Kosovo - GINI index

GINI index (World Bank estimate)

The value for GINI index (World Bank estimate) in Kosovo was 29.00 as of 2017. As the graph below shows, over the past 14 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 33.30 in 2010 and a minimum value of 26.30 in 2013.

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
2003 29.00
2005 31.20
2006 30.30
2009 31.80
2010 33.30
2011 27.80
2012 29.00
2013 26.30
2014 27.30
2015 26.50
2016 26.70
2017 29.00

Classification

Topic: Poverty Indicators

Sub-Topic: Income distribution