Income inequality (Gini index)
49.6index▼ 2.2% vs 2019
Mozambique · Latest observation 2022 · no newer data published
Country:
- Latest
- 49.6
- Change
- −6.9%
- High
- 54.0 2014
- Low
- 45.5 2008
- Average
- 50.0
Income inequality (Gini index) is 49.6 index (2022), 6.9% lower than in 1996.
What is this?
Inequality of consumption from 0 (everyone equal) to 100 (one person has everything).
How to read it
Survey based; few observations.
Unit: index.
What does the data say?
Income inequality (Gini index) (Mozambique) is 49.6 index (2022), 6.9% lower than in 1996.
Over all 6 observations since 1996, the highest was 54.0 (2014) and the lowest 45.5 (2008).
The latest observation is from 2022; the source has not published anything newer.
Why does it matter?
- Households: Averages hide large gaps.
- Businesses: Demand is concentrated.
- Government: Social cohesion.
- Investors: Political risk.
- Mobile money: Average transaction values can be skewed by a small group.
Observed facts are above; these are possible implications, not measured effects.
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What should I watch?
Data source
- Source
- World Bank, World Development Indicators (SI.POV.GINI)
- Frequency
- Annual
- Observations
- 6 (1996 – 2022) for Mozambique; 14 country in total
- Source published
- 2026-10-08
- Last retrieved
- 2026-10-17
- Method
- Compiled by the World Bank from national statistics offices, the IMF, ILO and other agencies. Definitions are harmonised across countries.
- Limitations
- Annual. The latest year is often missing or revised. Some series are modelled estimates rather than direct measurements.
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