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The United States has the greatest income disparity among developed nations. [1] However, the inequality indicators vary considerably from state to state. States that have a high concentration of skilled jobs, implement regressive tax policies, or have weaker worker protections in general tend to have greater income inequalities.
Federated States of Micronesia: Micronesia: Lower middle income 40.1 2013 40.06 2013 Gabon: Middle Africa: Upper middle income 38.0 2017 38.02 2017 United Kingdom: Northern Europe: High income 32.4 2021 34.24 2022 35.4 2021 Georgia: Eastern Europe: Upper middle income 33.5 2022 36.93 2021 Ghana: Western Africa: Lower middle income 43.5
The household income Gini index for the United States was 45.6 in 2009, and 45.4 in 2015, indicating a reduction in inequality during that time. [20] CBO reported that the share of after-tax income received by the top 1% peaked in 2007 at 16.6%.
The Equality Index is the arithmetic mean between the Legal Index and the Public Opinion Index. [9] The data as of February 3, 2025: ... United States: 70: 84: 56
Efforts to close gender gaps in pay slowed so dramatically in the past year that men and women may not reach equality for another 170 years.
This is a list of countries by inequality-adjusted Human Development Index (IHDI), as published by the UNDP in its 2024 Human Development Report.According to the 2016 Report, "The IHDI can be interpreted as the level of human development when inequality is accounted for", whereas the Human Development Index itself, from which the IHDI is derived, is "an index of potential human development (or ...
Since 2002, the Corporate Equality Index has been published by the Human Rights Campaign. It was originally modeled after the Gay and Lesbian Values Index, a rating system that was designed by journalist Grant Lukenbill. [6] When the HRC modified it, it became a 100-point system, as opposed to Grant's 10-point one. [7]
A Theil index of 0 indicates perfect equality. A Theil index of 1 indicates that the distributional entropy of the system under investigation is almost similar to a system with an 82:18 distribution. [22] This is slightly more unequal than the inequality in a system to which the "80:20 Pareto principle" applies.