Gini Index of Monthly Earnings, 2011

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Gini Index of Monthly Earnings, 2011: every country, as published by International Labour Organization (ILO).

Positionderived	Country	Gini index of employees' monthly earnings (0 = all paid the same, 1 = one employee earns everything)	ILO observation status
1	TogoTGOWestern Africa	0.796	Break in series
2	UgandaUGAEastern Africa	0.695	—
3	NigerNERWestern Africa	0.652	Break in series
4	NigeriaNGAWestern Africa	0.601	Break in series
5	SenegalSENWestern Africa	0.597	Break in series
6	South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa	0.562	—
7	HondurasHNDCentral America	0.487	—
=8	BeninBENWestern Africa	0.476	—
=8	ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa	0.476	Break in series
10	IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia	0.470	—
11	JamaicaJAMCaribbean	0.466	—
12	GuatemalaGTMCentral America	0.453	—
=13	BrazilBRASouth America	0.438	—
=13	FijiFJIMelanesia	0.438	—
=13	MauritiusMUSEastern Africa	0.438	—
16	ChileCHLSouth America	0.433	—
17	Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean	0.428	—
18	PeruPERSouth America	0.414	—
19	IrelandIRLNorthern Europe	0.409	—
20	PakistanPAKSouthern Asia	0.404	—
21	PanamaPANCentral America	0.401	—
22	UruguayURYSouth America	0.398	—
=23	ColombiaCOLSouth America	0.393	—
=23	United StatesUSANorthern America	0.393	—
25	PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia	0.391	—

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 0.354. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

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• 62values changed, of 65 in both
• 30 · 32rose · fell
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+ Benin+ Bolivia+ Brazil+ Fiji+ Niger+ Nigeria+ Sudan+ Senegal+ Togo+ Zimbabwe− Costa Rica− India− Laos− Liberia− Timor-Leste− Tanzania− Vanuatu

Both years come from the same release, so a difference here is a change in the data, not a revision of it. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

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