Table 4

Selection of intra-country inequality scores

Country

Gini coefficient

Rank

Income category


Namibia

74.3

1st, most unequal

Upper middle

South Africa

57.8

8th

Upper middle

Brazil

57.0

10th

Upper middle

China

46.9

58th

Lower middle

East Timor

39.5

71st, median

Lower middle/LDC

India

36.8

87th

Lower middle

Bangladesh

33.4

124th

Low income/LDC

Denmark

24.7

182nd, most equal

High income


LDC = least developed country

Source: UNDP 2009 [43]

Moon et al. Globalization and Health 2011 7:39   doi:10.1186/1744-8603-7-39

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