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Sri Lanka Gini Index
Sri Lanka gini index: latest available value for 2019, historical series from 2016, ranking context and source documentation.
Series overview
SI.POV.GINI| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 37,7 | -1,6 |
| 2016 | 39,3 | — |
Source methodology
World Development IndicatorsIndicator note: 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.
Source organization: World Bank, Poverty and Inequality Platform. Data are based on primary household survey data obtained from government statistical agencies and World Bank country departments. Data for high-income economies are mostly from the Luxembourg Income Study database. For more information and methodology, please see http://pip.worldbank.org., World Bank (WB), uri: http://pip.worldbank.org, note: Data are based on primary household survey data obtained from government statistical agencies and World Bank country departments. Data for high-income economies are mostly from the Luxembourg Income Study database.
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Country-specific interpretation
Automatically derived from the displayed seriesSri Lanka recorded 37,7 index in 2019, the latest year available in this series.
Compared with 2016, the gini index decreased by 1,6.
Across the latest five-year comparison window, the series shows an downward direction.
Across 2 observations from 2016 to 2019, the average was 38,5; the minimum was 37,7 in 2019 and the maximum was 39,3 in 2016.
Sri Lanka ranks 105 out of 171 countries with a current value in the portal ranking.
The latest value is above the available average for South Asia.
It is also above the available average for the Upper middle income group.
Distribution of income across the population.