Gini index — all countries

Gini index — Iran

Gini index in Iran in 2023 — 35.9 index. Ranked 34 in the world out of 57. Since 1986, the indicator has fallen by 24.3%.

2023 35.9 index +3.16% vs 2022
World rank 34of 57
Period maximum 47.4 index1986
Period minimum 34 index2013

Trend over time

1986–2023 · index, 0–100

Gini index — Iran, 1986–2023303540455019861990199419982002200620102014201820221986: 47.4 index1990: 43.6 index1994: 43 index1998: 44.1 index2005: 43.6 index2006: 44.8 index2009: 42.1 index2011: 34.7 index2012: 34.4 index2013: 34 index2014: 34.8 index2015: 35.3 index2016: 35.9 index2017: 36.7 index2018: 37.4 index2019: 36.5 index2020: 35.8 index2021: 35.5 index2022: 34.8 index2023: 35.9 index
Change over the period: −11.5 (−24.26%) Average annual rate: -0.75 %
Gini index — Iran, by year Iran All countries CSV XLSX
Year index Change Change, %
2023 35.9 +1.1 +3.16%
2022 34.8 −0.7 −1.97%
2021 35.5 −0.3 −0.84%
2020 35.8 −0.7 −1.92%
2019 36.5 −0.9 −2.41%
2018 37.4 +0.7 +1.91%
2017 36.7 +0.8 +2.23%
2016 35.9 +0.6 +1.7%
2015 35.3 +0.5 +1.44%
2014 34.8 +0.8 +2.35%
2013 34 −0.4 −1.16%
2012 34.4 −0.3 −0.86%
2011 34.7
2009 42.1
2006 44.8 +1.2 +2.75%
2005 43.6
1998 44.1
1994 43
1990 43.6
1986 47.4

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.