Gini index 1992

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Countries	Date	Gini index	Ch.
United States [+]	1992	38.4	1.05%
Argentina [+]	1992	45.5	-2.78%
Australia [+]	1989	33.2	2.15%
Bangladesh [+]	1991	27.6	-4.17%
Burundi [+]	1992	33.3
Bolivia [+]	1992	49.1	16.90%
Brazil [+]	1992	53.1	-12.09%
Botswana [+]	1986	54.2	0.02%
Belarus [+]	1988	22.8
Canada [+]	1992	31.6	-0.94%
Central African Republic [+]	1992	59.3
Côte d'Ivoire [+]	1992	39.4	6.78%
Chile [+]	1992	54.8	-4.20%
China [+]	1990	32.2
Colombia [+]	1992	51.4	0.19%
Costa Rica [+]	1992	45.6	-2.15%
Dominican Republic [+]	1992	51.1	1.39%
Algeria [+]	1988	37.4
Ecuador [+]	1987	50.5
Egypt [+]	1991	32.0	0
Ethiopia [+]	1982	32.4	0
Ghana [+]	1992	38.1	-0.70%
Guinea [+]	1991	44.5
Guatemala [+]	1989	58.8	8.69%
Guinea-Bissau [+]	1991	55.8
Guyana [+]	1992	39.5
Honduras [+]	1992	51.8	0
Indonesia [+]	1990	31.1	2.30%
Israel [+]	1992	35.5	-2.74%
India [+]	1987	32.5	1.56%
Iran [+]	1990	43.6	-8.02%
Jamaica [+]	1990	41.1	-4.86%
Jordan [+]	1992	43.1	19.39%
Kenya [+]	1992	56.9
Kyrgyzstan [+]	1988	26.0
Kazakhstan [+]	1988	25.7
Laos [+]	1992	34.3
Sri Lanka [+]	1990	32.4	-0.31%
Lesotho [+]	1987	56.0	0.04%
Morocco [+]	1991	39.2	0
Moldova [+]	1992	34.3	42.17%
Madagascar [+]	1980	46.8
Mauritania [+]	1987	43.9
Mexico [+]	1992	52.3	4.39%
Malaysia [+]	1992	47.7	3.25%
Niger [+]	1992	36.0
Nigeria [+]	1992	44.9	16.08%
Nepal [+]	1984	30.1
Panama [+]	1991	58.0	-1.02%
Peru [+]	1985	45.6
Philippines [+]	1991	43.8	7.62%
Pakistan [+]	1990	33.2	-0.30%
Paraguay [+]	1990	40.8
Russia [+]	1988	23.8
Rwanda [+]	1985	28.9	0
Senegal [+]	1991	54.0
El Salvador [+]	1991	53.8	10.47%
Thailand [+]	1992	47.9	5.74%
Turkmenistan [+]	1988	26.4
Tunisia [+]	1990	40.1	-7.60%
Trinidad and Tobago [+]	1992	40.2	-5.63%
Tanzania [+]	1992	33.8	-4.16%
Ukraine [+]	1992	29.7	27.41%
Uganda [+]	1992	41.4	-6.76%
Uruguay [+]	1992	41.5	-2.12%
Uzbekistan [+]	1988	25.0
Venezuela [+]	1992	42.1	-3.88%
Viet Nam [+]	1992	35.7
Zambia [+]	1991	59.4

GINI INDEX

The Gini index is also known as Gini coefficient. It is used to measure the inequality between the inhabitants of a region, by comparing their incomes.The maximal inequality in the Gini index is represented by the number one (or the number100 depending on the scale we use). On the contrary, a Gini coefficient of zero expresses the perfect equality.

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