Reduced Inequalities
Reduce inequality within and among countries.
Global Gini coefficient
62 (est)
World Bank estimate · 2025
Bottom 40% income share
Stagnating (est)
World Bank estimate · 2025
Remittances to LMICs
$715 billion (est)
World Bank estimate · 2025
Forcibly displaced population
128 million (est)
UNHCR estimate · 2025
Global Progress Score
Based on Sustainable Development Report 2025
Historical Trend (2015–2025)
Regional Comparison (2025)
Goal 10: Reduced Inequalities — Score per Country (2025)
Each country is scored 0–100 based on its progress toward this goal. Drag to rotate. Hover or tap a country to see its score.
Key Targets
SDR 2025 scores SDG 10 at 62.5/100 globally — one of the goals with the most stagnant trend. Forbes tracked 2,781 billionaires with a combined wealth of $14.2 trillion in March 2025 — up 12% from 2024. The World Bank's 2024 Poverty and Shared Prosperity Report confirmed social mobility is declining in most countries. The IMF's 2025 Fiscal Monitor warns that AI-driven labour displacement will further concentrate income in capital (tech assets), worsening inequality without proactive redistribution policy.
$14.2T
combined wealth of the world's 2,781 billionaires as of March 2025 — equivalent to the entire GDP of China, the world's second-largest economy.
Forbes Billionaires List 2025; SDR 2025 (SDSN)
Key Insights
Extreme Wealth Concentration
In 2023, the world's 2,756 billionaires held $14.3 trillion in wealth. The bottom 50% of humanity holds wealth equivalent to just $100 per person. Three people own more wealth than the bottom 50% of Americans. This concentration is not just a moral issue — it actively undermines democratic institutions and public policy.
Inequality Is Rising
The Gini coefficient — the standard measure of income inequality — is increasing in most countries. COVID-19 dramatically worsened inequality: asset prices soared while low-wage workers lost jobs. For every new billionaire created during the pandemic, 1 million people fell into poverty.
Migration & Remittances
281 million international migrants (3.6% of world population) send $669B/year in remittances — representing 20-50% of household income in some LDCs. Yet migration costs remain high (average 6.2%), legal channels are restricted, and political hostility to migration undermines economic integration.
Discrimination as Inequality Driver
Discriminatory laws in 70+ countries limit economic participation based on gender, race, disability, sexual orientation, or ethnicity. Discrimination doesn't just harm individuals — it suppresses GDP by 1-2% annually in affected countries. Inclusion is not charity; it's economics.
Core Challenges
Tax Avoidance & Illicit Flows
Multinationals shift $600-800 billion in profits to low-tax jurisdictions each year, costing developing countries $200 billion in lost tax revenue. Illicit financial flows from developing countries total $1 trillion/year. A global minimum corporate tax is a start, but enforcement mechanisms are weak.
Remittance Fees Above SDG Target
Average cost to send $200 internationally: 6.2%, against the SDG 10 target of 3%. Mobile money and fintech have driven costs down in some corridors, but banks' de-risking practices have cut off many developing-country recipients. The 3% target would return $21 billion more to families every year.
Inequality of Opportunity
In most countries, children born in the bottom income quintile have less than a 10% chance of reaching the top. Social mobility is declining across many advanced economies. Inequality of outcomes is driven by inequality of opportunities — in education, healthcare, geography, and inherited wealth.
2030 Outlook
Reducing inequality requires systemic interventions: progressive taxation, universal social protection, minimum wage laws, anti-discrimination frameworks, and a reformed international financial architecture. The political economy is the hardest obstacle. SDG 10 is the goal most directly blocked by those with the power to resist it.