Social & Inequality

Gini index

SI.POV.GINI

Annual series published by the World Bank, compared across Germany, United Kingdom, Italy, Spain, Netherlands, United States, China, Albania. 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.

Latest value, Germany: 33.72022
Period covered: 1991 - 202232 annual values
Highest of the compared countries: 41.8United States, 2024
Lowest of the compared countries: 25.7Netherlands, 2021

Countries compared

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Latest known valuesorted by value

United States41.82024
China362022
Italy34.32023
Germany33.72022
Spain33.42023
United Kingdom32.42021
Albania29.42020
Netherlands25.72021

Year by year values

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Annual values by country
	Germany	United Kingdom	Italy	Spain	Netherlands	United States	China	Albania
2024						41.8
2023			34.3	33.4		41.8
2022	33.7		33.7	33.6		41.7	36
2021	33.6	32.4	34.8	33.9	25.7	39.7	35.7
2020	32.5	32.7	35.2	34.9	26	40	37.1	29.4
2019	32.2	32.8	34.6	34.3	29.2	41.9	38.2	30.1
2018	31.9	33.7	35.2	34.7	28.1	41.8	38.5	30.1
2017	31.3	32.6	35.9	34.7	28.5	41.4	39.1	33.1
2016	31.3	33.1	35.2	35.8	28.2	41.3	38.5	33.7
2015	31.4	33.3	35.4	36.2	28.2	41.5	38.6	32.8
2014	30.8	33.1	34.7	36.1	28.6	41.7	39.2	34.6
2013	31.4	32.7	34.9	36.2	28.1	40.9	39.7
2012	30.9	33.1	35.2	35.4	27.6	41.2	42.2	29
2011	30.4	33.2	35.1	35.7	27.8	41.2	42.4
2010	30.2	33.7	34.7	35.2	27.8	40.2	43.7
2009	30.4	35.1	33.8	34.9	27.9	40.9
2008	30.6	35.4	33.8	34.2	29.3	41.1	43	30
2007	31.2	34.4	32.9	34.1	29.6	41.1
2006	31	35.9	33.7	33.5	30	41.7
2005	31.6	35.5	33.8	32.4	29	41.3	40.9	30.6
2004	30.1	34.8	34.3	33.3	29.8	40.5
2003	29.9	34.9	34.9	31.8		40.8
2002	29.9	35.1	34.7			40.4	42	31.7
2001	29.9	37.1				40.6
2000	28.7	38.9	35.2	34.1		40.1
1999	29	36.8		33.8	28.1	40	38.7
1998	28.1	36.6	36.7	34.6		40
1997	28.2	35.7		35.3		40.5
1996	28.3	35.3		36.5		40.3	35.2	27
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		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		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		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		27.9				35.7
1974		29				35.5
1973		28.8				36.1
1972		28.8				36.7
1971		29.3				36.9
1970		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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