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The Africans ‘left behind’
Born poor, live poor, expect to die poor unless ...
Africa's Income Inequality
This is a list of countries or dependencies by income inequality metrics, including Gini
coefficients. R/P 9
10% = The ratio of the average income of the richest 10% to the poorest 10%.
Data show the ratio of the income or expenditure share of the richest group to that of the
poorest. Human Development Report 2009, UNDP, accessed on July 30, 2011
R/P 20% = The ratio of the average income of the richest 20% to the poorest 20%
R/P R/P
10% 20%
South Africa 33.1 28.4
Namibia 106.6 22.8
Zambia 21.1
Lesotho 39.8 20.8
CAR 69.2 18.5
Benin 9.4 16.3
Botswana 43.0 15.0
Eswatini 25.1 14.2
Mozambique 18.8 14.2
South Sudan 13.0
Congo, Rep. 12.8
Guinea-Bissau 19.0 12.6
Cameroon 15.7 11.5
Comoros 11.2
Cabo Verde 10.7
Ghana 14.1 10.3
Chad 10.0
Seychelles 9.8
Togo 9.7
USA 18.5 9.4
Nigeria 17.8 9.1
Angola 9.0
Djibouti 8.8
DR Congo 8.8
Madagascar 19.2 8.7
Zimbabwe 8.6
Rwanda 18.6 8.5
Côte d'Ivoire 16.6 8.4
Uganda 16.6 8.2
Malawi 10.9 8.1
Kenya 13.6 7.7
Senegal 12.3 7.7
