Honduras - GINI index

GINI index (World Bank estimate)

The value for GINI index (World Bank estimate) in Honduras was 48.20 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 30 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 59.50 in 2005 and a minimum value of 48.20 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

See also:

Year Value
1989 59.50
1990 57.40
1991 51.90
1992 51.80
1993 53.50
1994 55.00
1995 55.50
1996 55.70
1997 52.70
1998 57.40
1999 55.40
2001 55.40
2002 55.70
2003 58.10
2004 58.10
2005 59.50
2006 57.50
2007 55.80
2008 55.50
2009 51.30
2010 53.10
2011 52.60
2012 53.40
2013 50.00
2014 49.90
2015 49.20
2016 49.80
2017 49.40
2018 48.90
2019 48.20

Classification

Topic: Poverty Indicators

Sub-Topic: Income distribution