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This is a '''list of countries or dependencies by [[income inequality metrics]]''', including [[Gini coefficient]]s, according to the [[United Nations]] (UN), the [[World Bank]], the US [[Central Intelligence Agency]] (CIA), and the [[Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development]] (OECD). Because the underlying household surveys differ in method and in the type of data collected, the distribution data are not strictly comparable across countries. |
This is a '''list of countries or dependencies by [[income inequality metrics]]''', including [[Gini coefficient]]s, according to the [[United Nations]] (UN), the [[World Bank]], the US [[Central Intelligence Agency]] (CIA), and the [[Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development]] (OECD). Because the underlying household surveys differ in method and in the type of data collected, the distribution data are not strictly comparable across countries. |
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Revision as of 23:41, 23 December 2014
This is a list of countries or dependencies by income inequality metrics, including Gini coefficients, according to the United Nations (UN), the World Bank, the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). Because the underlying household surveys differ in method and in the type of data collected, the distribution data are not strictly comparable across countries.
The Gini coefficient is a number between 0 and 1, where 0 corresponds with perfect equality (where everyone has the same income) and 1 corresponds with perfect inequality (where one person has all the income—and everyone else has zero income). Income distribution can vary greatly from wealth distribution in a country (see List of countries by distribution of wealth). Income from black market economic activity is not included and is the subject of current economic research.[1][2]
List
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Key:
R/P 10%: The ratio of the average income of the richest 10% to the poorest 10%
R/P 20%: The ratio of average income of the richest 20% to the poorest 20%
Gini: Gini index, a quantified representation of a nation's Lorenz curve
UN: Data from the United Nations Development Programme.
CIA: Data from the Central Intelligence Agency's The World Factbook.
GPI: Data from the Global Peace Index.
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OECD countries
Gini coefficient, before taxes and transfers
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Gini coefficient, after taxes and transfers
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See also
General:
References
- ^ Underground economy and income inequality: two connected aspects in the oncoming context of Italian federalism. By Iacopo Odoardi and Carmen Pagliari. Vol. 15 No. 1, 2011. Global & Local Economic Review.
- ^ The Size of the Shadow Economies of 145 Countries all over the World: First Results over the Period 1999 to 2003. December 2004. By Friedrich Schneider (University of Linz and IZA Bonn). Institute for the Study of Labor.
- ^ Data show the ratio of the income or expenditure share of the richest group to that of the poorest. Human Development Report 2009, UNDP, accessed on July 30, 2011.
- ^ Data show the ratio of the income or expenditure share of the richest group to that of the poorest. Human Development Report 2007/2008, UNDP, accessed on February 3, 2008.
- ^ World Bank GINI index, accessed on November 24, 2011.
- ^ Data show the ratio of the household income or consumption share of the richest group to that of the poorest. Household income or consumption by percentage share (%), The World Factbook, CIA, updated on January 24, 2008. Note: To calculate the value given in the table for this article, the highest 10% value was divided by the lowest 10% value.
- ^ Distribution of family income – Gini index, The World Factbook, CIA, accessed on November 24, 2011.
- ^ Global Peace Index calculation incorporates UN Gini scores where available, so countries with a UN Gini calculation are left blank in this column. At [1] click on each country to see its Gini coefficient. Year is not given. "There are, nevertheless, some problems with the Gini-coefficient; there is a considerable lag in the publication of statistics for many countries suffers, forcing the Economist Intelligence Unit to estimate the coefficient for a sizeable proportion of the 153 countries in the GPI. These problems of measurement look likely to persist for the foreseeable future, and the use of other measures of income inequality may be more effective."
- ^ Stephen Young (2010) Geni Coefficient Nation Multimedia
- ^ Data for urban households only.
- ^ Data for urban households only.
- ^ http://hdr.undp.org/en/media/HDR_2009_EN_Complete.pdf
- ^ [2]
- ^ a b Income distribution – Inequality — OECD Stats
Further reading
- "An Overview of Growing Income Inequalities in OECD Countries: Main Findings" (PDF), Divided We Stand: Why Inequality Keeps Growing, OECD Publishing, December 2011, ISBN 978-92-64-11163-9, retrieved 6 December 2011 This book released with two titles, depending on country of publication. However, the ISBN remains the same
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External links
- Global Peace Index Map of Gini data for 2007–2010
- Shadow economies all over the world : new estimates for 162 countries from 1999 to 2007. Friedrich Schneider, Andreas Buehn, Claudio E. Montenegro. July 2010. World Bank.