Ginis

Mikalac Norman S NSSC MikalacNS at NAVSEA.NAVY.MIL
Thu Aug 17 08:17:51 PDT 2000


very interesting. i would like to see the corresponding average per capita income/GDP so i can tell where the pie is becoming larger or smaller for each of those countries during the stated time periods. are those available too?

thanks for your help.

norm

-----Original Message----- From: Doug Henwood [mailto:dhenwood at panix.com] Sent: Thursday, August 17, 2000 10:08 AM To: lbo-talk at lists.panix.com Subject: Ginis

Rob Schaap wrote:


>Is there a gini coefficient and ranking for the once-promising Land of Oz?

Here's the full list. Milanovic scales his ginis from 0-100 instead of the more conventional 0-1. For those not familiar with the gini, see <http://www.panix.com/~dhenwood/Gini_supplement.html>. (rur) is rural; (urb), urban.

Doug

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Gini Coefficient

1988 1993

1 Brazil 60.1 59.0 2 Paraguay 38.9 56.9 3 Lesotho 61.0 56.5 4 Chile 55.1 56.4 5 Panama 55.0 55.9 6 Honduras 57.1 54.6 7 Senegal 52.7 51.9 8 Mexico 53.0 51.9 9 Zambia 61.5 51.3 10 El Salvador(urb) 47.8 50.4 11 Bolivia 46.1 50.2 12 Hong Kong 46.0 49.7 13 Argentina(urb) 51.2 49.6 14 Colombia 50.6 48.8 15 Peru(Lima) 40.0 48.3 16 Austria 22.8 47.2 17 Dominican Republic 48.8 46.8 18 Malaysia 44.1 46.3 19 Thailand 43.4 45.6 20 Madagascar 45.8 44.5 21 Costa Rica 44.9 44.4 22 Nigeria 37.4 44.2 23 FRYugoslavia 30.8 43.8 24 Armenia 26.9 43.1 25 New Zealand 38.4 43.0 26 Ukraine 20.1 42.8 27 Kyrgyz Republic 18.6 42.8 28 Phillipines 40.5 42.6 29 Uruguay 41.2 42.5 30 Venezuela 43.0 41.8 31 Ecuador (urb) 42.0 40.7 32 USA 37.0 39.4 33 Russia 20.8 39.3 34 Estonia 19.9 38.3 35 Uganda 43.3 38.0 36 Moldova 20.0 37.2 37 Jamaica 42.5 37.1 38 Lithuania 19.8 36.8 39 Morocco 31.9 36.2 40 Ivory Coast 36.1 36.1 41 U.K. 32.4 35.4 42 Jordan 29.4 35.2 43 Turkmenistan 18.8 35.1 44 Portugal 32.0 34.8 45 Israel 35.7 34.7 46 Algeria 38.8 34.6 47 Australia 33.0 34.5 48 India(urb) 35.1 34.5 49 Indonesia(urb) 34.5 33.7 50 Bulgaria 21.7 33.3 51 Uzbekistan 24.2 33.1 52 Ghana 34.4 33.0 53 China(rural) 29.3 32.9 54 France 32.2 32.6 55 Tunisia 35.9 32.5 56 Switzerland 35.6 32.4 57 Romania 21.8 32.1 58 Greece 32.8 32.0 59 Kazakhstan 21.3 31.9 60 Netherlands 30.9 31.1 61 Egypt(urb) 31.7 31.0 62 Canada 31.5 31.0 63 Korea, South 33.5 31.0 64 Indonesia(rur) 27.6 30.6 65 Italy 31.8 30.6 66 Pakistan 30.9 29.9 67 Cyprus 30.5 29.7 68 Germany, West 27.5 29.4 69 Taiwan 29.0 29.3 70 India(rur) 27.8 28.7 71 Ireland 35.6 28.3 72 Poland 25.0 28.2 73 Belarus 20.1 28.2 74 Bangladesh(urb) 32.4 28.1 75 Latvia 19.7 27.9 76 China(urban) 23.3 27.1 77 Luxembourg 26.7 26.4 78 Sweden 24.0 24.9 79 Norway 24.1 24.7 80 Belgium 25.4 24.6 81 Denmark 26.2 24.6 82 Georgia 25.3 24.3 83 Japan 24.1 24.3 84 Slovenia 19.3 24.0 85 Finland 22.0 22.6 86 Hungary 24.8 22.5 87 Egypt(rur) 32.6 21.7 88 Czech Republic 19.0 21.6 89 Slovak Republic 19.3 17.8 90 Bangladesh(rur) 26.3 91 Germany, East 19.6

source: Branko Milanovic, World Bank, unpublished data



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