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Economy Statistics > Distribution of family income > Gini index > Brazil (historical data)

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Date   Amount    Rank   
2005   56.7    #3   
2004   59.7    #1   
1998   60.7    #1   


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: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
 

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