Social & Inequality

Gini index

SI.POV.GINI

Annual series published by the World Bank. 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.

Countries compared

8 countries compared out of 142 available.

Latest known value: 34.3 for Italy in 2023, over a series running from 1977 to 2023 and 8 countries compared, from the highest (South Sudan, 44) to the lowest (Netherlands, 25.7).

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Year by year values

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Annual values by country
	Italy	Spain	Netherlands	United States	China	South Sudan	Sudan	Denmark
2024				41.8
2023	34.3	33.4		41.8				29.9
2022	33.7	33.6		41.7	36			29.3
2021	34.8	33.9	25.7	39.7	35.7			28.3
2020	35.2	34.9	26	40	37.1			27.5
2019	34.6	34.3	29.2	41.9	38.2			27.7
2018	35.2	34.7	28.1	41.8	38.5			28.2
2017	35.9	34.7	28.5	41.4	39.1			28.7
2016	35.2	35.8	28.2	41.3	38.5	44		28.2
2015	35.4	36.2	28.2	41.5	38.6			28.2
2014	34.7	36.1	28.6	41.7	39.2		34.2	28.4
2013	34.9	36.2	28.1	40.9	39.7			28.5
2012	35.2	35.4	27.6	41.2	42.2			27.8
2011	35.1	35.7	27.8	41.2	42.4			27.3
2010	34.7	35.2	27.8	40.2	43.7			27.2
2009	33.8	34.9	27.9	40.9		46.3	35.4	26.7
2008	33.8	34.2	29.3	41.1	43			25.2
2007	32.9	34.1	29.6	41.1				26.2
2006	33.7	33.5	30	41.7				25.9
2005	33.8	32.4	29	41.3	40.9			25.2
2004	34.3	33.3	29.8	40.5				24.9
2003	34.9	31.8		40.8				25.6
2002	34.7			40.4	42
2001				40.6
2000	35.2	34.1		40.1				23.8
1999		33.8	28.1	40	38.7
1998	36.7	34.6		40
1997		35.3		40.5
1996		36.5		40.3	35.2
1995	35.2	35.7		39.9				23
1994		35.1		40
1993	35.1	35.7	30.4	40.4	33.9
1992				38.4				24.7
1991	31.1			38
1990		32	31.1	38.3	32.2
1989	32.1			38.2
1988				37.7
1987	34.2		26.8	37.2	29.4			26.2
1986	31.2			37.6
1985		34.4		37.6
1984	31.3			37.3	27.1
1983	29.8		28.4	37.3
1982	29.2			36.7
1981	31.6			35.5	28.2
1980	32.9	34.5		34.7
1979	33.3			34.8
1978	33.3			34.8
1977	34			35.5
1976				35.6
1975				35.7
1974				35.5
1973				36.1
1972				36.7
1971				36.9
1970				36.6
1969				36
1968				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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