Gini index (0–100) - Source frequency: biennial · Methodology · Corrections
Australia's income inequality (gini) was 33.8 Gini index (0–100) as of January 2020, and the trend is broadly stable. The Gini index of household income inequality, from 0 (everyone earns the same) to 100 (one person earns everything), based on World Bank survey data. Inequality shapes access to housing, health and opportunity. A rising Gini means the gap between higher and lower earners is widening. Data is sourced from World Bank (SI.POV.GINI) and updated biennial.
The Gini index of household income inequality, from 0 (everyone earns the same) to 100 (one person earns everything), based on World Bank survey data.
Inequality shapes access to housing, health and opportunity. A rising Gini means the gap between higher and lower earners is widening.
Lower is better
Source: World Bank (SI.POV.GINI)
This data is sourced programmatically from official statistical APIs and data feeds (World Bank (SI.POV.GINI)), updated biennial. Our pipeline fetches the machine-readable version automatically and converts it to the standardised format shown here.
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