Gini index — all countries

Gini index — Iraq

Gini index in Iraq in 2023 — 29.8 index. Ranked 14 in the world out of 57. Since 2006, the indicator has risen by 4.2%.

2023 29.8 index +1.02% vs 2012
World rank 14of 57
Period maximum 29.8 index2023
Period minimum 28.6 index2006

Trend over time

2006–2023 · index, 0–100

Gini index — Iraq, 2006–202328.52929.53020062008201020122014201620182020202220232006: 28.6 index2012: 29.5 index2023: 29.8 index
Change over the period: +1.2 (+4.2%) Average annual rate: 0.24 %
Gini index — Iraq, by year Iraq All countries CSV XLSX
Year index Change Change, %
2023 29.8
2012 29.5
2006 28.6

Western Asia, 2023

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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.