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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:	2021
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
Exceptions:	HRV (2020), CYP (2020), CZE (2020), FIN (2020), FRA (2020), DEU (2020), GRC (2020), HUN (2020), ISL (2018), IRL (2020), ITA (2020), LTU (2020), LUX (2020), MLT (2020), NLD (2020), NOR (2020), POL (2020), PRT (2020), ROU (2020), SVK (2020), SVN (2020), ESP (2020), CHE (2020), TUR (2020)
Annotation:	Eurostat: Dataset: Gini coefficient of equivalised disposable income - EU-SILC survey [ilc_di12] URL: https://ec.europa.eu/eurosta… extracted June 23rd, 2022
Source 2:	OECD Online Database
Data for:	AUS, CAN, CHL, ISR, JPN, KOR, MEX, NZL, GBR, USA
Exceptions:	AUS (2018), CAN (2019), CHL (2017), ISR (2019), JPN (2018), KOR (2020), MEX (2020), NZL (2020), GBR (2019), USA (2019)
Annotation:	OECD: Dataset: Income Distribution Database URL: https://stats.oecd.org/Index… extracted June 29th, 2022

Calculation:	Long-term data series were used to set appropriate minimum and maximum values.
Minimum:	16.1
Maximum:	44.1
/	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

8.5

20.90

Iceland

7.7

23.20

Slovenia

7.6

23.50

Belgium

7.5

23.90

Czechia

7.4

24.20

Norway

7.0

25.30

Finland

6.7

26.50

Austria

6.6

26.70

Sweden

6.6

26.80

Denmark

6.5

27.00

Poland

6.4

27.20

Hungary

6.2

28.00

Netherlands

6.1

28.20

Croatia

6.1

28.30

Ireland

6.1

28.30

Lower middle group

Cyprus

5.8

29.30

France

5.8

29.30

Canada

5.5

30.10

Malta

5.4

30.30

Germany

5.4

30.50

Estonia

5.3

30.60

Luxembourg

5.1

31.20

Portugal

5.1

31.20

Switzerland

5.1

31.20

Greece

5.1

31.40

New Zealand

4.9

32.00

Spain

4.9

32.10

Australia

4.7

32.50

Italy

4.7

32.50

South Korea

4.5

33.10

Japan

4.4

33.40

Romania

4.3

33.80

Israel

4.2

34.20

Lithuania

3.9

35.10

Latvia

3.7

35.70

3.4

36.60

Bottom group

USA

2.5

39.50

Bulgaria

2.4

39.70

Mexico

1.7

42.00

Turkey

1.2

43.40

Chile

1.0

46.00