USA is 39th worst out of 136 nations in Disparity of Distribution of Income

Rank country Distribution of family income - Gini index Date of Information

1 Namibia 70.7 2003 2 South Africa 65.0 2005 3 Lesotho 63.2 1995 4 Botswana 63.0 1993 5 Sierra Leone 62.9 1989 6 Central African Republic 61.3 1993 7 Haiti 59.2 2001 8 Colombia 58.5 2009 9 Bolivia 58.2 2009 10 Honduras 57.7 2007 11 Guatemala 55.1 2007 12 Brazil 53.9 2009 13 Thailand 53.6 2009 14 Hong Kong 53.3 2007 15 Paraguay 53.2 2009 16 Chile 52.1 2009 17 Mexico 51.7 2008 18 Panama 51.0 2010 est. 19 Papua New Guinea 50.9 1996 20 Zambia 50.8 2004 21 Swaziland 50.4 2001 22 Costa Rica 50.3 2009 23 Gambia, The 50.2 1998 24 Zimbabwe 50.1 2006 25 Dominican Republic 48.4 2007 26 Peru 48.0 2009 27 Singapore 47.8 2009 28 Madagascar 47.5 2001 29 Nepal 47.2 2008 30 El Salvador 46.9 2007 31 Ecuador 46.9 June 2010 32 Rwanda 46.8 2000 33 Malaysia 46.2 2009 34 Argentina 45.8 2009 35 Philippines 45.8 2006 36 Mozambique 45.6 2008 37 Jamaica 45.5 2004 38 Bulgaria 45.3 2007 39 United States 45.0 2007 40 Cameroon 44.6 2001 41 Iran 44.5 2006 42 Cambodia 44.4 2007 est. 43 Uganda 44.3 2009 44 Macedonia 44.2 2008 45 Nigeria 43.7 2003 46 Guyana 43.2 1999 47 Nicaragua 43.1 2001 48 Kenya 42.5 2008 est. 49 Burundi 42.4 1998 50 Uruguay 42.4 2009 51 Russia 42.2 2009 52 China 41.5 2007 53 Cote d'Ivoire 41.5 2008 54 Senegal 41.3 2001 55 Venezuela 41.0 2009 56 Morocco 40.9 2007 est. 57 Turkmenistan 40.8 1998 58 Georgia 40.8 2009 59 Sri Lanka 40.3 2007 60 Mali 40.1 2001 61 Tunisia 40.0 2005 est. 62 Jordan 39.7 2007 63 Turkey 39.7 2008 64 Burkina Faso 39.5 2007 65 Guinea 39.4 2007 66 Ghana 39.4 2005-06 67 Israel 39.2 2008 68 Mauritius 39.0 2006 est. 69 Malawi 39.0 2004 70 Mauritania 39.0 2000 71 Portugal 38.5 2007 72 Moldova 38.0 2008 73 Yemen 37.7 2005 74 Lithuania 37.6 2008 75 Vietnam 37.6 2008 76 Japan 37.6 2008 77 Tanzania 37.6 2007 78 Indonesia 36.8 2009 79 Uzbekistan 36.8 2003 80 India 36.8 2004 81 Laos 36.7 2008 82 Mongolia 36.5 2008 83 Benin 36.5 2003 84 New Zealand 36.2 1997 85 Bosnia and Herzegovina 36.2 2007 86 Latvia 35.7 2008 87 Algeria 35.3 1995 88 Albania 34.5 2008 89 Egypt 34.4 2001 90 Poland 34.2 2008 91 United Kingdom 34.0 2005 92 Niger 34.0 2007 93 Azerbaijan 33.7 2008 94 Croatia 33.7 2008 95 Switzerland 33.7 2008 96 Kyrgyzstan 33.4 2007 97 Bangladesh 33.2 2005 98 Greece 33.0 2005 99 France 32.7 2008 100 Taiwan 32.6 2000 101 Tajikistan 32.6 2006 102 Canada 32.1 2005 103 Spain 32.0 2005 104 Italy 32.0 2006 105 Timor-Leste 31.9 2007 est. 106 Estonia 31.4 2009 107 Korea, South 31.4 2009 108 Romania 31.2 2008 109 Netherlands 30.9 2007 110 Armenia 30.9 2008 111 Pakistan 30.6 FY07/08 112 Australia 30.5 2006 113 European Union 30.4 2009 est. 114 Montenegro 30.0 2008 115 Ethiopia 30.0 2000 116 Kosovo 30.0 FY05/06 117 Ireland 29.3 2009 118 Cyprus 29.0 2005 119 Denmark 29.0 2007 120 Slovenia 28.4 2008 121 Serbia 28.2 2008 122 Belgium 28.0 2005 123 Iceland 28.0 2006 124 Ukraine 27.5 2008 125 Belarus 27.2 2008 126 Germany 27.0 2006 127 Finland 26.8 2008 128 Kazakhstan 26.7 2009 129 Austria 26.0 2007 130 Slovakia 26.0 2005 131 Luxembourg 26.0 2005 132 Malta 26.0 2007 133 Czech Republic 26.0 2005 134 Norway 25.0 2008 135 Hungary 24.7 2009 136 Sweden 23.0 2005