.10% 4,085 0.00% 534
 Singapore 0.689 0.758 5,757.50 0.08% 364,157 0.42% 63249
 Slovakia 0.629 0.498 5,453.02 0.07% 105,905 0.12% 19421
 Slovenia 0.626 0.646 2,077.84 0.03% 54,008 0.06% 25992
 South Africa 0.763 0.806 57,792.52 0.76% 368,289 0.43% 6373
 South Korea 0.579 0.67 51,709.10 0.68% 1,619,424 1.89% 31318
 Spain 0.57 0.697 46,692.86 0.61% 1,419,042 1.65% 30391
 Sri Lanka 0.665 0.687 21,228.76 0.28% 88,901 0.10% 4188
 Sweden 0.742 0.865 9,971.63 0.13% 556,086 0.65% 55767
 Switzerland 0.803 0.741 8,570.15 0.11% 705,140 0.82% 82279
 Tanzania 0.676 0.65 56,313.44 0.74% 58,001 0.07% 1030
 Thailand 0.71 0.902 69,428.45 0.91% 504,993 0.59% 7274
 Togo 0.711 0.719 7,889.10 0.10% 5,359 0.01% 679
 Trinidad and Tobago 0.689 0.748 1,389.84 0.02% 23,808 0.03% 17130
 Tunisia 0.693 0.683 11,565.20 0.15% 39,871 0.05% 3447
 Turkey 0.718 0.871 82,340.09 1.08% 771,350 0.90% 9368
 Uganda 0.723 0.714 42,729.03 0.56% 27,461 0.03% 643
 Ukraine 0.667 0.955 44,246.16 0.58% 130,832 0.15% 2957
 United Kingdom 0.697 0.747 67,141.68 0.88% 2,855,297 3.32% 42526
 United States 0.801 0.852 327,096.26 4.29% 20,544,343 23.91% 62808
 Uruguay 0.708 0.741 3,449.29 0.05% 59,597 0.07% 17278
 Vietnam 0.682 0.708 95,545.96 1.25% 245,214 0.29% 2566
 Yemen 0.613 0.801 28,498.68 0.37% 26,914 0.03% 944
 Zambia 0.766 0.787 17,351.71 0.23% 26,720 0.03% 1540
 Zimbabwe 0.845 0.707 14,438.81 0.19% 31,001 0.04% 2147


See also

References

  1. ^ "Gross Domestic Product 2018" (PDF). World Bank. 2018. Retrieved 2020-01-18.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. ^ "World Population Prospects, the 2019 revision". United Nations. June 2019. Retrieved 2020-01-18.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. ^ The Level and Distribution of Global Household Wealth. April 2008. By James B. Davies, Susanna Sandström, Anthony Shorrocks, and Edward N. Wolff.
  4. ^ "Global Wealth Databook 2018" (PDF). Credit Suisse. Retrieved 2020-01-15.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

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