Gini index — all countries

Gini index — Timor-Leste

Gini index in Timor-Leste in 2014 — 28.7 index. Ranked 17 in the world out of 84. Since 2001, the indicator has fallen by 20.1%.

2014 28.7 index +3.24% vs 2007
World rank 17of 84
Period maximum 35.9 index2001
Period minimum 27.8 index2007

Trend over time

2001–2014 · index, 0–100

Gini index — Timor-Leste, 2001–201427.53032.53537.5200120032005200720092011201320142001: 35.9 index2007: 27.8 index2014: 28.7 index
Change over the period: −7.2 (−20.06%) Average annual rate: -1.71 %
Gini index — Timor-Leste, by year Timor-Leste All countries CSV XLSX
Year index Change Change, %
2014 28.7
2007 27.8
2001 35.9

South-Eastern Asia, 2014

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About the indicator

The Gini index measures how far the distribution of income (or consumption) in a country departs from a perfectly even one. A value of 0 would mean everyone receives the same, 100 that all income goes to one person. Values below 30 are typical of Northern and Central Europe, values above 50 of a number of countries in Latin America and Southern Africa.

Important: There are no aggregates for country groups, and this is not a gap: the inequality of a group does not follow from country-level Gini values — it requires the income distribution of all its residents at once. The data rest on household surveys, are not available for every year, and the base may be either income or consumption.

Source: World Development Indicators (World Bank), license CC BY 4.0.