CHILD POVERTY AND INEQUALITY: THE WAY FORWARD

Annex 2. Income Distribution and Gini Index Data by Country,

1990 -2008 (or latest available)^59 60

Country

Name

Year Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5

Gini

Index

Albania

1995 8.7 13 17.4 23.2 37.8 27.8

2000 8.9 13.2 17.5 23.1 37.4 28.6

2005 7.8 12.2 16.6 22.6 40.9 31.8

Algeria

1990 6.5 10.8 14.8 20.7 47.2 38.7

1995 6.9 11.5 16.3 22.8 42.4 35.5

2000

36.4

2005

35.6

2000 2 5.7 10.8 19.7 61.9 59.4

2005 58.7

Argentina

1990 4.7 9.1 14.3 21.9 50.1 43.3

1995 4.1 8.4 13.7 21.6 52.2 43.7

2000 3.3 7.5 12.8 21.2 55.2 46.4

2005 3.4 7.8 13.3 21.6 53.9 46.1

2007/8 3.6 8.2 13.4 21.7 53 43

Armenia

1990

24.2

1995 5.4 9.5 14 20.7 50.4 40.9

2000 7.6 11.6 15.5 21.2 44.1 40

2005 8.6 12.7 16.4 21.4 41 40.2

2007/8 8.6 13 17.1 22.1 39.2 40.6

Australia

1990* 7.1 12.3 16.8 23.1 40.6 30.5

1995* 3.6 9.3 15.2 24 47.9 30.8

2000* 3.8 9 15 23.8 48.5 31.7

2005 * 8.2 13.1 17.9 23.3 37.4 31.6

2007/8 33.5

Austria

1990* 9.2 14 17.9 23.3 35.6 25.1

1995* 9 15 17 23 36 27.7

2000 8.6 13.3 17.4 22.9 37.8 25.7

2005 26.8

2007/8** 9.5 14.4 17.9 22.3 35.9 26.7

(^59) Methodology Note: Annual quintile data were extracted from the WDI (2011)
and then supplemented by quintile information from UNU-WIDER (2008) and
the European Commission (2011). If a data point was not available for a specific
year of interest (e.g. 1990, 1995, 2000 or 2007), the stated value reflects (i)
interpolation or, if interpolation was not possible, (ii) nearest neighbour
imputation (e.g. the most recent data point within two years of the missing year);
if neither of these options were possible, no quintile data were reported. All Gini
index values were derived from Solt (2009), and some values also reflect
interpolation. See Endnote in Ortiz and Cummins for further details on the
methodology and underlying assumptions.
(^60) The source key is provided at the end of the table.