Luxembourg vs Spain: Gini index
Gini index over time
- Luxembourg
- Spain
How they compare
Luxembourg currently reports 33.6 against 33.4 in Spain, a difference of 0.2.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 31 shared years of data; in 1985 it was Spain ahead.
Globally, Luxembourg ranks 68th and Spain ranks 71st 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.