Gini index¶
Indicator id: gini_index · Unit: index (0-100) · Coverage: 1995-2022
Measure of the extent to which the distribution of income among individuals or households deviates from a perfectly equal distribution, on a 0 (perfect equality) to 100 (perfect inequality) scale.
Sources¶
- World Bank (preferred) -- dataset
WDI, codeSI.POV.GINI(https://data.worldbank.org)
Caveats¶
World Bank reports on a 0-100 scale (not 0-1); only available in NLSS survey years, not annual.
Taxonomy¶
SDG: SDG 10.4 -- Adopt fiscal, wage and social protection policies for greater equality
Topic: Poverty
Also known as¶
"Gini coefficient", "income inequality", "how unequal is Nepal", "wealth inequality"
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