GINI index (World Bank estimate)

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Quick info
Data type Numeric
Scale Metric
Value labels
  • 0 = complete equal distribution of income
  • 1 = complete unequal distribution of income
Technical name socstr_gini_ndx_wb
Category Social structure
Label GINI index (World Bank estimate)
Related indicators

The Gini Coefficient measures income inequality of a population. Generally, the Gini Coefficient measures a area between a hypothetical line (absolute equal distribution of income) and the Lorenz curve. This indicator is based on the calculations of the World Bank.

Coding rules

The Gini Coeffizient ranges between "0" and "1". "1" refers to a complete unequal distribution of income and "0" to a complete equal distribution of income.

Bibliographic info

Citation: World Bank. (2016). World development indicators. The World Bank Washington DC.

Related publications:

Misc

Project manager(s): Karolin Meyer, Jean-Yves Gerlitz

Data release:

Revisions:

Sources

  • Teorell, Jan, Stefan Dahlberg, Sören Holmberg, Bo Rothstein, Natalia Alvarado Pachon and Richard Svensson. 2019. The Quality of Government Standard Dataset, version Jan19. University of Gothenburg: The Quality of Government Institute. http://www.qog.pol.gu.se doi:10.18157/qogstdjan19
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