Arab Region | Gini index (Arab countries, 1990– 2019)

Gini index measures the extent to which the distribution of income (or, in some cases, consumption expenditure) among individuals or households within an economy deviates from a perfectly equal distribution. A Lorenz curve plots the cumulative percentages of total income received against the cumulative number of recipients, starting with the poorest individual or household. The Gini index measures the area between the Lorenz curve and a hypothetical line of absolute equality, expressed as a percentage of the maximum area under the line. Thus a Gini index of 0 represents perfect equality, while an index of 100 implies perfect inequality.
Publisher
Arab Development Portal
Origin
Arab Region
Records
61
Source
Arab Region | Gini index (Arab countries, 1990– 2019)
2004 Comoros 55.9
2014 Comoros 45.3
2002 Djibouti 40
2012 Djibouti 45.1
2013 Djibouti 44.1
2017 Djibouti 41.6
1993 Mauritania 50.1
1995 Mauritania 37.7
2000 Mauritania 39
2004 Mauritania 40.2
2008 Mauritania 35.7
2014 Mauritania 32.6
1990 Morocco 39.2
1998 Morocco 39.4
2000 Morocco 40.6
2006 Morocco 40.7
2013 Morocco 39.5
2004 Palestine 34
2005 Palestine 34.7
2006 Palestine 34
2007 Palestine 35.6
2009 Palestine 34.5
2010 Palestine 35.3
2011 Palestine 34.4
2016 Palestine 33.7
2009 Sudan 35.4
2014 Sudan 34.2
1990 Tunisia 40.2
1995 Tunisia 41.7
2000 Tunisia 40.8
2005 Tunisia 37.7
2010 Tunisia 35.8
2015 Tunisia 32.8
1995 Algeria 35.3
2011 Algeria 27.6
1990 Egypt 32
1995 Egypt 30.1
1999 Egypt 32.8
2004 Egypt 31.8
2008 Egypt 31.1
2010 Egypt 30.2
2012 Egypt 28.3
2015 Egypt 31.8
2017 Egypt 31.5
2019 Egypt 31.9
2006 Iraq 28.6
2012 Iraq 29.5
1992 Jordan 43.4
1997 Jordan 36.4
2002 Jordan 37
2006 Jordan 33.9
2008 Jordan 32.6
2010 Jordan 33.7
2011 Lebanon 31.8
1996 Syria 35.2
2003 Syria 37.5
2013 United Arab Emirates 32.5
2018 United Arab Emirates 26
1998 Yemen 35
2005 Yemen 34.7
2014 Yemen 36.7

Arab Region | Gini index (Arab countries, 1990– 2019)

Gini index measures the extent to which the distribution of income (or, in some cases, consumption expenditure) among individuals or households within an economy deviates from a perfectly equal distribution. A Lorenz curve plots the cumulative percentages of total income received against the cumulative number of recipients, starting with the poorest individual or household. The Gini index measures the area between the Lorenz curve and a hypothetical line of absolute equality, expressed as a percentage of the maximum area under the line. Thus a Gini index of 0 represents perfect equality, while an index of 100 implies perfect inequality.
Publisher
Arab Development Portal
Origin
Arab Region
Records
61
Source