Key facts
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.
Information comes from the source page. Please check that page for current details and terms.
Keywords
Access and licence
Licence: CC BY-4.0 · Source page
Commercial use: allowed under the license terms · Redistribution: allowed under the license terms · Attribution: required | Free to access
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.