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8. Demograhic Data
HIDE 06. GINI Index
Gini index measures the extent to which the distribution of income deviates from a perfectly equal distribution. Thus a Gini index of 0 represents perfect equality, while an index of 100 implies perfect inequality. Source:The World Bank, Development Research Group .

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Antigua and Barbuda------ 
Argentina200946 
Bahamas------ 
Barbados------ 
Belize------ 
Bolivia200756 
Brazil200954 
Canada200033 
Chile200952 
Colombia200658 
Costa Rica200749 
Dominica------ 
Dominican Republic200748 
Ecuador200754 
El Salvador200747 
Grenada------ 
Guatemala200654 
Guyana------ 
Haiti200160 
Honduras200655 
Jamaica200446 
Mexico200852 
Nicaragua200552 
Panama200655 
Paraguay200753 
Peru200751 
Saint Kitts and Nevis------ 
Saint Lucia------ 
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines------ 
Suriname------ 
Trinidad and Tobago------ 
United States200041 
Uruguay200747 
Venezuela200643 
Regions
 
    
01. Americas------ 
02. Caribbean------ 
03. Central America------ 
04. North America------ 
05. South America------ 
* Alertamerica adopts the use of commas to indicate figures un the thousands (1,000) while points signal decimals (10.5).