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GDP per Capita vs Gini Index

Published by Catherine on January 4, 2006 in CIA, GDP per Capita, Gini Index, Income - Inequality, Distribution, Scatter plot, United States and World. 3 Comments

GDPCapitaVSGini
Scatter plot of 113 countries comparing wealth vs income inequality. The red square is the United States.

The L shape of the scatter plot was not what I expected. However, many countries don’t have a recent Gini index (1987 to 2003) while GDP per capita is available for 2003/2004 for most countries.

Definition of Gini index a measure of income inequality.
0 = equal distrubution
100 = one person has everything

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