Gini Coefficient

QoG code: lis_gini

Gini Index measures the extent to which the distribution of the specified aggregate among individuals or households within an economy deviates from a perfectly equal distribution. The Gini index measures the area between the Lorenz curve and the hypothetical line of absolute equality. A Gini index of zero represents perfect equality and 1, perfect inequality.

Dataset
Luxembourg Income Study database and the Luxembourg Wealth Study database
Type of variable
Continuous
Downloaded by QoG on
2025-11-05
Last updated by source
2025-08-09

Categories

Public Economy

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Basic Cross-section - 2026 Basic Time-series - 2026 Standard Cross-section - 2026 Standard Time-series - 2026 Original dataset
Details of this variable in our compilation datasets
Dataset No. Countries
Basic cross-section 36
Basic time-series 52
Standard cross-section 36
Standard time-series 52
Dataset Available for years
Standard time-series 1963-2024
Basic time-series 1963-2024

Country coverage

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  • Australia
  • Austria
  • Belgium
  • Brazil
  • Bulgaria
  • Canada
  • Chile
  • China
  • Colombia
  • Cote d'Ivoire
  • Czech Republic
  • Denmark
  • Dominican Republic
  • Estonia
  • Finland
  • France (1963-)
  • Georgia
  • Germany
  • Greece
  • Guatemala
  • Hungary
  • Iceland
  • India
  • Ireland
  • Israel
  • Italy
  • Japan
  • Korea, South
  • Lithuania
  • Luxembourg
  • Mali
  • Mexico
  • Netherlands
  • Norway
  • Panama
  • Paraguay
  • Peru
  • Poland
  • Romania
  • Russia
  • Serbia
  • Slovakia
  • Slovenia
  • South Africa
  • Spain
  • Sweden
  • Switzerland
  • Taiwan
  • United Kingdom
  • United States
  • Uruguay
  • Vietnam

Year coverage

This variable has information from 1963 to 2024.