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Global inequality is at its lowest since 1875

  • By Al Mayadeen English
  • Source: News Website
  • 14 Jun 2023 19:52
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Inequality is gauged according to the Gini index: whereby inequality is measured on a scale from 0 (no inequality) to 100 (maximum inequality).

  • White-collar workers walk on a crosswalk in Tokyo on April 3, 2017 (AFP)
    White-collar workers walk on a crosswalk in Tokyo on April 3, 2017.  (AFP)

In a report for Foreign Affairs, Branko Milanovic notes that global inequality saw a remarkable decrease in this century which is a reflection of diminishing US hegemony. 

Inequality is gauged according to the Gini index: whereby inequality is measured on a scale from 0 (no inequality) to 100 (maximum inequality). Inequality decreased from 69 back in 2000 to 60 in 2018, and presently it's even lower. 

A nuance to point out is that global inequality is assessed as bipartite: inequality within countries and inequality between countries. 

Read more: Income inequality spikes in Greece: report

Inequality within countries has spiked from 7 in the 1990s to 13 today. In parallel, inequality between countries plunged from 63 in 1988 to 47 in 2018. 

This dynamic stands in contrast to the status of inequality during the Cold War: when inequality between countries was rising, but inequality within countries was falling dramatically. 

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