This table shows recent entries from the data reported here.
| Nation | Gini | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Austria | 23.7 | 2001 |
| Sweden | 25.7 | 2002 |
| Netherlands | 25.8 | 2001 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 26.1 | 2001 |
| Luxembourg | 26.6 | 2001 |
| Hungary | 26.7 | 2002 |
| Slovak Republic | 26.7 | 2002 |
| France | 27.0 | 2002 |
| Czech Republic | 27.3 | 2002 |
| Germany | 28.0 | 2003 |
| Albania | 28.1 | 2002 |
| Ireland | 28.9 | 2001 |
| Belgium | 29.3 | 2001 |
| Ethiopia | 29.7 | 2000 |
| Finland | 30.3 | 2003 |
| Slovenia | 30.7 | 2002 |
| Australia | 30.9 | 2002 |
| Croatia | 31.0 | 2001 |
| Switzerland | 31.1 | 2002 |
| Kazakhstan | 31.3 | 2001 |
| Bangladesh | 31.7 | 2000 |
| Greece | 32.3 | 2001 |
| Macedonia, FYR | 33.2 | 2002 |
| Taiwan | 33.9 | 2003 |
| Indonesia | 34.1 | 2002 |
| Belarus | 34.2 | 2002 |
| Spain | 34.6 | 2002 |
| United Kingdom | 35.0 | 2003 |
| Poland | 35.3 | 2002 |
| Estonia | 35.5 | 2003 |
| Latvia | 35.8 | 2002 |
| Armenia | 35.9 | 2002 |
| Italy | 36.4 | 2002 |
| Canada | 36.5 | 2000 |
| Tanzania | 36.7 | 2001 |
| Bulgaria | 37.0 | 2002 |
| Norway | 37.0 | 2002 |
| Portugal | 37.1 | 2001 |
| Egypt | 37.8 | 2000 |
| Serbia and Montenegro | 37.8 | 2001 |
| Jamaica | 38.6 | 2000 |
| Israel | 38.9 | 2001 |
| Denmark | 39.0 | 2002 |
| Lithuania | 39.0 | 2002 |
| Mauritania | 39.0 | 2000 |
| Romania | 39.1 | 2002 |
| Turkey | 39.8 | 2000 |
| Tunisia | 40.6 | 2000 |
| Ukraine | 41.8 | 2002 |
| Thailand | 42.7 | 2001 |
| Moldova | 43.6 | 2002 |
| Cameroon | 44.2 | 2001 |
| Uruguay | 44.5 | 2000 |
| China | 44.9 | 2003 |
| Georgia | 45.4 | 2002 |
| Venezuela | 45.8 | 2000 |
| United States | 46.4 | 2003 |
| Sri Lanka | 46.9 | 2002 |
| Madagascar | 47.4 | 2001 |
| Singapore | 48.1 | 2000 |
| Uzbekistan | 48.1 | 2001 |
| Kyrgyz Republic | 49.0 | 2002 |
| Russian Federation | 49.1 | 2002 |
| Peru | 49.3 | 2000 |
| Philippines | 49.5 | 2000 |
| Costa Rica | 50.1 | 2000 |
| Azerbaijan | 50.8 | 2002 |
| Mexico | 51.1 | 2002 |
| Argentina | 52.3 | 2001 |
| El Salvador | 53.8 | 2000 |
| Nicaragua | 54.2 | 2001 |
| Uganda | 54.6 | 2000 |
| Ecuador | 56.0 | 2000 |
| Colombia | 57.4 | 2000 |
| Panama | 57.8 | 2000 |
| Chile | 59.5 | 2000 |
| Guatemala | 59.8 | 2000 |
| Brazil | 61.2 | 2001 |
| Bolivia | 63.3 | 2000 |
Gini is a metric of wealth inequality. Wikipedia has a description though the curves it shows are more symetric than the real world distribution. Gini is a percentage. In a nation with perfectly equitable distribution of income it is zero and in a nation where one household controls all the wealth it is 100. It is the percentage of the income dollars (or what ever) shifted from lower to higher incomes.
Good practice demands that this table be taken with a great deal of care. The methods used to sample the populations of the various countries are so diverse and the quality of the samples taken vary widely. There is a very good overview of how hard it is to get good data like this in the discussion materials that come with the data here.
It amazes me that a statistic so central to economic analysis can be so hard to find.