El Salvador vs Rwanda: Palma ratio

El Salvador
1.82
in 2023
Rwanda
1.83
in 2023
El Salvador rank
30th
Rwanda rank
28th

Palma ratio over time

  • El Salvador
  • Rwanda
01234198920062023

How they compare

Rwanda currently reports 1.83 against 1.82 in El Salvador, a difference of 0.0116.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 6 shared years of data; in 2000 it was El Salvador ahead.

El Salvador ranks 30th and Rwanda ranks 28th of 120 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Palma ratio
Source
World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
120 places, 2,148 data points, 1963–2025
Last refreshed

The Palma ratio is a measure of inequality that divides the share received by the richest 10% by the share of the poorest 40%. Higher values indicate higher inequality.