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Rank code: 2172
Country Comparison :: Distribution of family income - Gini index
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 richest. The index is the ratio of (a) the area between a country's Lorenz curve and the 45 degree helping line to (b) the entire triangular area under the 45 degree line. The more nearly equal a country's income distribution, the closer its Lorenz curve to the 45 degree line and the lower its Gini index, e.g., a Scandinavian country with an index of 25. The more unequal a country's income distribution, the farther its Lorenz curve from the 45 degree line and the higher its Gini index, e.g., a Sub-Saharan country with an index of 50. If income were distributed with perfect equality, the Lorenz curve would coincide with the 45 degree line and the index would be zero; if income were distributed with perfect inequality, the Lorenz curve would coincide with the horizontal axis and the right vertical axis and the index would be 100.
Rank country Distribution of family income - Gini indexDate of
Information 1 Namibia 70.7 2003 2 South Africa 65.0 2005 3 Lesotho 63.2 1995 4 Botswana 63.0 1993 5 Sierra Leone 62.9 1989 6 Central African Republic 61.3 1993 7 Bolivia 59.2 2006 8 Haiti 59.2 2001 9 Paraguay 56.8 2008 10 Brazil 56.7 2005 11 Bosnia and Herzegovina 56.2 2007 12 Panama 56.1 2003 13 Guatemala 55.1 2007 14 Chile 54.9 2003 15 Colombia 53.8 2005 16 Honduras 53.8 2003 17 Hong Kong 53.3 2007 18 El Salvador 52.4 2002 19 Papua New Guinea 50.9 1996 20 Zambia 50.8 2004 21 Niger 50.5 1995 22 Swaziland 50.4 2001 23 Gambia, The 50.2 1998 24 Zimbabwe 50.1 2006 25 Dominican Republic 49.9 2005 26 Peru 49.8 2005 27 Argentina 49.0 January-March 2007 28 Sri Lanka 49.0 2004 29 Venezuela 48.2 2003 30 Singapore 48.1 2008 31 Costa Rica 48.0 2008 32 Mexico 47.9 2006 33 Madagascar 47.5 2001 34 Mozambique 47.3 2002 35 Nepal 47.2 2008 36 China 47.0 2007 37 Rwanda 46.8 2000 38 Malaysia 46.1 2002 39 Ecuador 46.0 2006 40 Philippines 45.8 2006 41 Uganda 45.7 2002 42 Jamaica 45.5 2004 43 Uruguay 45.2 2006 44 United States 45.0 2007 45 Cameroon 44.6 2001 46 Cote d'Ivoire 44.6 2002 47 Iran 44.5 2006 48 Nigeria 43.7 2003 49 Turkey 43.6 2003 50 Guyana 43.2 1999 51 Nicaragua 43.1 2001 52 Cambodia 43.0 2007 est. 53 Kenya 42.5 2008 est. 54 Burundi 42.4 1998 55 Thailand 42.0 2002 56 Russia 41.5 September 2008 57 Senegal 41.3 2001 58 Georgia 40.8 2005 59 Turkmenistan 40.8 1998 60 Mali 40.1 2001 61 Morocco 40.0 2005 est. 62 Tunisia 40.0 2005 est. 63 Jordan 39.7 2007 64 Burkina Faso 39.5 2007 65 Ghana 39.4 2005-06 66 Indonesia 39.4 2005 67 Malawi 39.0 2004 68 Macedonia 39.0 2003 69 Mauritius 39.0 2006 est. 70 Mauritania 39.0 2000 71 Israel 38.6 2005 72 Portugal 38.5 2007 73 Guinea 38.1 2006 74 Japan 38.1 2002 75 Timor-Leste 38.0 76 Yemen 37.7 2005 77 Armenia 37.0 2006 78 Vietnam 37.0 2004 79 India 36.8 2004 80 Uzbekistan 36.8 2003 81 Azerbaijan 36.5 2001 82 Benin 36.5 2003 83 New Zealand 36.2 1997 84 Latvia 36.0 2005 85 Lithuania 36.0 2005 86 Algeria 35.3 1995 87 Poland 34.9 2005 88 Laos 34.6 2002 89 Tanzania 34.6 2000 90 Egypt 34.4 2001 91 Estonia 34.0 2008 92 United Kingdom 34.0 2005 93 Switzerland 33.7 2008 94 Bangladesh 33.2 2005 95 Moldova 33.2 2003 96 Greece 33.0 2005 97 Mongolia 32.8 2002 98 France 32.7 2008 99 Tajikistan 32.6 2006 100 Canada 32.1 2005 101 Ireland 32.0 2005 102 Spain 32.0 2005 103 Romania 32.0 2008 104 Italy 32.0 2006 105 Korea, South 31.3 2007 106 European Union 31.0 2005 est. 107 Ukraine 31.0 2006 108 Netherlands 30.9 2007 109 Bulgaria 30.7 2007 110 Pakistan 30.6 FY07/08 111 Australia 30.5 2006 112 Kazakhstan 30.4 2005 113 Kyrgyzstan 30.3 2003 114 Ethiopia 30.0 2000 115 Montenegro 30.0 2003 116 Serbia 30.0 2003 117 Finland 29.5 2007 118 Cyprus 29.0 2005 119 Croatia 29.0 2008 120 Belgium 28.0 2005 121 Hungary 28.0 2005 122 Belarus 27.9 2005 123 Germany 27.0 2006 124 Albania 26.7 2005 125 Austria 26.0 2007 126 Luxembourg 26.0 2005 127 Malta 26.0 2007 128 Slovakia 26.0 2005 129 Czech Republic 26.0 2005 130 Iceland 25.0 2005 131 Norway 25.0 2008 132 Denmark 24.0 2005 133 Slovenia 24.0 2005 134 Sweden 23.0 2005
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Rank code: 2173
Country Comparison :: Oil - production
This entry is the total oil produced in barrels per day (bbl/day). The discrepancy between the amount of oil produced and/or imported and the amount consumed and/or exported is due to the omission of stock changes, refinery gains, and other complicating factors.