South Africa’s Gini coefficient is 57.8 while Brazil’s is 55.0. A value of 0 represents perfect equality, and a value of 100 perfect inequality of the country’s citizens. In comparison, Germany’s Gini coefficient is 28.3 and that of Slovakia 25.8. (Human Development Report, http://hdr.undp.org/en)
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You did not clarify what the Gini coeficient of equality means. Equalty of what exactly? (Gender, Income, etc.)
The Gini is the Ratio of the Wealth disparity between the Richest 20 % & the Poorest 20% of the country’s population.
In SA the wealth would probably be concentrated with the people who in the past owned the nation’s mineral wealth & diversified post ‘94 – a micro minority even within the top 20%.
I would be interested to see the list of all the countries.
Is there such a list?
I supose I could google it.
http://hdr.undp.org/en
Cut & Paste onto your web-Browser.
SA has one of the highest Ginis on Earth – Generally the lower the Gini the more stable the Country – Irrespective of how Poor or Rich the Country.
That’s why the rest of Africa has a Much lower Violent Crime Rate than SA – Everyones Poor.
The Gini coefficient is a measure of inequality in a country’s wealth distribution.
While it can be calculated using the disparity between a country’s richest 20% and poorest 20%, in this instance (2009 Human Development Report) it uses a country’s richest 10% and poorest 10%.