India
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#71out of 73 countries
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Historical trend

29.728.727.626.625.5197720002022India · 2022: 25.50India

Analytical takeaways

  • India records 25.50 for Gini index in 2022, ranking #71 globally out of 73 countries.
  • Gini index declined from 29.70 in 1977 to 25.50 in 2022, a decrease of 4.20.
  • 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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