United States - GINI index

GINI index (World Bank estimate)

The value for GINI index (World Bank estimate) in United States was 41.50 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 45 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 41.50 in 2019 and a minimum value of 34.50 in 1979.

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
1974 35.30
1979 34.50
1986 37.40
1991 38.00
1992 38.40
1993 40.40
1994 40.00
1995 39.90
1996 40.30
1997 40.50
1998 40.00
1999 40.00
2000 40.10
2001 40.60
2002 40.40
2003 40.80
2004 40.30
2005 41.00
2006 41.40
2007 40.80
2008 40.80
2009 40.60
2010 40.00
2011 40.90
2012 40.90
2013 40.70
2014 41.50
2015 41.20
2016 41.10
2017 41.20
2018 41.40
2019 41.50

Classification

Topic: Poverty Indicators

Sub-Topic: Income distribution