Country
|
GINI* (0-1 scale)
|
Years compared
|
Chile
|
0.511 / 0.465
|
2006** / 2013
|
Mexico
|
0.474 / 0.459
|
2004** / 2014
|
USA
|
0.36 / 0.394
|
2004** / 2014
|
Turkey
|
0.43
/ 0.393
|
2004** / 2013
|
Israel
|
0.378 / 0.365
|
2005** / 2014
|
Estonia
|
0.349
/ 0.361
|
2004 / 2013
|
United Kingdom
|
0.354 / 0.358
|
2004 / 2013
|
Lithuania
|
0.35
/ 0.353
|
2004 / 2013
|
Latvia
|
0.363 / 0.352
|
2004 / 2013
|
Spain
|
0.332
/ 0.346
|
2004 / 2013
|
Greece
|
0.333 / 0.343
|
2004 / 2013
|
Portugal
|
0.384
/ 0.342
|
2004 / 2013
|
Australia
|
0.315 / 0.337
|
2004** / 2014
|
New Zealand
|
0.335
/ 0.333
|
2003** / 2012
|
Japan
|
0.321 / 0.33
|
2003** / 2012
|
Italy
|
0.331
/ 0.325
|
2004 / 2013
|
Canada
|
0.322 / 0.322
|
2004** / 2013
|
Ireland
|
0.324
/ 0.309
|
2004 / 2013
|
South Korea
|
0.306 / 0.302
|
2006** / 2014
|
Poland
|
0.376
/ 0.3
|
2004 / 2013
|
Switzerland
|
0.298 / 0.295
|
2009** / 2013
|
France
|
0.283
/ 0.294
|
2004** / 2013
|
Germany
|
0.285 / 0.292
|
2004** / 2013
|
Hungary
|
0.303
/ 0.288
|
2003** / 2014
|
Netherlands
|
0.284 / 0.283
|
2005** / 2014
|
Luxembourg
|
0.264
/ 0.281
|
2004 / 2013
|
Sweden
|
0.234 / 0.281
|
2004** / 2013
|
Austria
|
0.269
/ 0.28
|
2004 / 2013
|
Slovak Republic
|
0.265 / 0.269
|
2004 / 2013
|
Belgium
|
0.288
/ 0.268
|
2004 / 2013
|
Czech Republic
|
0.268 / 0.262
|
2004 / 2013
|
Finland
|
0.266
/ 0.257
|
2004 / 2014
|
Slovenia
|
0.241 / 0.255
|
2004 / 2013
|
Denmark
|
0.232
/ 0.254
|
2005** / 2013
|
Norway
|
0.276 / 0.252
|
2004** / 2013
|
Iceland
|
0.261
/ 0.244
|
2004 / 2013
|
*) GINI (Disposable income, post taxes and
transfers)
**) Income definition
until 2011
In the USA the Gini coefficient was slightly bigger in 2014 than for example in Turkey. The Gini coefficient seems to have become significantly smaller in Chile, Turkey and Portugal. Some notable positive changes have also happened for example in Ireland and Belgium. The situation seems to be particularly good in Iceland where the Gini coefficient was the smallest in 2013. The income inequality seems to have become greater in the USA, but the change has been even more notable in Sweden. There has also been fairly negative change in Australia and Denmark.
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