Which country in Asia has the most unequal incomes?

Turkey has the most unequal incomes in Asia: a Gini index of 43.7 (2023). Next come Malaysia (a Gini index of 40.7) and the Philippines (a Gini index of 39.3).

Which country in Asia has the most equal incomes?

India, with a Gini index of 25.5 (2022).

What is the typical income inequality (gini) of a country in Asia?

The median of the 33 countries in Asia is a Gini index of 32.9: half are above it, half below. The median, not the average, because a few countries at the top would drag an average far above almost everyone.

Where do the figures come from?

The Gini index of household income or consumption: 0 if everyone had the same, 100 if one household had everything. Household surveys are rare in some countries, so figures up to ten years old are shown. Source: World Bank, mostly 2022. Only independent states are ranked; territories are listed separately. A country’s continent follows Natural Earth; the handful of island states it files under the open ocean are placed by their UN subregion.

Countries in Asia by income inequality (gini)

The Gini index of household income or consumption: 0 if everyone had the same, 100 if one household had everything. Household surveys are rare in some countries, so figures up to ten years old are shown. 33 countries in Asia, highest first. World Bank, mostly 2022

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Highest

43.7

Turkey

Median country

32.9

half above, half below

Lowest

25.5

India

Countries in Asia by income inequality (gini), World Bank, mostly 2022
#	Country	Gini	Year	Region
1	Turkey	43.7	2023	Western Asia
2	Malaysia	40.7	2021	South-Eastern Asia
3	Philippines	39.3	2023	South-Eastern Asia
4	Israel	38.3	2022	Western Asia
5	Sri Lanka	37.7	2019	Southern Asia
=6	Tajikistan	36.1	2024	Central Asia
=6	Vietnam	36.1	2022	South-Eastern Asia
8	China	36.0	2022	Eastern Asia
9	Iran	35.9	2023	Southern Asia
10	Lebanon	35.5	2022	Western Asia
11	Qatar	35.1	2017	Western Asia
12	Laos	34.7	2024	South-Eastern Asia
13	Indonesia	34.4	2025	South-Eastern Asia
14	Georgia	33.9	2024	Western Asia
15	Pakistan	33.5	2024	Southern Asia
16	Thailand	33.3	2024	South-Eastern Asia
17	South Korea	32.9	2021	Eastern Asia
18	Uzbekistan	32.7	2025	Central Asia
19	Japan	32.3	2020	Eastern Asia
20	Cyprus	31.8	2023	Western Asia
21	Mongolia	31.4	2022	Eastern Asia
22	Bangladesh	30.9	2022	Southern Asia
23	Myanmar	30.7	2017	South-Eastern Asia
24	Nepal	30.0	2022	Southern Asia
25	Iraq	29.8	2023	Western Asia
26	Maldives	29.3	2019	Southern Asia
27	Kazakhstan	29.2	2021	Central Asia
28	Bhutan	28.5	2022	Southern Asia
29	Kyrgyzstan	27.5	2024	Central Asia
30	Armenia	27.4	2024	Western Asia
=31	Syria	26.4	2022	Western Asia
=31	United Arab Emirates	26.4	2018	Western Asia
33	India	25.5	2022	Southern Asia

No World Bank figure for 15 countries: Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Brunei, Cambodia, Jordan, Kuwait, North Korea, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Taiwan, Timor-Leste, Turkmenistan, Yemen.

Territories and other places

Not ranked: dependencies of the states above, places whose status is disputed. Highest first.

Place	Gini	Status
Palestine	36.4	Status disputed

Questions

Which country in Asia has the most unequal incomes?: Turkey has the most unequal incomes in Asia: a Gini index of 43.7 (2023). Next come Malaysia (a Gini index of 40.7) and the Philippines (a Gini index of 39.3).
Which country in Asia has the most equal incomes?: India, with a Gini index of 25.5 (2022).
What is the typical income inequality (gini) of a country in Asia?: The median of the 33 countries in Asia is a Gini index of 32.9: half are above it, half below. The median, not the average, because a few countries at the top would drag an average far above almost everyone.
Where do the figures come from?: The Gini index of household income or consumption: 0 if everyone had the same, 100 if one household had everything. Household surveys are rare in some countries, so figures up to ten years old are shown. Source: World Bank, mostly 2022. Only independent states are ranked; territories are listed separately. A country’s continent follows Natural Earth; the handful of island states it files under the open ocean are placed by their UN subregion.

Source: World Bank (CC BY 4.0). Figures more than 10 years older than the newest are left out rather than shown beside current ones. Countries sharing a value share a rank. All sources.