Luxembourg - GINI index

GINI index (World Bank estimate)

The value for GINI index (World Bank estimate) in Luxembourg was 34.20 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 34 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 35.40 in 2018 and a minimum value of 26.70 in 1985.

Definition: Gini index measures the extent to which the distribution of income (or, in some cases, consumption expenditure) among individuals or households within an economy deviates from a perfectly equal distribution. A Lorenz curve plots the cumulative percentages of total income received against the cumulative number of recipients, starting with the poorest individual or household. The Gini index measures the area between the Lorenz curve and a hypothetical line of absolute equality, expressed as a percentage of the maximum area under the line. Thus a Gini index of 0 represents perfect equality, while an index of 100 implies perfect inequality.

Source: World Bank, Development Research Group. Data are based on primary household survey data obtained from government statistical agencies and World Bank country departments. For more information and methodology, please see PovcalNet (http://iresearch.worldban

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Year Value
1985 26.70
1991 26.80
1994 26.90
1997 30.20
2000 30.40
2003 30.20
2004 30.20
2005 30.80
2006 30.90
2007 31.10
2008 32.60
2009 31.20
2010 30.50
2011 32.10
2012 34.30
2013 32.00
2014 31.20
2015 32.90
2016 31.70
2017 34.50
2018 35.40
2019 34.20

Classification

Topic: Poverty Indicators

Sub-Topic: Income distribution