No. 24 Denmark

Gini score: 24.7
GDP 2007 (US$ billions): 311.6
Share of income or expenditure (%)
Poorest 10%: 2.6
Richest 10%: 21.3
Ratio of income or expenditure, share of top 10% to lowest 10%: 8.1

Scandinavian countries score well in the U.N. report, and among the world’s most developed economies, Denmark has the lowest gap between rich and poor. However, the global crisis has hit Denmark hard; the Danish economy in the second quarter shrank 7.2% compared with the same period in 2008.