Gini Income Inequality Index

Africa Ranking

Source: IMF

Current Rank	Country	Value	Latest Reading	Previous Rank	Previous Value

1	South Africa	63	2014	1	63.4
2 ↑	Namibia	59.1	2015	3	61
3 ↑	Zambia	57.1	2015	6	55.6
4 ↑	Sao Tome and Principe	56.3	2017	48	30.8
5 ↓	Central African Republic	56.2	2008	2	61.3
6 ↑	Swaziland	54.6	2016	8	51.5
7 ↑	Mozambique	54	2014	15	45.6
8 ↓	Botswana	53.3	2015	4	60.5
9 ↑	Zimbabwe	50.3	2019	18	44.3
10 ↑	Republic of the Congo	48.9	2011	11	47.3
11 ↑	Burkina Faso	47.3	2018	38	35.3
12 ↑	Cameroon	46.6	2014	23	42.8
13 ↓	Comoros	45.3	2014	5	55.9
14 ↓	Lesotho	44.9	2017	7	51.6
15 ↑	Rwanda	43.7	2016	16	45.1
16 ↑	Ghana	43.5	2016	25	42.4
17 ↑	Uganda	42.7	2019	23	42.8
18 ↑	Madagascar	42.6	2012	25	42.4
19 ↑	Togo	42.4	2018	22	43.1
19 ↓	Cape Verde	42.4	2015	12	47.2
21 ↑	Democratic Republic of the Congo	42.1	2012	27	42.2
22 ↓	Djibouti	41.6	2017	19	44.1
23 ↓	Kenya	40.8	2015	14	46.5
24 ↑	Tanzania	40.5	2018	31	40.5
25 ↑	Morocco	39.5	2013	30	40.7
26 ↑	Burundi	38.6	2013	43	33.4
27 ↓	Malawi	38.5	2019	17	44.7
28 ↑	Senegal	38.1	2018	32	40.3
29 ↓	Gabon	38	2017	27	42.2
30 ↓	Benin	37.8	2018	10	47.8
31 ↓	Chad	37.5	2018	21	43.3
32 ↑	Niger	37.3	2018	40	34.3
33 ↓	Ivory Coast	37.2	2018	29	41.5
34 ↑	Somalia	36.8	2017	49
34 ↓	Mauritius	36.8	2017	33	38.5
36 ↑	Mali	36.1	2018	46	33
37 ↓	Gambia	35.9	2015	20	43.6
38 ↑	Sierra Leone	35.7	2018	41	34
39 ↑	Liberia	35.3	2016	44	33.2
40 ↓	Nigeria	35.1	2018	34	35.9
41 ↑	Ethiopia	35	2015	44	33.2
42 ↓	Guinea-Bissau	34.8	2018	9	50.7
43 ↓	Sudan	34.2	2014	37	35.4
44 ↓	Tunisia	32.8	2015	35	35.8
45 ↓	Mauritania	32.6	2014	36	35.7
46 ↓	Seychelles	32.1	2018	13	46.8
47	Egypt	31.5	2017	47	31.8
48 ↓	Guinea	29.6	2018	42	33.7
49 ↓	Algeria	27.6	2011	38	35.3

Definition of Gini Income Inequality Index

Gini index measures the extent to which the distribution of income (or, in some cases, consumption expenditure) among individuals or households within an economy deviates from a perfectly equal distribution. A Lorenz curve plots the cumulative percentages of total income received against the cumulative number of recipients, starting with the poorest individual or household. The Gini index measures the area between the Lorenz curve and a hypothetical line of absolute equality, expressed as a percentage of the maximum area under the line. Thus a Gini index of 0 represents perfect equality, while an index of 100 implies perfect inequality.