Social & Inequality

Gini index

SI.POV.GINI

Annual series published by the World Bank, compared across France, Germany, United Kingdom, Italy, Spain, Netherlands, United States, China. The chart carries the trajectory, the table carries the year by year figures, and the definition at the foot of the page is the World Bank's own, quoted as it stands.

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Latest known value: 31.8 for France in 2023, over a series running from 1970 to 2023 and 8 countries compared, from the highest (United States, 41.8) to the lowest (Netherlands, 25.7).

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Year by year values

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Annual values by country
	France	Germany	United Kingdom	Italy	Spain	Netherlands	United States	China
2024							41.8
2023	31.8			34.3	33.4		41.8
2022	31.2	33.7		33.7	33.6		41.7	36
2021	31.5	33.6	32.4	34.8	33.9	25.7	39.7	35.7
2020	30.7	32.5	32.7	35.2	34.9	26	40	37.1
2019	31.2	32.2	32.8	34.6	34.3	29.2	41.9	38.2
2018	32.4	31.9	33.7	35.2	34.7	28.1	41.8	38.5
2017	31.6	31.3	32.6	35.9	34.7	28.5	41.4	39.1
2016	31.9	31.3	33.1	35.2	35.8	28.2	41.3	38.5
2015	32.7	31.4	33.3	35.4	36.2	28.2	41.5	38.6
2014	32.3	30.8	33.1	34.7	36.1	28.6	41.7	39.2
2013	32.5	31.4	32.7	34.9	36.2	28.1	40.9	39.7
2012	33.1	30.9	33.1	35.2	35.4	27.6	41.2	42.2
2011	33.3	30.4	33.2	35.1	35.7	27.8	41.2	42.4
2010	33.7	30.2	33.7	34.7	35.2	27.8	40.2	43.7
2009	32.7	30.4	35.1	33.8	34.9	27.9	40.9
2008	33	30.6	35.4	33.8	34.2	29.3	41.1	43
2007	32.4	31.2	34.4	32.9	34.1	29.6	41.1
2006	29.7	31	35.9	33.7	33.5	30	41.7
2005	29.8	31.6	35.5	33.8	32.4	29	41.3	40.9
2004	30.6	30.1	34.8	34.3	33.3	29.8	40.5
2003	31.4	29.9	34.9	34.9	31.8		40.8
2002	31.8	29.9	35.1	34.7			40.4	42
2001	32.5	29.9	37.1				40.6
2000	32.6	28.7	38.9	35.2	34.1		40.1
1999	32.5	29	36.8		33.8	28.1	40	38.7
1998	31.7	28.1	36.6	36.7	34.6		40
1997	31.9	28.2	35.7		35.3		40.5
1996	32	28.3	35.3		36.5		40.3	35.2
1995		28.7	35.5	35.2	35.7		39.9
1994		29.1	36		35.1		40
1993		28.4	35.1	35.1	35.7	30.4	40.4	33.9
1992		29	35				38.4
1991		29.3	35	31.1			38
1990	32.1		35.7		32	31.1	38.3	32.2
1989			33.4	32.1			38.2
1988			34.3				37.7
1987			33.9	34.2		26.8	37.2	29.4
1986			31.9	31.2			37.6
1985			30.4		34.4		37.6
1984	33.4		29.2	31.3			37.3	27.1
1983			29.8	29.8		28.4	37.3
1982			29.9	29.2			36.7
1981			29.7	31.6			35.5	28.2
1980			28.5	32.9	34.5		34.7
1979	34		27.4	33.3			34.8
1978			27.2	33.3			34.8
1977			27.1	34			35.5
1976			27.6				35.6
1975	35.9		27.9				35.7
1974			29				35.5
1973			28.8				36.1
1972			28.8				36.7
1971			29.3				36.9
1970	37.1		28				36.6
1969			27.9				36
1968			26.8				36.3
1967							36.9
1966							37.1
1965							36.8
1964							37.4
1963							36.7

World Bank definition

Gini index

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.

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The same indicator across Europe & Central Asia

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The same indicator across Europe & Central Asia

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