Madagascar - GINI index

GINI index (World Bank estimate)

The value for GINI index (World Bank estimate) in Madagascar was 42.60 as of 2012. As the graph below shows, over the past 32 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 47.40 in 2001 and a minimum value of 38.60 in 1999.

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
1980 46.80
1993 45.30
1997 39.50
1999 38.60
2001 47.40
2005 39.90
2010 42.40
2012 42.60

Classification

Topic: Poverty Indicators

Sub-Topic: Income distribution