Italy - GINI index

GINI index (World Bank estimate)

The value for GINI index (World Bank estimate) in Italy was 35.20 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 32 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 36.70 in 1998 and a minimum value of 31.50 in 1991.

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
1986 32.50
1987 34.50
1989 32.60
1991 31.50
1993 35.50
1995 35.20
1998 36.70
2000 35.30
2003 34.90
2004 34.30
2005 33.80
2006 33.70
2007 32.90
2008 33.80
2009 33.80
2010 34.70
2011 35.10
2012 35.20
2013 34.90
2014 34.70
2015 35.40
2016 35.20
2017 35.90
2018 35.20

Classification

Topic: Poverty Indicators

Sub-Topic: Income distribution