Gini index — all countries

Gini index — China

Gini index in China in 2022 — 36 index. Ranked 44 in the world out of 73. Since 1981, the indicator has risen by 27.7%.

2022 36 index +0.84% vs 2021
World rank 44of 73
Period maximum 43.7 index2010
Period minimum 27.1 index1984

Trend over time

1981–2022 · index, 0–100

Gini index — China, 1981–202225303540451981198619911996200120062011201620211981: 28.2 index1984: 27.1 index1987: 29.4 index1990: 32.2 index1993: 33.9 index1996: 35.2 index1999: 38.7 index2002: 42 index2005: 40.9 index2008: 43 index2010: 43.7 index2011: 42.4 index2012: 42.2 index2013: 39.7 index2014: 39.2 index2015: 38.6 index2016: 38.5 index2017: 39.1 index2018: 38.5 index2019: 38.2 index2020: 37.1 index2021: 35.7 index2022: 36 index
Change over the period: +7.8 (+27.66%) Average annual rate: 0.6 %
Gini index — China, by year China All countries CSV XLSX
Year index Change Change, %
2022 36 +0.3 +0.84%
2021 35.7 −1.4 −3.77%
2020 37.1 −1.1 −2.88%
2019 38.2 −0.3 −0.78%
2018 38.5 −0.6 −1.53%
2017 39.1 +0.6 +1.56%
2016 38.5 −0.1 −0.26%
2015 38.6 −0.6 −1.53%
2014 39.2 −0.5 −1.26%
2013 39.7 −2.5 −5.92%
2012 42.2 −0.2 −0.47%
2011 42.4 −1.3 −2.97%
2010 43.7
2008 43
2005 40.9
2002 42
1999 38.7
1996 35.2
1993 33.9
1990 32.2
1987 29.4
1984 27.1
1981 28.2

Eastern Asia, 2022

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

About the indicator

The Gini index measures how far the distribution of income (or consumption) in a country departs from a perfectly even one. A value of 0 would mean everyone receives the same, 100 that all income goes to one person. Values below 30 are typical of Northern and Central Europe, values above 50 of a number of countries in Latin America and Southern Africa.

Important: There are no aggregates for country groups, and this is not a gap: the inequality of a group does not follow from country-level Gini values — it requires the income distribution of all its residents at once. The data rest on household surveys, are not available for every year, and the base may be either income or consumption.

Source: World Development Indicators (World Bank), license CC BY 4.0.