Estimated Gini global income inequality index
1820–2018
An orange line chart showing the estimated global income inequality from 1820 to 2018 as measured by the Gini index. From 1820 to 2003, income inequality has been on the rise, but it has been decreasing since then to a value of 60 in 2018.
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