Table 1.

Changes in Inequality from 1980 to 2019: Selected Regions

Indicators	China	East Asia	South Asia	Latin America	SSA	East Europe	West Europe	US
Gini (1980)	0.38	0.64	0.56	0.67	0.71	0.38	0.42	0.47
Gini (2000)	0.50	0.63	0.56	0.67	0.69	0.48	0.45	0.56
Gini (2019)	0.56	0.58	0.63	0.66	0.68	0.50	0.46	0.58
Gini (1980-2000)	30.3%	−1.8%	0.9%	0.2%	−1.8%	25.2%	7.7%	18.5%
Gini (2000-2019)	11.5%	−8.9%	11.5%	−2.1%	−2.6%	4.8%	2.1%	4.6%
Top 10% (1980)	27.9%	55.6%	45.7%	56.3%	57.9%	25.8%	29.9%	34.2%
Top 10% (2000)	35.9%	51.1%	46.3%	56.5%	57.9%	34.8%	33.5%	42.9%
Top 10% (2019)	41.7%	44.0%	55.6%	54.9%	55.8%	37.3%	34.8%	45.5%
Top 10% (1980-2000)	28.6%	−8.2%	1.5%	0.4%	0.0%	35.1%	12.0%	25.3%
Top 10% (2000-2019)	16.1%	−13.8%	20.0%	−2.9%	−3.7%	7.2%	3.8%	6.1%
Top 1% (1980)	6.6%	18.7%	20.4%	24.3%	20.8%	5.1%	8.4%	10.5%
Top 1% (2000)	10.5%	17.8%	18.6%	23.6%	21.3%	10.8%	10.5%	17.4%
Top 1% (2019)	14.0%	15.4%	21.0%	23.7%	20.4%	13.3%	11.3%	18.8%
Top 1% (1980-2000)	59.2%	−5.0%	−9.1%	−2.9%	2.3%	112.0%	25.2%	65.7%
Top 1% (2000-2019)	33.8%	−13.7%	13.2%	0.5%	−4.0%	23.1%	6.9%	8.0%

Source: World Inequality Database, https://wid.world/world/; retrieved on October 11, 2021