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Global wealth inequality mapped

The globalization has decreased global wealth inequality between nations but has grown wealth inequality within countries. Developing nations are defined by more significant inequality than developed countries. However, there are anomalies to this law: in some developed nations, such as the US, the Gini index is high.

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Inequality Around the World

Social scientists have used the Gini coefficient as the most common measure of global inequality (the income or wealth distribution of a nation’s residents). It was developed by the Italian statistician and sociologist Corrado Gini and published in 1912. A Gini coefficient of zero expresses perfect equality, where everyone has the same income. A Gini coefficient of 1 (or 100%) expresses maximal inequality among peoples.

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