Mexico - GINI index

GINI index (World Bank estimate)

The value for GINI index (World Bank estimate) in Mexico was 45.40 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 31 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 53.60 in 1996 and a minimum value of 45.40 in 2020.

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
1989 50.60
1992 52.60
1994 52.80
1996 53.60
1998 51.70
2000 52.60
2002 50.10
2004 50.00
2005 50.10
2006 48.90
2008 49.90
2010 47.20
2012 48.70
2014 48.70
2016 47.70
2018 46.70
2020 45.40

Classification

Topic: Poverty Indicators

Sub-Topic: Income distribution