By World Bank Estimate, South Africa Is The World’s Most Unequal Country

In this list of 149 countries and territories, the World Bank estimates income inequality around the world. On a scale of 0 to 100, 0 represents total equality.

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The Gini index, shown above, is a standard economic tool for measuring inequality. The chart includes countries for which data are available and is based on the latest World Bank estimates. Some were calculated as recently as 2015, but others date to 1990. The index is calculated on household income and, in some cases, consumer spending.

Source: World Bank

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