Gini index in the United Kingdom in 2021 — 32.4 index. Ranked 27 in the world out of 81. Since 1968, the indicator has risen by 20.9%.
1968–2021 · index, 0–100
| Year | index | Change | Change, % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 32.4 | −0.3 | −0.92% |
| 2020 | 32.7 | −0.1 | −0.3% |
| 2019 | 32.8 | −0.9 | −2.67% |
| 2018 | 33.7 | +1.1 | +3.37% |
| 2017 | 32.6 | −0.5 | −1.51% |
| 2016 | 33.1 | −0.2 | −0.6% |
| 2015 | 33.3 | +0.2 | +0.6% |
| 2014 | 33.1 | +0.4 | +1.22% |
| 2013 | 32.7 | −0.4 | −1.21% |
| 2012 | 33.1 | −0.1 | −0.3% |
| 2011 | 33.2 | −0.5 | −1.48% |
| 2010 | 33.7 | −1.4 | −3.99% |
| 2009 | 35.1 | −0.3 | −0.85% |
| 2008 | 35.4 | +1 | +2.91% |
| 2007 | 34.4 | −1.5 | −4.18% |
| 2006 | 35.9 | +0.4 | +1.13% |
| 2005 | 35.5 | +0.7 | +2.01% |
| 2004 | 34.8 | −0.1 | −0.29% |
| 2003 | 34.9 | −0.2 | −0.57% |
| 2002 | 35.1 | −2 | −5.39% |
| 2001 | 37.1 | −1.8 | −4.63% |
| 2000 | 38.9 | +2.1 | +5.71% |
| 1999 | 36.8 | +0.2 | +0.55% |
| 1998 | 36.6 | +0.9 | +2.52% |
| 1997 | 35.7 | +0.4 | +1.13% |
| 1996 | 35.3 | −0.2 | −0.56% |
| 1995 | 35.5 | −0.5 | −1.39% |
| 1994 | 36 | +0.9 | +2.56% |
| 1993 | 35.1 | +0.1 | +0.29% |
| 1992 | 35 | +0 | +0% |
| 1991 | 35 | −0.7 | −1.96% |
| 1990 | 35.7 | +2.3 | +6.89% |
| 1989 | 33.4 | −0.9 | −2.62% |
| 1988 | 34.3 | +0.4 | +1.18% |
| 1987 | 33.9 | +2 | +6.27% |
| 1986 | 31.9 | +1.5 | +4.93% |
| 1985 | 30.4 | +1.2 | +4.11% |
| 1984 | 29.2 | −0.6 | −2.01% |
| 1983 | 29.8 | −0.1 | −0.33% |
| 1982 | 29.9 | +0.2 | +0.67% |
| 1981 | 29.7 | +1.2 | +4.21% |
| 1980 | 28.5 | +1.1 | +4.01% |
| 1979 | 27.4 | +0.2 | +0.74% |
| 1978 | 27.2 | +0.1 | +0.37% |
| 1977 | 27.1 | −0.5 | −1.81% |
| 1976 | 27.6 | −0.3 | −1.08% |
| 1975 | 27.9 | −1.1 | −3.79% |
| 1974 | 29 | +0.2 | +0.69% |
| 1973 | 28.8 | +0 | +0% |
| 1972 | 28.8 | −0.5 | −1.71% |
| 1971 | 29.3 | +1.3 | +4.64% |
| 1970 | 28 | +0.1 | +0.36% |
| 1969 | 27.9 | +1.1 | +4.1% |
| 1968 | 26.8 | — | — |
The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages
Finland
27.7
Denmark
28.3
Norway
29.1
Ireland
29.4
Sweden
29.8
Estonia
31.8
United Kingdom
32.4
Latvia
34.3
Lithuania
36.7
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.
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