Ethiopia
Gini index

Gini index measures the extent to which the distribution of income (or, in some cases, consumption expenditure) among individuals or households within an economy deviates from a perfectly equal distribution. A Lorenz curve plots the cumulative percentages of total income received against the cumulative number of recipients, starting with the poorest individual or household. The Gini index measures the area between the Lorenz curve and a hypothetical line of absolute equality, expressed as a percentage of the maximum area under the line. Thus a Gini index of 0 represents perfect equality, while an index of 100 implies perfect inequality.

Global rank#61out of 81 countries
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Historical trend

44.640.937.233.529.8199520082021Ethiopia · 2021: 31.10Ethiopia

Analytical takeaways

  • Ethiopia records 31.10 for Gini index in 2021, ranking #61 globally out of 81 countries.
  • Gini index declined from 44.60 in 1995 to 31.10 in 2021, a decrease of 13.50.
  • The country sits in the bottom quartile of the global distribution for this metric, which also makes the page relevant for low-value and lagging-performance searches.

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