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Income Inequality

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Income inequality by country measured by the GINI Index. A higher number indicates greater inequality.

The World Bank

Global income inequality by the G I N I index. Dark blue for the highest inequality (over 50 percent), seen in Brazil, South Africa, and Namibia. Light blue shows the lowest (below 30 percent), seen in central Europe, Pakistan, Kazakhstan, and Algeria.

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Income Inequality

Literacy Rate

Years of Schooling

Change in U.S. Annual Temperature from the 1901-1960 Period to the 1986-2016 Period

Class

Rank

GINI index percentage

Class

Rank

Percent

Class

Rank

Years

Coastal Plain

South Central

North Central

Upper Plains

Prairie

East Central

East Central

South Central

Southeast

Southwest

Central

Southwest

Central

Northeast

Southwest

Northern Valley

Southwest

Central

Piedmont Plateau

Southeast

Northwest

Southeast

Southeast

Northwest

Central Panhandle

East Central

South Central

Southeast

East Central

Appalachian Mountain

Eastern

West Central

Central

South Central

North Central

West

Central

West Olympic Coast

Eastern

West Central

Middle

West Ozarks

North Central

Northeast

East Texas

Central

East Ozarks

Western

West Central Plains

Cumberland Plateau

Southern Mountains

North Central

Western

Southwest

Northwest Prairie

Northeast Prairie

North Central

East Central

Central

Southeast

Okanogan Big Bend

Central

Edwards Plateau

South Central

Northeast

East Central

Central

South Panhandle

West Southwest

West Central

Panhandle

Southern Coastal Plain

East Olympic Cascade Foothills

Northeast

Northwest

Central Mountains

East Central

Southeast

Southeast

Central

Southwestern Mountain

Northeast

North Central

West Central

North Central

Southwestern

South Central

Low Rolling Plains

Southwest

Southeast

North Central

Northeast

North

West Central

Aleutians

North Central

East Southeast

Willamette Valley

Southwest

Central Piedmont

Central Mountain

Southwest Plateau

Southwest

Central Coastal Plain

Cascade Mountains West

Western Plateau

Central

Blue Grass

Northwest

South Central

Western Piedmont

Southern

Central

Northern Coastal Plain

Southern Piedmont

Snake Drainage

East Central

Southeast

Central Basin

South Central

Central

West Central

North Central

Northwest

Northeastern

Northern Piedmont

Southeast

Southwest

East Central

Coastal Area

Southwestern Valleys

South Central

East Slope Cascades

Southwest

Upper Susquehanna

South

Northeast

Eastern Piedmont

Southwest

Central

East

Middle Susquehanna

Northwest

North Central

South Central

Northeast

Southwest

Northwest

Northeast Gulf

Southwestern Highlands

Central

Sacramento Drainage

Southwest

Tidewater

North Central

South Central

High Plains

Panhandle

Upper Coast

South Central

Central Lakes

Northwestern

North Coast Drainage

Northeast

Southwest

West Central

Northeastern

Arkansas Drainage

South Central

Southeast

Northwest

Southeast

High Plateau

Upper Snake River Plains

Southeastern

Eastern Highlands

Southwestern Valleys

Central Mountains

Central

Eastern Plateau

West Central

Cheyenne Niobrara Drainage

Northwest

Southwest Lower

Northeast Interior Basins

Northwest Plateau

Western

Northwest

East Central

Northeastern

North Central

South Central Lower

Palouse Blue Mountains

Central

North Central

Everglades and Southwest Coast

Northern Mountains

Northwest Gulf

Panhandle

Wind River

Southeast

Southwest

North Central

South Central

Platte Drainage

Northern

Western

West Central

Northeastern Valleys

Southwestern Mountains

Rio Grande Drainage

Northwestern Plateau

Southeast Interior

Southwestern

Northeastern Plains

Central Plains

Northeast

South Central

Great Lakes

Green and Bear Drainage

Yellowstone Drainage

East Upper

West Central

San Joaquin Drainage

Kansas Drainage

North Central

Belle Fourche Drainage

North Central

Northeast

Trans Pecos

Powder, Little Mo and Tongue Drainages

South Central

Northwest

Central

Northern Mountains

Southern Desert

West Upper

Southeast

Big Horn

Central

Southeast Lower

Cook Inlet

East Central

Central Coast Drainage

North

Lower Platte

Northeastern

Coastal

Northern Plateau

South

Central Lower

South Interior

East Central Lower

Northwest

Upper Platte

Central

Northeast

Southeastern Plains

Central Valley

Hudson Valley

Northwest

Northeast

Southeastern Piedmont

Extreme Southern

Colorado Drainage

Central Highlands

Bristol Bay

Southeast Desert Basins

Southeast

East Central

Northeast Lower

North Central

East Central

Northeast Interior

South Central

Uinta Basin

Southwest

South Central

North Central

Southern

Northwest Lower

South Coast Drainage

West Coast

Central Interior

North Slope

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