Gini Index of Disposable Income (SWIID), 1981

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Gini Index of Disposable Income (SWIID), 1981: every country, as published by Frederick Solt, University of Iowa.

Positionderived	Country	Gini index of disposable household income (0–100), SWIID estimate	Standard error of the estimate (Gini points)
1	South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa	60.1	3.47
2	PeruPERSouth America	54.4	2.68
3	BrazilBRASouth America	53.4	0.44
4	ZambiaZMBEastern Africa	52.4	3.83
5	GuatemalaGTMCentral America	49.5	2.52
6	KenyaKENEastern Africa	49.4	3.49
7	MalawiMWIEastern Africa	48.9	3.81
8	BruneiBRNSouth-eastern Asia	48.7	6.48
9	ChileCHLSouth America	48.6	2.14
10	Puerto RicoPRICaribbean	48.0	3.47
11	ColombiaCOLSouth America	47.6	2.56
12	MexicoMEXCentral America	47.3	2.00
=13	IranIRNSouthern Asia	46.0	1.73
=13	MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia	46.0	2.22
15	BarbadosBRBCaribbean	45.1	3.34
16	SudanSDNNorthern Africa	44.8	4.62
17	MadagascarMDGEastern Africa	44.2	3.17
18	Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa	44.1	3.98
19	PanamaPANCentral America	43.5	2.21
20	ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia	43.3	2.11
21	Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean	42.4	3.32
=22	FijiFJIMelanesia	42.0	3.15
=22	PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia	42.0	2.76
24	IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia	41.6	1.69
25	UruguayURYSouth America	40.3	2.44

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 37.4. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

• Standard error of the estimate (Gini points)

  HighestBrunei6.48

  LowestUnited States0.33

  Middle country: 2.08

• +3 / −0countries joined / left
• 51values changed, of 60 in both
• 28 · 23rose · fell
• 9unchanged

+ Brunei+ Guatemala+ Uruguay

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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