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Gini index
Bangladesh · 1983–2022 · Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform, from BBS Household Income and Expenditure Surveys
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What you should know
Gini index measures the extent to which the distribution of income (or, in some cases, consumption expenditure) among individuals or households within an economy deviates from a perfectly equal distribution. A Lorenz curve plots the cumulative percentages of total income received against the cumulative number of recipients, starting with the poorest individual or household. The Gini index measures the area between the Lorenz curve and a hypothetical line of absolute equality, expressed as a percentage of the maximum area under the line. Thus a Gini index of 0 represents perfect equality, while an index of 100 implies perfect inequality.
- Source
- World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform, from BBS Household Income and Expenditure Surveys, via World Bank WDI (SI.POV.GINI)
- Data updated
- October 19, 2026 · refreshed monthly
- Date range
- 1983–2022 (10 data points)
- World Bank code
SI.POV.GINI- Licence
- CC BY 4.0
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World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform, from BBS Household Income and Expenditure Surveys, via World Bank WDI (SI.POV.GINI). Processed by DEEPLAB, https://de3plab.org/data-gini-index (data updated October 19, 2026).
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| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 30.9 |
| 2016 | 32.4 |
| 2010 | 32.1 |
| 2005 | 33.2 |
| 2000 | 33.4 |
| 1995 | 32.9 |
| 1991 | 27.6 |
| 1988 | 28.8 |
| 1985 | 26.9 |
| 1983 | 25.9 |