Global Income Inequality 1988-2002
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Aruba, Afghanistan, Angola...and 190 more, 1988 - 2002
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Reference ID
WLD_2002_GII_v01_M
Producer(s)
Branko L. Milanovic
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Identification
Survey ID number
WLD_2002_GII_v01_M
Title
Global Income Inequality 1988-2002
Subtitle
WYD
Country/Economy
| Name | Country code |
|---|---|
| Aruba | ABW |
| Afghanistan | AFG |
| Angola | AGO |
| Albania | ALB |
| Andorra | AND |
| Netherlands Antilles | ANT |
| United Arab Emirates | ARE |
| Argentina | ARG |
| Armenia | ARM |
| American Samoa | ASM |
| Antigua and Barbuda | ATG |
| Australia | AUS |
| Austria | AUT |
| Azerbaijan | AZE |
| Burundi | BDI |
| Belgium | BEL |
| Benin | BEN |
| Burkina Faso | BFA |
| Bulgaria | BGR |
| Bahrain | BHR |
| Bahamas, The | BHS |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | BIH |
| Bolivia | BOL |
| Brazil | BRA |
| Barbados | BRB |
| Bhutan | BTN |
| Botswana | BWA |
| Central African Republic | CAF |
| Canada | CAN |
| Switzerland | CHE |
| Chile | CHL |
| China | CHN |
| Cameroon | CMR |
| Congo, Dem. Rep. | COD |
| Colombia | COL |
| Comoros | COM |
| Cabo Verde | CPV |
| Costa Rica | CRI |
| Cuba | CUB |
| Cayman Islands | CYM |
| Cyprus | CYP |
| Czech Republic | CZE |
| Germany | DEU |
| Djibouti | DJI |
| Dominica | DMA |
| Denmark | DNK |
| Dominican Republic | DOM |
| Algeria | DZA |
| Ecuador | ECU |
| Egypt, Arab Rep. | EGY |
| Spain | ESP |
| Estonia | EST |
| Ethiopia | ETH |
| Finland | FIN |
| Fiji | FJI |
| France | FRA |
| Gabon | GAB |
| United Kingdom | GBR |
| Georgia | GEO |
| Ghana | GHA |
| Guinea | GIN |
| Guadeloupe | GLP |
| Gambia, The | GMB |
| Guinea-Bissau | GNB |
| Equatorial Guinea | GNQ |
| Greece | GRC |
| Grenada | GRD |
| Greenland | GRL |
| Guatemala | GTM |
| French Guiana | GUF |
| Guam | GUM |
| Guyana | GUY |
| Hong Kong SAR, China | HKG |
| Honduras | HND |
| Croatia | HRV |
| Haiti | HTI |
| Hungary | HUN |
| Indonesia | IDN |
| Isle of Man | IMN |
| India | IND |
| Ireland | IRL |
| Iran, Islamic Rep. | IRN |
| Iraq | IRQ |
| Iceland | ISL |
| Israel | ISR |
| Italy | ITA |
| Jamaica | JAM |
| Japan | JPN |
| Kazakhstan | KAZ |
| Kenya | KEN |
| Cambodia | KHM |
| Kiribati | KIR |
| St. Kitts and Nevis | KNA |
| Korea, Rep. | KOR |
| Kuwait | KWT |
| Lao PDR | LAO |
| Lebanon | LBN |
| Liberia | LBR |
| Libya | LBY |
| St. Lucia | LCA |
| Liechtenstein | LIE |
| Sri Lanka | LKA |
| Lesotho | LSO |
| Lithuania | LTU |
| Luxembourg | LUX |
| Latvia | LVA |
| Macao SAR, China | MAC |
| Morocco | MAR |
| Monaco | MCO |
| Moldova | MDA |
| Madagascar | MDG |
| Maldives | MDV |
| Mexico | MEX |
| Marshall Islands | MHL |
| Mali | MLI |
| Malta | MLT |
| Myanmar | MMR |
| Mongolia | MNG |
| Mozambique | MOZ |
| Mauritania | MRT |
| Martinique | MTQ |
| Mauritius | MUS |
| Malawi | MWI |
| Malaysia | MYS |
| Mayotte | MYT |
| Namibia | NAM |
| New Caledonia | NCL |
| Niger | NER |
| Nigeria | NGA |
| Nicaragua | NIC |
| Netherlands | NLD |
| Norway | NOR |
| Nepal | NPL |
| New Zealand | NZL |
| Oman | OMN |
| Pakistan | PAK |
| Panama | PAN |
| Peru | PER |
| Philippines | PHL |
| Palau | PLW |
| Papua New Guinea | PNG |
| Poland | POL |
| Puerto Rico | PRI |
| Korea, Dem. Rep. | PRK |
| Portugal | PRT |
| Paraguay | PRY |
| French Polynesia | PYF |
| Qatar | QAT |
| Romania | ROU |
| Russian Federation | RUS |
| Rwanda | RWA |
| Saudi Arabia | SAU |
| Sudan | SDN |
| Senegal | SEN |
| Singapore | SGP |
| Solomon Islands | SLB |
| Sierra Leone | SLE |
| El Salvador | SLV |
| Somalia | SOM |
| Suriname | SUR |
| Slovak Republic | SVK |
| Slovenia | SVN |
| Sweden | SWE |
| Eswatini | SWZ |
| Seychelles | SYC |
| Chad | TCD |
| Togo | TGO |
| Thailand | THA |
| Tajikistan | TJK |
| Turkmenistan | TKM |
| Timor-Leste | TLS |
| Tonga | TON |
| Trinidad and Tobago | TTO |
| Tunisia | TUN |
| Turkiye | TUR |
| Taiwan, China | TWN |
| Tanzania | TZA |
| Uganda | UGA |
| Ukraine | UKR |
| Uruguay | URY |
| United States | USA |
| Uzbekistan | UZB |
| Venezuela, RB | VEN |
| Viet Nam | VNM |
| Vanuatu | VUT |
| West Bank and Gaza | WBG |
| Samoa | WSM |
| South Africa | ZAF |
| Zambia | ZMB |
| Zimbabwe | ZWE |
| Yugoslavia Fed. Rep. | YUG |
| Czechoslovakia | CSK |
| Serbia and Montenegro | SCG |
Study type
Macroeconomics - Indicators
Other identifiers
| Type | Identifier |
|---|---|
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.48529/rpvp-j765 |
Abstract
Is global inequality (inequality among world citizens) stable, decreasing or increasing? How high it is? Is it mostly due to inequalities within nations or between nations? Is there a global middle class? See the working papers above: "True world income distribution 1988 and 1993: first calculations based on household surveys alone" no. 2244, and "Decomposing global income distribution: Does the world have a middle class?" no. 2562
Household survey data (1988-2002) used in these papers, and subsequent book "Worlds Apart: Measuring International and Global Inequality", Princeton University Press, 2005. The data are for three benchmark years: 1988, 1993 and 1998
Household survey data (1988-2002) used in these papers, and subsequent book "Worlds Apart: Measuring International and Global Inequality", Princeton University Press, 2005. The data are for three benchmark years: 1988, 1993 and 1998
Kind of Data
Aggregate data [agg]
Version
Version Description
Vesrion July 2012 http://go.worldbank.org/IVEJIU0FJ0
Version Date
2012-03
Scope
Notes
The dataset includes indicators related to:
- Population
- Income
Producers and sponsors
Primary investigators
| Name | Affiliation |
|---|---|
| Branko L. Milanovic | The World Bank |
Data collection
Dates of Data Collection
| Start | End |
|---|---|
| 1988 | 2002 |
Data Access
Citation requirements
Use of the dataset must be acknowledged using a citation which would include:
- the Identification of the Primary Investigator
- the title of the survey (including country, acronym and year of implementation)
- the survey reference number
- the source and date of download
Example:
Branko L. Milanovic. Global Income Inequality (GII) 1988-2002. Ref. WLD_2002_GII_v01_M.Dataset downloaded from [web address] on [date].
Disclaimer and copyrights
Disclaimer
The user of the data acknowledges that the original collector of the data, the authorized distributor of the data, and the relevant funding agency bear no responsibility for use of the data or for interpretations or inferences based upon such uses.
Contacts
Contacts
| Name | Affiliation | URL | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Development Research Group | World Bank | research@worldbank.org | http://go.worldbank.org/B9W4QTDHR0 |
Metadata production
DDI Document ID
DDI_WLD_2002_GII_v02_M
Date of Metadata Production
2011-02-07
Metadata version
DDI Document version
DDI Document - Version 02 - (04/21/21)
This version is identical to DDI_WLD_2002_GII_v01_M but country field has been updated to capture all the countries covered by survey.
Version 01 (February 2011)