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DEFINITION:
This index measures the degree of inequality in the distribution of family income in a country. The index is calculated from the Lorenz curve, in which cumulative family income is plotted against the number of families arranged from the poorest to the ric.
CONTENTS
# | COUNTRY | AMOUNT | DATE | GRAPH | HISTORY |
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1 | Turkey | 40.2 | 2010 | ||
2 | United Kingdom | 40 | 2009 | ||
3 | Portugal | 38.5 | 2007 | ||
4 | Lithuania | 35.5 | 2009 | ||
5 | Latvia | 35.2 | 2010 | ||
6 | Albania | 34.5 | 2008 | ||
7 | Poland | 34.1 | 2009 | ||
8 | Bulgaria | 33.5 | 2008 | ||
9 | Romania | 33.2 | 2011 | ||
10 | Greece | 33 | 2005 | ||
11 | France | 32.7 | 2008 | ||
12 | Canada | 32.1 | 2005 | ||
=13 | Croatia | 32 | 2010 | ||
=13 | Spain | 32 | 2005 | ||
15 | Italy | 31.9 | 2011 | ||
16 | Estonia | 31.3 | 2010 | ||
17 | Czech Republic | 31 | 2009 | ||
18 | Netherlands | 30.9 | 2007 | ||
=19 | Iceland | 28 | 2006 | ||
=19 | Belgium | 28 | 2005 | ||
21 | Germany | 27 | 2006 | ||
=22 | Luxembourg | 26 | 2005 | ||
=22 | Slovakia | 26 | 2005 | ||
24 | Norway | 25 | 2008 | ||
25 | Denmark | 24.8 | 2011 | ||
26 | Hungary | 24.7 | 2009 | ||
27 | Slovenia | 23.8 | 2011 |
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