The Gini index, or Gini coefficient, measures income inequality in nations by determining how income is distributed across their populations.

Arkansas ranked eighth out of 50 states for income inequality, with the top 5% of the population holding a 23.37% share of ...

What are the “most equal countries” according to the latest released Gini Index, a report by the World Bank? What is this ...

We recently compiled a report on the 30 Countries with Highest Gini Coefficient and in this article we will look at the country with the highest wealth inequality. Inequality among the Top 10% and ...

The Gini coefficient has many advantages. It is easy to calculate, allows changes in inequality to be tracked over time, and enables cross-region and cross-country comparisons. But the Gini ...

The Gini coefficient measures how far the actual Lorenz curve for a society's income or wealth is from the line of equality. Both the Lorenz curve and the line of equality are plotted on a graph.

A deeply misleading narrative has recently been doing the rounds — that India is the ‘fourth most equal country in the world’ ...

Its Gini coefficient was last measured in 2014, and it was 48.5. Mihai-Bogdan Lazar/Shutterstock.com. 24. Nigeria. For some time Nigeria has been grouped among the poorest countries in the world.

Note: Measured using the Gini coefficient, the OECD average is 0.31. We've listed all those countries which are equal to, or above that average, according to OECD data.

India's poverty rate of 28.1% challenges its claim as one of the most equal societies, Congress urges policy change.