... unabhängige Analysen für die globale Polis ...
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(Wealth; 01-06; p.2)
For those of you, who want to know how wealth
is distributed within a country, here are the facts:
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The inner-state distribution
of wealth within the EU |
| Country |
rank (EU) |
rank (world) |
Gini index* |
| Denmark |
1. |
1. |
23.2 (2002) |
| Hungary |
2. |
2. |
24.4 (1999) |
| Belgium |
3. |
3. |
25 (1996) |
| Sweden |
4. |
4. |
25 (2000) |
| Czech Republic |
5. |
5. |
25.4 (1996) |
| Slovakia |
6. |
6. |
25.8 (1996) |
| Norway |
7. |
7. |
25.8 (2000) |
| Finland |
8. |
10. |
26.9 (2000) |
| Germany |
9. |
13. |
28.3 (2000) |
| Slovenia |
10. |
14. |
28.4 (1998) |
| Netherlands |
11. |
23. |
30.9 (2005) |
| Austria |
12. |
24. |
31 (2002) |
| Lithuania |
13. |
27. |
31.9 (2000) |
| Latvia |
14. |
29. |
32 (1999) |
| European Union |
- - - |
30. |
32 (2003 est.) |
| Spain |
15. |
31. |
32.5 (1990) |
| France |
16. |
33. |
32.7 (1995) |
| Poland |
17. |
39. |
34.1 (2002) |
| Greece |
18. |
44. |
35.1 (2003) |
| Ireland |
19. |
48. |
35.9 (1996) |
| Italy |
20. |
49. |
36 (2000) |
| United Kingdom |
21. |
55. |
36.8 (1999) |
| Estonia |
22. |
58. |
37.2 (2000) |
| Portugal |
23. |
65. |
38.5 (1997) |
| no
data given for EU-members Luxemburg and Malta |
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| associated
and potential members: |
| Romania |
(11.) |
15.
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28.8 (2003) |
| Bulgaria |
(15.)
|
28.
|
31.9 (2001) |
| Turkey |
(26.)
|
77.
|
42 (2003) |
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| USA |
- - - |
88. |
45 (2004) |
| * The Gini-Index measures
the distribution of family income; a figure near 100.0 means
total inequality, i.e. one family owns all income, a figure
near 0.0 means total equality, i.e. all families have an
equal share in total income.
Source: The
CIA world fact book 2006.
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