Of the countries included, South Africa had the highest income inequality, with a Gini coefficient of 0.62. It was also the country with the highest inequality level worldwide. Of the OECD members, Costa Rica had the highest income inequality, whereas Slovakia had the lowest.
Gini coefficient in OECD and affiliated countries based on disposable income as of 2022, by country
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The Gini coefficient measures the level of income inequality in a country on a scale from zero to one. A score of one indicates perfect inequality, zero indicates perfect equality.
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