Social & Inequality

Gini index

SI.POV.GINI

Annual series published by the World Bank, compared across United Kingdom, Italy, Spain, Netherlands, United States, China, Pakistan, Singapore. 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, United Kingdom: 32.42021
Period covered: 1968 - 202154 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
Pakistan33.52024
Spain33.42023
United Kingdom32.42021
Netherlands25.72021

Year by year values

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Annual values by country
	United Kingdom	Italy	Spain	Netherlands	United States	China	Pakistan
2024					41.8		33.5
2023		34.3	33.4		41.8
2022		33.7	33.6		41.7	36
2021	32.4	34.8	33.9	25.7	39.7	35.7
2020	32.7	35.2	34.9	26	40	37.1
2019	32.8	34.6	34.3	29.2	41.9	38.2
2018	33.7	35.2	34.7	28.1	41.8	38.5	29.6
2017	32.6	35.9	34.7	28.5	41.4	39.1
2016	33.1	35.2	35.8	28.2	41.3	38.5
2015	33.3	35.4	36.2	28.2	41.5	38.6	31.3
2014	33.1	34.7	36.1	28.6	41.7	39.2
2013	32.7	34.9	36.2	28.1	40.9	39.7	29.5
2012	33.1	35.2	35.4	27.6	41.2	42.2
2011	33.2	35.1	35.7	27.8	41.2	42.4	29.7
2010	33.7	34.7	35.2	27.8	40.2	43.7	28.8
2009	35.1	33.8	34.9	27.9	40.9
2008	35.4	33.8	34.2	29.3	41.1	43
2007	34.4	32.9	34.1	29.6	41.1		29.7
2006	35.9	33.7	33.5	30	41.7
2005	35.5	33.8	32.4	29	41.3	40.9	31.3
2004	34.8	34.3	33.3	29.8	40.5		30.9
2003	34.9	34.9	31.8		40.8
2002	35.1	34.7			40.4	42
2001	37.1				40.6		28.7
2000	38.9	35.2	34.1		40.1
1999	36.8		33.8	28.1	40	38.7
1998	36.6	36.7	34.6		40		33.1
1997	35.7		35.3		40.5
1996	35.3		36.5		40.3	35.2	28.7
1995	35.5	35.2	35.7		39.9
1994	36		35.1		40
1993	35.1	35.1	35.7	30.4	40.4	33.9
1992	35				38.4
1991	35	31.1			38
1990	35.7		32	31.1	38.3	32.2	33.2
1989	33.4	32.1			38.2
1988	34.3				37.7
1987	33.9	34.2		26.8	37.2	29.4	33.3
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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