Bolivia - GINI index

GINI index (World Bank estimate)

The value for GINI index (World Bank estimate) in Bolivia was 43.60 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 23 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 61.60 in 2000 and a minimum value of 41.60 in 2019.

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
1997 58.20
1999 58.10
2000 61.60
2001 57.40
2002 59.30
2004 55.00
2005 58.50
2006 56.70
2007 54.50
2008 50.80
2009 49.20
2011 46.10
2012 46.60
2013 47.60
2014 47.80
2015 46.70
2016 45.30
2017 44.60
2018 42.60
2019 41.60
2020 43.60

Classification

Topic: Poverty Indicators

Sub-Topic: Income distribution