GINI index - Basic indicators - Basic Inds. and Nat. Accts - African Development Indicators



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Gini index measures the extent to which the distribution of income (or, in some cases, consumption expenditure) among individuals or households within an economy deviates from a perfectly equal distribution. A Lorenz curve plots the cumulative percentages of total income received against the cumulative number of recipients, starting with the poorest individual or household. The Gini index measures the area between the Lorenz curve and a hypothetical line of absolute equality, expressed as a percentage of the maximum area under the line. Thus a Gini index of 0 represents perfect equality, while an index of 100 implies perfect inequality. Source: World Bank staff estimates based on primary household survey data obtained from government statistical agencies and World Bank country departments. Data for high-income economies are from the Luxembourg Income Study database. For more information and methodology, please see PovcalNet (http://iresearch.worldbank.org/PovcalNet/jsp/index.jsp).
GINI index - Basic indicators - Basic Inds. and Nat. Accts - African Development Indicators (Most Recent Data)

Rank

Country

Value

1Namibia (1993)74.33
2Comoros (2004)64.3
3Botswana (1995)60.96
4Angola (2000)58.64
5South Africa (2000)57.77
6Lesotho (2003)52.5
7Zambia (2004)50.74
8Swaziland (2001)50.68
9Cape Verde (2001)50.52
10Zimbabwe (1995)50.1
11Ivory Coast (2002)48.39
12Republic of the Congo (2005)47.32
13Mozambique (2002)47.29
14Gambia (2003)47.28
15Madagascar (2005)47.24
16Rwanda (2000)46.68
17Cameroon (2001)44.56
18Kenya (1994)44.54
19Democratic Republic of the Congo (2006)44.43
20Niger (2005)43.89
21Nigeria (2003)43.7
22Central African Republic (2003)43.57
23Guinea (2003)43.34
24Ghana (2006)42.76
25Gabon (2005)41.45
26Morocco (2007)40.88
27Tunisia (2000)40.81
28Uganda (2005)40.8
29Djibouti (2002)39.96
30Chad (2003)39.78
31Burkina Faso (2003)39.6
32Senegal (2005)39.19
33Mauritania (2000)39.04
34Malawi (2004)39.02
35Mali (2006)38.99
36Benin (2003)38.62
37Sierra Leone (2003)37
38Guinea-Bissau (2002)35.52
39Algeria (1995)35.33
40Tanzania (2000)34.62
41Togo (2006)34.41
42Burundi (2006)33.27
43Egypt (2005)32.14
44Ethiopia (2005)29.76
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