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Contents & fields
This dataset provides Gini index values for countries, based on household surveys from government statistical agencies and World Bank country departments; data for high-income economies are mostly from the Luxembourg Income Study database. No field-level description is disclosed on the source page.
Research uses
Suitable for cross-country studies on income inequality, poverty, and economic development.
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Why this is hard to get on your own
When obtaining cross-country income inequality data, one often needs to integrate multiple sources, and indicator definitions and survey years are inconsistent.