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What is the Gini coefficient of the income distribution?

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Values among 41 countries

Indicator metadata and score calculation

Definition:	Gini coefficient
Year:	2019
Unit:	Percent
Direction:	Low values translate into high scores
Source 1:	Eurostat Online Database
Data for:	AUT, BEL, BGR, HRV, CYP, CZE, DNK, EST, FIN, FRA, DEU, GRC, HUN, ISL, IRL, ITA, LVA, LTU, LUX, MLT, NLD, NOR, POL, PRT, ROU, SVK, SVN, ESP, SWE, CHE, TUR, GBR
Exceptions:	BEL (2018), HRV (2018), CYP (2018), EST (2018), FRA (2018), DEU (2018), ISL (2017), IRL (2018), ITA (2018), LTU (2018), LUX (2018), NLD (2018), NOR (2018), PRT (2018), SVK (2018), ESP (2018), CHE (2018), TUR (2018), GBR (2018)
Annotation:	Eurostat: Dataset: Gini coefficient of equivalised disposable income - EU-SILC survey [ilc_di12] URL: https://appsso.eurostat.ec.e… extracted July 6th, 2020
Source 2:	OECD Online Database
Data for:	AUS, CAN, CHL, ISR, JPN, KOR, MEX, NZL, USA
Exceptions:	AUS (2018), CAN (2017), CHL (2017), ISR (2018), JPN (2015), KOR (2017), MEX (2016), NZL (2014), USA (2017)
Annotation:	OECD: Dataset: Income Distribution Database URL: https://stats.oecd.org/Index… extracted May 23rd, 2020

Calculation:	Long-term data series were used to set appropriate minimum and maximum values.
Minimum:	15.9125
Maximum:	43.6125
/	Below/Above IQR boundary value. See FAQ for further information.
Distance:	Distance=(value for calculation-minimum)/(maximum-minimum)
Score:	Score=10-relative distance*9

Top group

Score

Gini Coefficient

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Upper middle group

Slovakia

8.4

20.90

Slovenia

7.4

23.90

Czechia

7.4

24.00

Iceland

7.3

24.10

Norway

7.1

24.80

Belgium

6.8

25.70

Finland

6.7

26.20

Netherlands

6.3

27.40

Austria

6.2

27.50

Denmark

6.2

27.50

Sweden

6.2

27.60

Hungary

6.1

28.00

Malta

6.1

28.00

Lower middle group

France

5.9

28.50

Poland

5.9

28.50

Ireland

5.8

28.90

Cyprus

5.7

29.10

Croatia

5.5

29.70

Switzerland

5.5

29.70

Estonia

5.2

30.60

Canada

5.1

31.00

Greece

5.1

31.00

Germany

5.1

31.10

Portugal

4.7

32.10

Australia

4.6

32.50

Luxembourg

4.4

33.20

Spain

4.4

33.20

Italy

4.3

33.40

4.3

33.50

Japan

4.2

33.90

Israel

3.9

34.80

Romania

3.9

34.80

New Zealand

3.8

34.90

Latvia

3.7

35.20

South Korea

3.6

35.50

Lithuania

3.2

36.90

Bottom group

USA

2.5

39.00

Bulgaria

1.9

40.80

Turkey

1.2

43.00

Mexico

1.0

45.80

Chile

1.0

46.00

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