Income Inequality in North America | Country Comparison & Rankings

North America encompasses 23 countries in our income inequality dataset. The regional average top 1% income share is 19.76%, which is notably higher than the global average of 16.17%.

Income Inequality Overview in North America

Countries covered: 23
Regional avg. top 1% share: 19.76%
Regional avg. bottom 50% share: 11.22%
Global avg. top 1% share: 16.17%

Most and Least Unequal Countries in North America

The most income-concentrated country in North America is Mexico's wealth gap with a top 1% share of 25.57%. The least concentrated is United States's wealth gap at N/A%.

All North America Countries Ranked by Income Inequality

#	Country	Top 1%	Top 10%	Bottom 50%
1	income distribution in Mexico	25.57%	59.07%	7.69%
2	Bahamas	21.97%	52.12%	10.11%
3	Belize	21.97%	52.12%	10.11%
4	Guatemala's wealth gap	21.97%	52.12%	10.11%
5	Haiti's income inequality	21.97%	52.12%	10.11%
6	Honduras	21.97%	52.12%	10.11%
7	income distribution in Jamaica	21.97%	52.12%	10.11%
8	Nicaragua's wealth gap	21.97%	52.12%	10.11%
9	Panama's income inequality	21.97%	52.12%	10.11%
10	Trinidad and Tobago	21.97%	52.12%	10.11%
11	Antigua and Barbuda	21.18%	48.52%	14.13%
12	Barbados's income inequality	21.18%	48.52%	14.13%
13	income distribution in Dominica	21.18%	48.52%	14.13%
14	Grenada	21.18%	48.52%	14.13%
15	Saint Kitts and Nevis's wealth gap	21.18%	48.52%	14.13%
16	income distribution in Saint Lucia	21.18%	48.52%	14.13%
17	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines's wealth gap	21.18%	48.52%	14.13%
18	Cuba's wealth gap	19.09%	45.57%	12.63%
19	income distribution in Costa Rica	18.14%	49.74%	8.92%
20	income distribution in Dominican Republic	16.87%	44.69%	11.42%
21	El Salvador's income inequality	16.73%	44.13%	10.50%
22	income distribution in Canada	12.06%	36.78%	16.92%
23	United States	N/A%	N/A%	N/A%