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The Gini Coefficient

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The Gini Coefficient
The Gini Coefficient
In general, societies experience neither perfect equality nor perfect inequality, so Gini coefficients are typically somewhere between 0 and 1, or between 0 and 100% if expressed as percentages.

Gini coefficients are available for many countries throughout the world, and you can see a pretty comprehensive list here.

Measures of Income Inequality

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