Malta - GINI index

GINI index (World Bank estimate)

The value for GINI index (World Bank estimate) in Malta was 31.00 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 13 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 31.00 in 2019 and a minimum value of 28.00 in 2006.

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
2006 28.00
2007 29.20
2008 29.00
2009 30.20
2010 29.00
2011 29.10
2012 29.40
2013 28.80
2014 29.00
2015 29.40
2016 29.10
2017 29.20
2018 28.70
2019 31.00

Classification

Topic: Poverty Indicators

Sub-Topic: Income distribution