The purpose of the Chartbook is to present consistent time-series for each country over time. Unfortunately there are important cases in which the comparability between countries is limited. The table below lists the definition of the Gini time series for each country and differences in definitions should be taken into account when making cross-country comparisons.

The addition of series x behind the definition indicates that there are several Gini time-series available for this country in the Chartbook and they can be found at the country page there.

Argentina Gini coefficient, household equivalised income

Australia Gini coefficient equivalised disposable household income (*)

Brazil Gini coefficient, household equivalised income

Canada Gini coefficient equivalised disposable household income (*) series 3

Finland Gini coefficient, equivalised disposable household income (*), series 1

France Gini coefficient, equivalised household disposable income (*)

Germany Gini coefficient, equivalised household disposable income, (*)

Iceland Gini coefficient, equiv dispos household income (*)

India Gini coefficient equivalent disposable income, series 2 (*)

Indonesia Gini coefficient, household expenditure data

Italy Gini coefficient, per capita income

Japan Gini coefficient, equiv dispos household income, series 3 (*)

Malaysia Gini household income, series 2

Mauritius Gini coefficient, disposable household income

Netherlands Gini coefficient, equivalised disposable household income (*)

New Zealand Gini coefficient, equivalised disposable household income (*) series 1

Norway Gini coefficient, equivalised disposable household income (*), series 2

Portugal Gini coefficient, equivalised disposable household income, series 3 (*)

Singapore Gini coefficient among employed households (modified OECD equiv scale), income from work after government benefits and taxes, series 3

South Africa Gini coefficient, per capita income

Spain Gini coefficient, equivalised disposable household income, series 2 (*)

Sweden Gini coefficient, equivalised household disposable income (*)

Switzerland Gini coefficient, equivalised household disposable income (*), EU-SILC Series 3

UK Gini coefficient, equivalised household disposable income (*)

US Gini coefficient, equivalised household gross income

Sources

Data Published By: Atkinson, Morelli, and Roser (2016) – Chartbook of Economic Inequality. (www.chartbookofeconomicinequality.com/)

Data publisher source:All data sources can be found in the Chartbook of Economic Inequality at the page dedicated to the country in question

Link: http://www.chartbookofeconomicinequality.com/