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Income inequality (Gini) in Bangladesh
1983 – 2022 · 10 data points
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section.updated Oct 22, 2026
section.source: World Bank — World Development Indicators, 1983 – 2022
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Latest value · 2022
30.9
−4.6%
section.change_since
Countries · 2022
section.rank
Place 1 is the highest value.
section.change_since
−3.7%
+0.5% a year on average
Income inequality (Gini), 1983 – 2022 index
−3.7% section.change_since
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1995
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2005
2010
2022
section.source: World Bank — World Development Indicators, 1983 – 2022
The series at a glance Bangladesh · 1983 – 2022
Latest value
30.9 · 2022
First value
25.9 · 1983
Highest
33.4 · 2000
Lowest
25.9 · 1983
Average change
+0.5% a year on average
Data points
10
By year
section.all_years · 1983 – 2022
| Year | Bangladesh | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 30.9 | −4.6% |
| 2016 | 32.4 | +0.9% |
| 2010 | 32.1 | −3.3% |
| 2005 | 33.2 | −0.6% |
| 2000 | 33.4 | +1.5% |
| 1995 | 32.9 | +19% |
| 1991 | 27.6 | −4.2% |
| 1988 | 28.8 | +7.1% |
| 1985 | 26.9 | +3.9% |
| 1983 | 25.9 |
section.source: World Bank — World Development Indicators, 1983 – 2022
Ranking · Countries
2016 · Place 1 is the highest value.
| # | Territory | Income inequality (Gini) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | Argentina | 42.3 | |
| 22 | Bangladesh | 32.4 | |
| 1 | Brazil | 53.4 | |
| 9 | Bulgaria | 40.6 | |
| 21 | Canada | 32.7 | |
| 10 | China | 38.5 | |
| 2 | Colombia | 51.7 | |
| 29 | Czechia | 25.4 | |
| 5 | Ecuador | 45.0 | |
| 28 | Finland | 27.1 | |
| 23 | France | 31.9 | |
| 24 | Germany | 31.3 | |
| 18 | Greece | 35.0 | |
| 3 | Honduras | 49.8 | |
| 12 | Indonesia | 36.9 | |
| 16 | Italy | 35.2 | |
| 15 | Liberia | 35.3 | |
| 11 | Lithuania | 38.4 | |
| 4 | Mexico | 46.9 | |
| 27 | Netherlands | 28.2 | |
| 26 | Norway | 28.5 | |
| 25 | Poland | 31.2 | |
| 19 | Romania | 34.4 | |
| 13 | Russia | 36.7 | |
| 17 | South Korea | 35.2 | |
| 14 | Spain | 35.8 | |
| 7 | Türkiye | 41.9 | |
| 20 | United Kingdom | 33.1 | |
| 8 | United States | 41.3 |
section.source: World Bank — World Development Indicators, 2016
section.what
How unequally income is shared: 0 means everyone has the same, 100 means one person has everything.
section.how
Gini index of income or consumption from household surveys.