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DEFINITION:
This index measures the degree of inequality in the distribution of family income in a country. The index is calculated from the Lorenz curve, in which cumulative family income is plotted against the number of families arranged from the poorest to the ric.
CONTENTS
# | COUNTRY | AMOUNT | DATE | GRAPH | HISTORY |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Seychelles | 65.8 | 2007 | ||
2 | Lesotho | 63.2 | 1995 | ||
3 | South Africa | 63.1 | 2005 | ||
4 | Botswana | 63 | 1993 | ||
5 | Sierra Leone | 62.9 | 1989 | ||
6 | Central African Republic | 61.3 | 1993 | ||
7 | Namibia | 59.7 | 2010 | ||
8 | Haiti | 59.2 | 2001 | ||
9 | Colombia | 58.5 | 2011 | ||
10 | Honduras | 57.7 | 2007 | ||
11 | Guatemala | 55.1 | 2007 | ||
12 | Hong Kong | 53.7 | 2011 | ||
13 | Thailand | 53.6 | 2009 | ||
14 | Paraguay | 53.2 | 2009 | ||
15 | Bolivia | 53 | 2010 | ||
16 | Chile | 52.1 | 2009 | ||
17 | Brazil | 51.9 | 2012 | ||
18 | Panama | 51 | 2010 | ||
19 | Papua New Guinea | 50.9 | 1996 | ||
20 | Zambia | 50.8 | 2004 | ||
21 | Swaziland | 50.4 | 2001 | ||
22 | Costa Rica | 50.3 | 2009 | ||
23 | The Gambia | 50.2 | 1998 | ||
24 | Zimbabwe | 50.1 | 2006 | ||
25 | Sri Lanka | 49 | 2010 | ||
26 | Mexico | 48.3 | 2008 | ||
27 | Singapore | 47.8 | 2012 | ||
28 | Ecuador | 47.7 | 2012 | ||
29 | Madagascar | 47.5 | 2001 | ||
30 | China | 47.4 | 2012 | ||
31 | Dominican Republic | 47.2 | 2010 | ||
32 | El Salvador | 46.9 | 2007 | ||
33 | Rwanda | 46.8 | 2000 | ||
34 | Malaysia | 46.2 | 2009 | ||
=35 | Georgia | 46 | 2011 | ||
=35 | Peru | 46 | 2010 | ||
37 | Argentina | 45.8 | 2009 | ||
38 | Mozambique | 45.6 | 2008 | ||
39 | Jamaica | 45.5 | 2004 | ||
40 | Uruguay | 45.3 | 2010 | ||
41 | United States | 45 | 2007 | ||
42 | Philippines | 44.8 | 2009 | ||
=43 | Guyana | 44.6 | 2007 | ||
=43 | Cameroon | 44.6 | 2001 | ||
45 | Iran | 44.5 | 2006 | ||
46 | Uganda | 44.3 | 2009 | ||
47 | Nigeria | 43.7 | 2003 | ||
48 | Republic of Macedonia | 43.2 | 2009 | ||
49 | Kenya | 42.5 | 2008 | ||
50 | Burundi | 42.4 | 1998 | ||
51 | South Korea | 41.9 | 2011 | ||
52 | Russia | 41.7 | 2011 | ||
53 | Cote d'Ivoire | 41.5 | 2008 | ||
54 | Senegal | 41.3 | 2001 | ||
55 | Qatar | 41.1 | 2007 | ||
56 | Morocco | 40.9 | 2007 | ||
57 | Turkmenistan | 40.8 | 1998 | ||
58 | Nicaragua | 40.5 | 2010 | ||
59 | Turkey | 40.2 | 2010 | ||
60 | Mali | 40.1 | 2001 | ||
=61 | United Kingdom | 40 | 2009 | ||
=61 | Tunisia | 40 | 2005 | ||
63 | Jordan | 39.7 | 2007 | ||
64 | Burkina Faso | 39.5 | 2007 | ||
=65 | Guinea | 39.4 | 2007 | ||
=65 | Ghana | 39.4 | 2006 | ||
67 | Israel | 39.2 | 2008 | ||
=68 | Venezuela | 39 | 2011 | ||
=68 | Mauritius | 39 | 2006 | ||
=68 | Malawi | 39 | 2004 | ||
=68 | Mauritania | 39 | 2000 | ||
72 | Portugal | 38.5 | 2007 | ||
73 | Liberia | 38.2 | 2007 | ||
74 | Moldova | 38 | 2008 | ||
75 | Cambodia | 37.9 | 2008 | ||
76 | Yemen | 37.7 | 2005 | ||
=77 | Vietnam | 37.6 | 2008 | ||
=77 | Japan | 37.6 | 2008 | ||
=77 | Tanzania | 37.6 | 2007 | ||
80 | Indonesia | 37 | 2009 | ||
=81 | India | 36.8 | 2004 | ||
=81 | Uzbekistan | 36.8 | 2003 | ||
83 | Laos | 36.7 | 2008 | ||
=84 | Mongolia | 36.5 | 2008 | ||
=84 | Benin | 36.5 | 2003 | ||
86 | New Zealand | 36.2 | 1997 | ||
87 | Lithuania | 35.5 | 2009 | ||
88 | Algeria | 35.3 | 1995 | ||
89 | Latvia | 35.2 | 2010 | ||
90 | Albania | 34.5 | 2008 | ||
91 | Egypt | 34.4 | 2001 | ||
92 | Taiwan | 34.2 | 2011 | ||
=93 | Poland | 34.1 | 2009 | ||
=93 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 34.1 | 2007 | ||
95 | Niger | 34 | 2007 | ||
96 | Ireland | 33.9 | 2010 | ||
97 | Azerbaijan | 33.7 | 2008 | ||
98 | Kyrgyzstan | 33.4 | 2007 | ||
=99 | Romania | 33.2 | 2011 | ||
=99 | Bangladesh | 33.2 | 2005 | ||
101 | Greece | 33 | 2005 | ||
102 | Nepal | 32.8 | 2010 | ||
103 | France | 32.7 | 2008 | ||
104 | Tajikistan | 32.6 | 2006 | ||
105 | Canada | 32.1 | 2005 | ||
=106 | Croatia | 32 | 2010 | ||
=106 | Spain | 32 | 2005 | ||
=108 | Italy | 31.9 | 2011 | ||
=108 | East Timor | 31.9 | 2007 | ||
110 | Estonia | 31.3 | 2010 | ||
111 | Czech Republic | 31 | 2009 | ||
=112 | Armenia | 30.9 | 2008 | ||
=112 | Netherlands | 30.9 | 2007 | ||
114 | Pakistan | 30.6 | 2010 | ||
115 | European Union | 30.4 | 2009 | ||
116 | Australia | 30.3 | 2008 | ||
NATO countries average (profile) | 30.21 | 2005 | |||
=117 | Kosovo | 30 | 2006 | ||
=117 | Ethiopia | 30 | 2000 | ||
European Union average (profile) | 29.91 | 2005 | |||
Eurozone average (profile) | 29.88 | 2005 | |||
119 | Bulgaria | 29.8 | 2008 | ||
120 | Switzerland | 29.6 | 2010 | ||
121 | Afghanistan | 29.4 | 2008 | ||
122 | Cyprus | 29 | 2005 | ||
123 | Kazakhstan | 28.9 | 2011 | ||
=124 | Ukraine | 28.2 | 2009 | ||
=124 | Serbia | 28.2 | 2008 | ||
=126 | Iceland | 28 | 2006 | ||
=126 | Belgium | 28 | 2005 | ||
128 | Malta | 27.4 | 2011 | ||
129 | Belarus | 27.2 | 2008 | ||
130 | Germany | 27 | 2006 | ||
131 | Finland | 26.8 | 2008 | ||
132 | Austria | 26.3 | 2007 | ||
=133 | Serbia and Montenegro | 26 | 2008 | ||
=133 | Luxembourg | 26 | 2005 | ||
=133 | Slovakia | 26 | 2005 | ||
136 | Norway | 25 | 2008 | ||
137 | Denmark | 24.8 | 2011 | ||
138 | Hungary | 24.7 | 2009 | ||
139 | Montenegro | 24.3 | 2010 | ||
140 | Slovenia | 23.8 | 2011 | ||
141 | Sweden | 23 | 2005 |