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Countries with the Biggest Gaps Between Rich and Poor income inequality worldwide The UNDP ranked countries and regions based on a number of factors, including their Gini coefficient, named for Italian statistician Corrado Gini. Scandinavian countries, Japan, and the Czech Republic have the least amount of inequality. The U.S. is among the most unequal Top 11 Countries With the Biggest Gaps Between Rich and Poor No. 1 Hong Kong
No. 2 Singapore No. 3 U.S. share of income for the top percentile of Americans was 23.5% in 2007, the highest since 1928, Income for the top 0.01% hit a record-high 6.04%. And the recession may be exacerbating income inequality. No. 4 Israel Gone are the days when Israel was one of the world's most egalitarian societies. men who study the Torah rather than work has worsened the inequality problem. No. 5 Portugal
No. 6 New Zealand No. 7 (tie) Italy No. 7 (tie) Britain No. 9 Australia No. 10 (tie) Ireland No. 10 Greece |
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