Peru - GINI index

GINI index (World Bank estimate)

The value for GINI index (World Bank estimate) in Peru was 43.80 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 23 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 55.10 in 1998 and a minimum value of 41.60 in 2019.

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
1997 53.30
1998 55.10
1999 54.80
2000 49.10
2001 51.30
2002 53.60
2003 53.10
2004 49.90
2005 50.50
2006 50.30
2007 50.00
2008 47.50
2009 47.00
2010 45.50
2011 44.70
2012 44.40
2013 43.90
2014 43.10
2015 43.40
2016 43.60
2017 43.30
2018 42.40
2019 41.60
2020 43.80

Classification

Topic: Poverty Indicators

Sub-Topic: Income distribution