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This is a list of countries and territories by income inequality metrics, as calculated by the World Bank, UNU-WIDER, OCDE, and World Inequality Database, based on different indicators, like Gini coefficient and specific income ratios.
English: A choropleth map showing countries/territories by inequality-adjusted Human Development Index, based on data collected in 2022, from the 2024 Human Development Report. 0.900–0.910 0.850–0.899
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 ...
This is list of countries by their inequality adjusted income, as defined and measured by the United Nations Development Programme. [1] The income index is one component of the Human Development Index, but is also used separately. [2] The adjustment of income for inequality based on the Gini coefficient was first proposed by Amartya Sen in 1976 ...
The new report on wealth inequality comes from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office. America's top 10% controls 60% of the wealth. The bottom half holds 6%.
The data below is for annual median household income in the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico — the data is based on 2013–2017 American Community Survey data from the U.S. Census Bureau; populations are also from the 2013–2017 American Community Survey.
In the framework of American federalism, states generally have wide latitude to enact policies within their borders, including state taxation and labor laws.Among the factors that may increase inequality in a state are regressive state tax policies [2] (taxation has played a growing role in diminishing inequality since the 1980s), [3] tax incentives for large companies, [4] corruption, [5 ...
Inequality in land and income ownership is negatively correlated with subsequent economic growth. [100] Increasing inequality harms growth in countries with high levels of urbanization. [101] High unemployment rates have a significant negative effect [clarification needed] when interacting with increases in inequality. High unemployment also ...