Gini index — all countries

Gini index — Syria

Gini index in Syria in 2022 — 26.4 index. Ranked 6 in the world out of 73. Since 1996, the indicator has fallen by 25%.

2022 26.4 index −34.65% vs 2009
World rank 6of 73
Period maximum 40.4 index2009
Period minimum 26.4 index2022

Trend over time

1996–2022 · index, 0–100

Gini index — Syria, 1996–2022253035404519961999200220052008201120142017202020221996: 35.2 index2003: 37.5 index2006: 40.1 index2009: 40.4 index2022: 26.4 index
Change over the period: −8.8 (−25%) Average annual rate: -1.1 %
Gini index — Syria, by year Syria All countries CSV XLSX
Year index Change Change, %
2022 26.4
2009 40.4
2006 40.1
2003 37.5
1996 35.2

Western Asia, 2022

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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.