Belgium - GINI index

GINI index (World Bank estimate)

The value for GINI index (World Bank estimate) in Belgium was 27.20 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 34 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 33.10 in 2000 and a minimum value of 25.00 in 1992.

Definition: Gini index measures the extent to which the distribution of income (or, in some cases, consumption expenditure) among individuals or households within an economy deviates from a perfectly equal distribution. A Lorenz curve plots the cumulative percentages of total income received against the cumulative number of recipients, starting with the poorest individual or household. The Gini index measures the area between the Lorenz curve and a hypothetical line of absolute equality, expressed as a percentage of the maximum area under the line. Thus a Gini index of 0 represents perfect equality, while an index of 100 implies perfect inequality.

Source: World Bank, Development Research Group. Data are based on primary household survey data obtained from government statistical agencies and World Bank country departments. For more information and methodology, please see PovcalNet (http://iresearch.worldban

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Year Value
1985 25.20
1988 25.70
1992 25.00
1995 28.40
1997 26.80
2000 33.10
2003 28.10
2004 30.50
2005 29.30
2006 28.10
2007 29.20
2008 28.40
2009 28.60
2010 28.40
2011 28.10
2012 27.50
2013 27.70
2014 28.10
2015 27.70
2016 27.60
2017 27.40
2018 27.20
2019 27.20

Classification

Topic: Poverty Indicators

Sub-Topic: Income distribution