Cyprus vs United Kingdom: Gini index
Gini index over time
- Cyprus
- United Kingdom
How they compare
United Kingdom currently reports 32.4 against 31.8 in Cyprus, a difference of 0.6.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 18 shared years of data; in 2004 it was United Kingdom ahead.
Globally, Cyprus ranks 83rd and United Kingdom ranks 80th of 121 countries.
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About this data
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.