Goal 10 of 17

Reduced Inequalities

Reduce inequality within and among countries

39.1 world score, 2022

69.7 median country score, 2023

62.9 average across the countries assessed

149 countries assessed on this goal

17 countries not assessed

World score since 2000

The world aggregate for this goal only.

Regional averages

Unweighted mean across the countries of each region assessed on this goal, 2023.

How the 149 scores are spread

4 0
9 10
13 20
9 30
14 40
11 50
15 60
20 70
27 80
27 90

Biggest gains on this goal

Change in goal score, 2015–2022.

1 Benin 21.4 → 62.0 +40.6
2 Malawi 24.9 → 58.5 +33.6
3 Maldives 59.1 → 92.7 +33.6
4 Dominican Republic 26.9 → 54.7 +27.8
5 Myanmar 59.9 → 87.2 +27.3

Largest falls on this goal

Where the score is lower than it was in 2015.

1 Burkina Faso 70.9 → 22.1 -48.8
2 Sao Tome and Principe 87.6 → 48.3 -39.3
3 Angola 39.4 → 16.5 -22.9
4 Zimbabwe 37.0 → 24.0 -13.0
5 Niger 75.5 → 63.2 -12.3

Every country on Goal 10

2023 scores, highest first. Ties share a rank.

Rank	Country	Region	Score
1	Czechia	OECD	100.0
1	Slovenia	OECD	100.0
1	Belgium	OECD	100.0
1	Iceland	OECD	100.0
1	Slovak Republic	OECD	100.0
1	Ukraine	Eastern Europe & Central Asia	100.0
1	Belarus	Eastern Europe & Central Asia	100.0
1	Armenia	Eastern Europe & Central Asia	100.0
1	United Arab Emirates	Middle East & North Africa	100.0
10	Moldova	Eastern Europe & Central Asia	99.6
11	Norway	OECD	99.4
12	Finland	OECD	98.5
13	Denmark	OECD	98.2
14	Azerbaijan	Eastern Europe & Central Asia	97.5
15	Algeria	Middle East & North Africa	97.0
16	Kazakhstan	Eastern Europe & Central Asia	96.3
17	Sweden	OECD	95.0
18	Austria	OECD	94.6
19	Croatia	Eastern Europe & Central Asia	94.2
20	Poland	OECD	93.4
21	Hungary	OECD	92.7
22	Kyrgyz Republic	Eastern Europe & Central Asia	92.7
23	Maldives	East & South Asia	92.7
24	Guinea	Sub-Saharan Africa	91.8
25	Iraq	Middle East & North Africa	91.5
26	Ireland	OECD	90.3
27	Pakistan	East & South Asia	90.1
28	Netherlands	OECD	89.8
29	Canada	OECD	89.3
30	Estonia	OECD	89.1
31	Germany	OECD	88.1
32	Fiji	Oceania	88.1
33	Albania	Eastern Europe & Central Asia	88.1
34	France	OECD	87.5
35	Myanmar	East & South Asia	87.2
36	Malta	Eastern Europe & Central Asia	86.6
37	Cyprus	Eastern Europe & Central Asia	85.5
38	Greece	OECD	84.6
39	Lebanon	Middle East & North Africa	84.4
40	Portugal	OECD	84.4
41	Luxembourg	OECD	84.0
42	Egypt, Arab Rep.	Middle East & North Africa	83.9
43	Korea, Rep.	OECD	82.6
44	Switzerland	OECD	82.4
45	Mauritania	Sub-Saharan Africa	81.8
46	North Macedonia	Eastern Europe & Central Asia	81.5
47	Spain	OECD	81.4
48	Bangladesh	East & South Asia	81.3
49	New Zealand	OECD	81.2
50	Mongolia	East & South Asia	81.1
51	Tunisia	Middle East & North Africa	80.8
52	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Eastern Europe & Central Asia	80.8
53	Japan	OECD	80.5
54	Nepal	East & South Asia	80.2
55	Australia	OECD	79.2
56	Russian Federation	Eastern Europe & Central Asia	79.0
57	Italy	OECD	77.9
58	Romania	Eastern Europe & Central Asia	77.2
59	Jordan	Middle East & North Africa	77.0
60	Tajikistan	Eastern Europe & Central Asia	76.4
61	Serbia	Eastern Europe & Central Asia	75.3
62	Georgia	Eastern Europe & Central Asia	75.2
63	Sudan	Sub-Saharan Africa	75.0
64	Somalia	Sub-Saharan Africa	73.8
65	Thailand	East & South Asia	73.2
66	Nigeria	Sub-Saharan Africa	72.8
67	Latvia	OECD	72.6
68	Liberia	Sub-Saharan Africa	72.1
69	Ethiopia	Sub-Saharan Africa	71.7
70	Israel	OECD	71.6
71	Uzbekistan	Eastern Europe & Central Asia	71.5
72	United Kingdom	OECD	71.5
73	Lithuania	OECD	70.9
74	Vietnam	East & South Asia	70.4
75	Sierra Leone	Sub-Saharan Africa	69.7
76	Gambia, The	Sub-Saharan Africa	69.1
77	Mali	Sub-Saharan Africa	68.9
78	Montenegro	Eastern Europe & Central Asia	66.7
79	Yemen, Rep.	Middle East & North Africa	66.3
80	Mauritius	Sub-Saharan Africa	65.3
81	Bhutan	East & South Asia	64.4
82	Cote d'Ivoire	Sub-Saharan Africa	64.1
83	Niger	Sub-Saharan Africa	63.2
84	Chad	Sub-Saharan Africa	63.0
85	Syrian Arab Republic	Middle East & North Africa	63.0
86	Benin	Sub-Saharan Africa	62.0
87	Gabon	Sub-Saharan Africa	61.8
88	Indonesia	East & South Asia	60.9
89	Senegal	Sub-Saharan Africa	60.3
90	Malawi	Sub-Saharan Africa	58.5
91	Burundi	Sub-Saharan Africa	58.4
92	El Salvador	Latin America & the Caribbean	57.7
93	United States	OECD	57.5
94	Lao PDR	East & South Asia	57.4
95	Dominican Republic	Latin America & the Caribbean	54.7
96	Sri Lanka	East & South Asia	54.6
97	Morocco	Middle East & North Africa	53.9
98	Uruguay	Latin America & the Caribbean	51.8
99	Bulgaria	Eastern Europe & Central Asia	51.0
100	Tanzania	Sub-Saharan Africa	50.4
101	Kenya	Sub-Saharan Africa	49.5
102	Iran, Islamic Rep.	Middle East & North Africa	48.5
103	Sao Tome and Principe	Sub-Saharan Africa	48.3
104	Malaysia	East & South Asia	47.4
105	Haiti	Latin America & the Caribbean	47.3
106	Türkiye	OECD	45.0
107	Djibouti	Sub-Saharan Africa	44.4
108	Papua New Guinea	Oceania	43.7
109	Congo, Dem. Rep.	Sub-Saharan Africa	43.0
110	Philippines	East & South Asia	42.2
111	Togo	Sub-Saharan Africa	41.6
112	Cabo Verde	Sub-Saharan Africa	41.6
113	Argentina	Latin America & the Caribbean	41.1
114	Madagascar	Sub-Saharan Africa	40.2
115	Uganda	Sub-Saharan Africa	39.7
116	India	East & South Asia	38.5
117	Mexico	OECD	38.2
118	Paraguay	Latin America & the Caribbean	35.7
119	Ghana	Sub-Saharan Africa	35.2
120	Bolivia	Latin America & the Caribbean	35.2
121	China	East & South Asia	34.9
122	Rwanda	Sub-Saharan Africa	34.9
123	Peru	Latin America & the Caribbean	33.8
124	Venezuela, RB	Latin America & the Caribbean	28.6
125	Lesotho	Sub-Saharan Africa	27.5
126	South Sudan	Sub-Saharan Africa	26.6
127	Jamaica	Latin America & the Caribbean	25.6
127	Comoros	Sub-Saharan Africa	25.6
129	Chile	OECD	25.5
130	Zimbabwe	Sub-Saharan Africa	24.0
131	Nicaragua	Latin America & the Caribbean	23.7
132	Cameroon	Sub-Saharan Africa	23.1
133	Ecuador	Latin America & the Caribbean	22.1
133	Burkina Faso	Sub-Saharan Africa	22.1
135	Honduras	Latin America & the Caribbean	20.8
136	Guatemala	Latin America & the Caribbean	20.7
137	Brazil	Latin America & the Caribbean	19.9
137	Congo, Rep.	Sub-Saharan Africa	19.9
139	Costa Rica	OECD	19.3
140	Panama	Latin America & the Caribbean	18.6
141	Angola	Sub-Saharan Africa	16.5
142	Botswana	Sub-Saharan Africa	13.7
143	Mozambique	Sub-Saharan Africa	12.7
144	Colombia	OECD	12.4
145	Eswatini	Sub-Saharan Africa	11.8
146	Central African Republic	Sub-Saharan Africa	9.6
147	Zambia	Sub-Saharan Africa	8.3
148	Namibia	Sub-Saharan Africa	5.5
149	South Africa	Sub-Saharan Africa	0.0

17 countries are not assessed on this goal

These countries have no score for Goal 10 in the dataset. That is not the same as a score of zero, and they are excluded from the ranking and the averages above.

Afghanistan, Bahamas, The, Bahrain, Barbados, Belize, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Cuba, Guyana, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkmenistan