Norway - GINI index

GINI index (World Bank estimate)

The value for GINI index (World Bank estimate) in Norway was 27.70 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 40 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 31.60 in 2004 and a minimum value of 24.60 in 1986.

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
1979 26.90
1986 24.60
1991 25.20
1995 26.00
2000 27.40
2003 27.60
2004 31.60
2005 30.60
2006 26.40
2007 27.10
2008 27.00
2009 26.20
2010 25.70
2011 25.30
2012 25.70
2013 26.40
2014 26.80
2015 27.50
2016 28.50
2017 27.00
2018 27.60
2019 27.70

Classification

Topic: Poverty Indicators

Sub-Topic: Income distribution