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Therefore, a lower Gini score is roughly associated with a more equal distribution of income and vice versa. In 2018 U.S. income inequality as measured by the Gini index was close to the highest recorded values ever. [15] [16] The information was tabulated in 2019 from data from the American Community Survey (ACS) conducted by the US Census Bureau.
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%.
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
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 ...
Residents in these 10 states have the most equal chance of receiving an education and employment, regardless of their race, gender or disability status.
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.
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.
A number of prominent companies have scaled back or set aside the diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives that much of corporate America endorsed following the protests that accompanied the ...