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Economy & jobs Statistics · Country

Income inequality (Gini) in United States

1963 – 2024 · 62 data points 8 of 9 · Countries Updated Oct 21, 2026
Economy & jobs · United States

Source: World Bank — World Development Indicators, 1963 – 2024

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Latest value · 2024 41.8 ±0.0% since 2023
Countries · 2024 8 of 9 Place 1 is the highest value.
since 2014 +0.2% +0.2% a year on average
Income inequality (Gini), 1963 – 2024 index
+0.2% since 2014

Source: World Bank — World Development Indicators, 1963 – 2024

The series at a glance United States · 1963 – 2024
Latest value 41.8 · 2024
First value 36.7 · 1963
Highest 41.9 · 2019
Lowest 34.7 · 1980
Average change +0.2% a year on average
Data points 62

By year

All years · 1963 – 2024

YearUnited StatesChange
2024 41.8 ±0.0%
2023 41.8 +0.2%
2022 41.7 +5.0%
2021 39.7 −0.7%
2020 40.0 −4.5%
2019 41.9 +0.2%
2018 41.8 +1.0%
2017 41.4 +0.2%
2016 41.3 −0.5%
2015 41.5 −0.5%
2014 41.7 +2.0%
2013 40.9 −0.7%
2012 41.2 ±0.0%
2011 41.2 +2.5%
2010 40.2 −1.7%
2009 40.9 −0.5%
2008 41.1 ±0.0%
2007 41.1 −1.4%
2006 41.7 +1.0%
2005 41.3 +2.0%
2004 40.5 −0.7%
2003 40.8 +1.0%
2002 40.4 −0.5%
2001 40.6 +1.2%
2000 40.1 +0.2%
1999 40.0 ±0.0%
1998 40.0 −1.2%
1997 40.5 +0.5%
1996 40.3 +1.0%
1995 39.9 −0.3%
1994 40.0 −1.0%
1993 40.4 +5.2%
1992 38.4 +1.1%
1991 38.0 −0.8%
1990 38.3 +0.3%
1989 38.2 +1.3%
1988 37.7 +1.3%
1987 37.2 −1.1%
1986 37.6 ±0.0%
1985 37.6 +0.8%
1984 37.3 ±0.0%
1983 37.3 +1.6%
1982 36.7 +3.4%
1981 35.5 +2.3%
1980 34.7 −0.3%
1979 34.8 ±0.0%
1978 34.8 −2.0%
1977 35.5 −0.3%
1976 35.6 −0.3%
1975 35.7 +0.6%
1974 35.5 −1.7%
1973 36.1 −1.6%
1972 36.7 −0.5%
1971 36.9 +0.8%
1970 36.6 +1.7%
1969 36.0 −0.8%
1968 36.3 −1.6%
1967 36.9 −0.5%
1966 37.1 +0.8%
1965 36.8 −1.6%
1964 37.4 +1.9%
1963 36.7

Source: World Bank — World Development Indicators, 1963 – 2024

Ranking · Countries

2020 · Place 1 is the highest value.

Year: 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013
Highest first Lowest first A–Z
#TerritoryIncome inequality (Gini)
1 Colombia 54.4
2 Brazil 48.8
3 Ecuador 47.3
4 Chile 47.0
5 Congo - Kinshasa 44.7
6 Mexico 44.6
7 Türkiye 43.0
8 Argentina 42.7
9 Bulgaria 40.5
10 United States 40.0
11 China 37.1
12 Lithuania 36.0
13 Indonesia 35.3
14 Italy 35.2
15 Spain 34.9
16 Romania 34.6
17 Russia 33.7
18 Greece 33.6
19 United Kingdom 32.7
20 South Korea 32.7
21 Germany 32.5
22 France 30.7
23 Canada 29.9
24 Poland 28.5
25 Norway 28.4
26 Finland 27.1
27 Czechia 26.2
28 Netherlands 26.0

Source: World Bank — World Development Indicators, 2020

What it means

How unequally income is shared: 0 means everyone has the same, 100 means one person has everything.

How it is calculated

Gini index of income or consumption from household surveys.