Gini index — all countries

Gini index — Uganda

Gini index in Uganda in 2019 — 42.7 index. Ranked 67 in the world out of 78. Since 1989, the indicator has fallen by 3.8%.

2019 42.7 index −0.23% vs 2016
World rank 67of 78
Period maximum 45.2 index2002
Period minimum 39 index1996

Trend over time

1989–2019 · index, 0–100

Gini index — Uganda, 1989–20193840424446198919921995199820012004200720102013201620191989: 44.4 index1992: 41.4 index1996: 39 index1999: 43 index2002: 45.2 index2005: 42.9 index2009: 44.2 index2012: 41 index2016: 42.8 index2019: 42.7 index
Change over the period: −1.7 (−3.83%) Average annual rate: -0.13 %
Gini index — Uganda, by year Uganda All countries CSV XLSX
Year index Change Change, %
2019 42.7
2016 42.8
2012 41
2009 44.2
2005 42.9
2002 45.2
1999 43
1996 39
1992 41.4
1989 44.4

Eastern Africa, 2019

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.