Countries in Oceania 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. 6 countries in Oceania, highest first. World Bank, mostly 2019
Median country
31.5
half above, half below| # | Country | Gini | Year | Region |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Marshall Islands | 35.5 | 2019 | Micronesia |
| 2 |  Australia | 33.8 | 2020 | Australia and New Zealand |
| 3 |  Vanuatu | 32.3 | 2019 | Melanesia |
| 4 |  Fiji | 30.7 | 2019 | Melanesia |
| 5 |  Tonga | 27.1 | 2021 | Polynesia |
| 6 |  Kiribati | 24.7 | 2023 | Micronesia |
No World Bank figure for 7 countries: Micronesia, Nauru, New Zealand, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands.
Questions
- Which country in Oceania has the most unequal incomes?
- The Marshall Islands has the most unequal incomes in Oceania: a Gini index of 35.5 (2019). Next come Australia (a Gini index of 33.8) and Vanuatu (a Gini index of 32.3).
- Which country in Oceania has the most equal incomes?
- Kiribati, with a Gini index of 24.7 (2023).
- What is the typical income inequality (gini) of a country in Oceania?
- The median of the 6 countries in Oceania is a Gini index of 31.5: 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 2019. 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.