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SOURCE
CIA World Factbook, 14 June, 2007
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
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| Rank |
Countries
|
Amount
(top to bottom)
|
| #1 | Namibia: |
70.7
| |
| #2 | Lesotho: |
63.2
| |
| #3 | Botswana: |
63
| |
| #4 | Sierra Leone: |
62.9
| |
| #5 | Central African Republic: |
61.3
| |
| #6 | Bolivia: |
60.6
| |
| #7 | Guatemala: |
59.9
| |
| #8 | South Africa: |
59.3
| |
| #9 | Paraguay: |
56.8
| |
| #10 | Zimbabwe: |
56.8
| |
| #11 | Brazil: |
56.7
| |
| #12 | Panama: |
56.4
| |
| #13 | Nicaragua: |
55.1
| |
| #14 | Honduras: |
55
| |
| #15 | Mexico: |
54.6
| |
| #16 | Chile: |
53.8
| |
| #17 | Colombia: |
53.8
| |
| #18 | Zambia: |
52.6
| |
| #19 | El Salvador: |
52.5
| |
| #20 | Hong Kong: |
52.3
| |
| #21 | Thailand: |
51.1
| |
| #22 | Papua New Guinea: |
50.9
| |
| #23 | Nigeria: |
50.6
| |
| #24 | Mali: |
50.5
| |
| #25 | Niger: |
50.5
| |
| #26 | Malawi: |
50.3
| |
| #27 | Sri Lanka: |
50
| |
| #28 | Peru: |
49.8
| |
| #29 | Venezuela: |
49.1
| |
| #30 | Argentina: |
48.3
| |
| #31 | Burkina Faso: |
48.2
| |
| #32 | Madagascar: |
47.5
| |
| #33 | Dominican Republic: |
47.4
| |
| #34 | Costa Rica: |
46.5
| |
| #35 | Malaysia: |
46.1
| |
| #36 | Philippines: |
46.1
| |
| #37 | Uruguay: |
45.2
| |
| #38 | Côte d'Ivoire: |
45.2
| |
| #39 | United States: |
45
| |
| #40 | Cameroon: |
44.6
| |
| #41 | Kenya: |
44.5
| |
| #42 | China: |
44
| |
| #43 | Mongolia: |
44
| |
| #44 | Iran: |
43
| |
| #45 | Uganda: |
43
| |
| #46 | Singapore: |
42.5
| |
| #47 | Ecuador: |
42
| |
| #48 | Turkey: |
42
| |
| #49 | Senegal: |
41.3
| |
| #50 | Armenia: |
41
| |
| #51 | Pakistan: |
41
| |
| #52 | Turkmenistan: |
40.8
| |
| #53 | Russia: |
40.5
| |
| #54 | Cambodia: |
40
| |
| #55 | Morocco: |
40
| |
| #56 | Tunisia: |
40
| |
| #57 | Mozambique: |
39.6
| |
| #58 | Mauritania: |
39
| |
| #59 | Israel: |
38.6
| |
| #60 | Portugal: |
38.5
| |
| #61 | Tanzania: |
38.2
| |
| #62 | Japan: |
38.1
| |
| #63 | Jamaica: |
38.1
| |
| #64 | Guinea: |
38.1
| |
| #65 | East Timor: |
38
| |
| #66 | Georgia: |
38
| |
| #67 | Nepal: |
37.7
| |
| #68 | Laos: |
37
| |
| #69 | Mauritius: |
37
| |
| #70 | United Kingdom: |
36.8
| |
| #71 | Azerbaijan: |
36.5
| |
| #72 | Jordan: |
36.4
| |
| #73 | New Zealand: |
36.2
| |
| #74 | Vietnam: |
36.1
| |
| #75 | Italy: |
36
| |
| #76 | Ireland: |
35.9
| |
| #77 | Korea, South: |
35.8
| |
| #78 | Algeria: |
35.3
| |
| #79 | Australia: |
35.2
| |
| #80 | Greece: |
35.1
| |
| #81 | Latvia: |
35
| |
| #82 | Indonesia: |
34.8
| |
| #83 | Tajikistan: |
34.7
| |
| #84 | Egypt: |
34.4
| |
| #85 | Poland: |
34.1
| |
| #86 | Yemen: |
33.4
| |
| #87 | Burundi: |
33.3
| |
| #88 | Moldova: |
33.2
| |
| #89 | Switzerland: |
33.1
| |
| #90 | Canada: |
33.1
| |
| #91 | Estonia: |
33
| |
| #92 | Spain: |
32.5
| |
| #93 | Lithuania: |
32.5
| |
| #94 | India: |
32.5
| |
| #95 | Bangladesh: |
31.8
| |
| #96 | Bulgaria: |
31.6
| |
| #97 | Kazakhstan: |
31.5
| |
| #98 | Austria: |
31
| |
| #99 | Ukraine: |
31
| |
| #100 | Netherlands: |
30.9
| |
| #101 | Belarus: |
30.4
| |
| #102 | Ghana: |
30
| |
| #103 | Ethiopia: |
30
| |
| #104 | Kyrgyzstan: |
29
| |
| #105 | Croatia: |
29
| |
| #106 | Rwanda: |
28.9
| |
| #107 | Romania: |
28.8
| |
| #108 | Slovenia: |
28.4
| |
| #109 | Germany: |
28.3
| |
| #110 | Macedonia, Republic of: |
28.2
| |
| #111 | Czech Republic: |
27.3
| |
| #112 | Hungary: |
26.9
| |
| #113 | Finland: |
26.9
| |
| #114 | Uzbekistan: |
26.8
| |
| #115 | France: |
26.7
| |
| #116 | Albania: |
26.7
| |
| #117 | Bosnia and Herzegovina: |
26.2
| |
| #118 | Slovakia: |
25.8
| |
| #119 | Norway: |
25.8
| |
| #120 | Belgium: |
25
| |
| #121 | Sweden: |
25
| |
| #122 | Denmark: |
23.2
| |
| |
Weighted average: |
40.5
|
|
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
SOURCE: CIA World Factbook, 14 June, 2007
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