List of countries by wealth equality

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 average 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. The population data is based on data from the UN. The Wealth Gini coefficients from 2008 are based on a working paper published by the National Bureau of Economic Research. The Wealth Gini numbers come from the Global Wealth Databook 2018 by Credit Suisse.

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

See also

• List of countries by wealth per adult
• Income inequality metrics
• List of countries by income equality
• List of countries by GDP (nominal)
• List of countries by GDP (nominal) per capita
• List of countries by GDP (PPP)
• List of countries by GDP (PPP) per capita
• List of countries by Human Development Index
• List of countries by external debt
• List of sovereign states by public debt

External links

• The World Distribution of Household Wealth. February 2008. By James B. Davies, Susanna Sandström, Anthony Shorrocks, and Edward N. Wolff. United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER).
• Estimating the Level and Distribution of Global Household Wealth. November 2007. By James B. Davies, Susanna Sandström, Anthony Shorrocks, and Edward N. Wolff. UNU-WIDER.
• The World Distribution of Household Wealth. July 2007. By James B. Davies, Susanna Sandström, Anthony Shorrocks, and Edward N. Wolff. Center for Global, International and Regional Studies. University of California, Santa Cruz.
• The World Distribution of Household Wealth. 5 December 2006. By James B. Davies, Susanna Sandstrom, Anthony Shorrocks, and Edward N. Wolff. Tables to the 2006 report in Excel (including Gini coefficients for 229 countries). UNU-WIDER.
• World's richest 1% own 40% of all wealth, UN report discovers. 6 December 2006. By James Randerson. The Guardian.
• It's the Inequality, Stupid. March/April 2011 Issue. Mother Jones (magazine). Many charts, with sources.
• Who Rules America: Wealth, Income, and Power. July 2011. By G. William Domhoff. Many charts, and sources. See table 4 for wealth distribution by country. See table 7 for income distribution by country.
• Alan Grayson says United States has fifth-most unequal wealth distribution in world. 10 October 2011. PolitiFact.
• CHARTS: Here's What The Wall Street Protesters Are So Angry About.... 11 October 2011. Business Insider.
• OECD 2015 In It Together Chapter 1 Overview Inequality. 21 May 2015. Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. More recent Gini data p. 41.