List of countries by wealth equality

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]

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

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• 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.