Gini coefficient

English Etymology en :af it:Gini coefficient en Italian statistician and sociologist Corrado Gini = 1884 1965. Pronunciation en /ˈdʒiːni ˌkəʊˈɪ.fɪʃn̩t/ Noun en statistics economics A measure of the inequality of a statistical distribution, ranging from 0 (total equality) to 1 (maximal inequality), used in various disciplines but especially in economics to compare incomes or wealth. en Regina M. Abrami William C. Kirby F. Warren McFarlan 2014 Harvard Business Publishing 978-1-4221-4415-2 Introduction x https://books.google.co.in/books?id=vwyNAgAAQBAJ&pg=PR10 Can China Lead?: Reaching the Limits of Power and Growth China is still only eighty-ninth in the world in per capita GNP, and its Gini coefficient of economic inequality is higher than those of the two other countries to which it is often compared—the United States and India. en w:Tim Harford 2020 Bridge Street Press 978-1-4087-1222-1 Rule four How to Make the World Add Up One big problem with the Gini coefficient, however, is getting an intuitive feel for what it actually means. It's easy enough to picture a country with a Gini coefficient of zero—there, everyone gets exactly the same income. en Alexander Hurst Has France really gone to hell? Its catastrophist discourse is at odds with the facts The Guardian 2023-05-01 https://www.theguardian.com/world/commentisfree/2023/may/01/france-gone-to-hell-politics-nostalgia 0261-3077 In fact, France’s Gini coefficient, the measure of inequality in a society, is lower today than it was during les trente glorieuses (1945 to 1975), when postwar France regained confidence by helping to pioneer first Concorde, then the TGV, and then in the early 1980s the proto-internet (the Minitel). https://web.archive.org/web/20261016124825/https://www.theguardian.com/world/commentisfree/2023/may/01/france-gone-to-hell-politics-nostalgia 16 October 2026 Synonyms en Gini index en Gini ratio Translations a measure of the inequality of a statistical distribution Chinese: Cantonese: yue 堅尼系數 Mandarin: cmn 基尼係數 mainland China, cmn 吉尼係數 Jíní xìshù Taiwan Italian: it Coefficiente di Gini Japanese: ja ジニ係数 Uzbek: uz Jini koeffitsienti, uz Jini indeksi Xibe: sjo ᠵᡳ ᠨᡳ ᠵᠣᡵᡳᡨᠣᠨ See also en Great Gatsby curve en Lorenz curve Further reading