Indicator field guide / SI.POV.GINI

Income / consumption Gini

Gini index measures the extent to which the distribution of income (or, in some cases, consumption expenditure) among individuals or households within an economy deviates from a perfectly equal distribution. A Lorenz curve plots the cumulative percentages of total income received against the cumulative number of recipients, starting with the poorest individual or household. The Gini index measures the area between the Lorenz curve and a hypothetical line of absolute equality, expressed as a percentage of the maximum area under the line. Thus a Gini index of 0 represents perfect equality, while an index of 100 implies perfect inequality.

Unit: index, 0–100. Original provider definition and metadata ↗

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Covered economies, 2023

EconomyValue
Argentina42.4 (index, 0–100)
Armenia27.2 (index, 0–100)
Austria31.2 (index, 0–100)
Belgium26.8 (index, 0–100)
Bolivia42.1 (index, 0–100)
Brazil51.5 (index, 0–100)
Bulgaria39.5 (index, 0–100)
Colombia54.6 (index, 0–100)
Costa Rica46.7 (index, 0–100)
Croatia30.1 (index, 0–100)
Cyprus31.8 (index, 0–100)
Czechia25.7 (index, 0–100)
Denmark29.9 (index, 0–100)
Dominican Republic38.4 (index, 0–100)
Ecuador44.6 (index, 0–100)
El Salvador39.8 (index, 0–100)
Estonia30.7 (index, 0–100)
Finland27.4 (index, 0–100)
France31.8 (index, 0–100)
Georgia34.8 (index, 0–100)
Greece33.4 (index, 0–100)
Guatemala45.2 (index, 0–100)
Honduras46.8 (index, 0–100)
India23.0 (index, 0–100)
Indonesia36.1 (index, 0–100)
Iran, Islamic Rep.35.9 (index, 0–100)
Iraq29.8 (index, 0–100)
Ireland29.0 (index, 0–100)
Italy34.3 (index, 0–100)
Kiribati24.7 (index, 0–100)
Kyrgyz Republic27.2 (index, 0–100)
Latvia34.0 (index, 0–100)
Lithuania36.0 (index, 0–100)
Luxembourg33.6 (index, 0–100)
Malta31.8 (index, 0–100)
Moldova26.8 (index, 0–100)
Norway26.5 (index, 0–100)
Panama48.9 (index, 0–100)
Paraguay44.2 (index, 0–100)
Peru40.7 (index, 0–100)
Philippines39.3 (index, 0–100)
Poland28.5 (index, 0–100)
Portugal33.9 (index, 0–100)
Romania29.8 (index, 0–100)
Russian Federation33.0 (index, 0–100)
Rwanda39.4 (index, 0–100)
Serbia32.8 (index, 0–100)
Slovak Republic23.8 (index, 0–100)
Slovenia24.7 (index, 0–100)
Spain33.4 (index, 0–100)
Sweden29.3 (index, 0–100)
Switzerland33.5 (index, 0–100)
Tajikistan38.0 (index, 0–100)
Thailand33.5 (index, 0–100)
Turkiye43.7 (index, 0–100)
Uganda38.2 (index, 0–100)
United States41.8 (index, 0–100)
Uruguay40.9 (index, 0–100)
Uzbekistan34.5 (index, 0–100)
West Bank and Gaza36.4 (index, 0–100)

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