En un artículo de Zero Hedge comentan que, aunque en Túnez y Egipto las fuertes protestas tienen como origen las desigualdades sociales, en EEUU, estas desigualdades son aún mayores.
En economía, se utiliza en Índice de Gini para medir la desigualdad en una sociedad. Simplificando, es una forma de medir hasta que punto son abultadas las diferencias entre los ingresos de los más ricos y de los más pobres.
Cuando mayor es el índice, más desigual es la sociedad, y, cuanto más bajo, más igualdad existe entre ricos y pobres.
En el siguiente mapa, aparecido en el artículo, pueden verse los países coloreados según su índice de Gini. MAS DETALLES
1 | Sweden | 23.0 |
2 | Norway | 25.0 |
3 | Austria | 26.0 |
4 | Malta | 26.0 |
5 | Serbia | 26.0 |
6 | Slovakia | 26.0 |
7 | Czech Republic | 26.0 |
8 | Luxembourg | 26.0 |
9 | Albania | 26.7 |
10 | Germany | 27.0 |
11 | Belarus | 27.9 |
12 | Belgium | 28.0 |
13 | Hungary | 28.0 |
14 | Iceland | 28.0 |
15 | Slovenia | 28.4 |
16 | Kazakhstan | 28.8 |
17 | Croatia | 29.0 |
18 | Cyprus | 29.0 |
19 | Denmark | 29.0 |
20 | Finland | 29.5 |
21 | Bulgaria | 29.8 |
22 | Ethiopia | 30.0 |
23 | Montenegro | 30.0 |
24 | Kyrgyzstan | 30.3 |
25 | Australia | 30.5 |
26 | Pakistan | 30.6 |
27 | Ireland | 30.7 |
28 | Netherlands | 30.9 |
29 | Ukraine | 31.0 |
30 | European Union | 31.0 |
31 | Korea, South | 31.4 |
32 | Italy | 32.0 |
33 | Spain | 32.0 |
34 | Romania | 32.0 |
35 | Canada | 32.1 |
36 | Tajikistan | 32.6 |
37 | France | 32.7 |
38 | Mongolia | 32.8 |
39 | Greece | 33.0 |
40 | Bangladesh | 33.2 |
41 | Moldova | 33.2 |
42 | Switzerland | 33.7 |
43 | Estonia | 34.0 |
44 | United Kingdom | 34.0 |
45 | Egypt | 34.4 |
46 | Laos | 34.6 |
47 | Tanzania | 34.6 |
48 | Poland | 34.9 |
49 | Algeria | 35.3 |
50 | Latvia | 36.0 |
51 | Lithuania | 36.0 |
52 | New Zealand | 36.2 |
53 | Azerbaijan | 36.5 |
54 | Benin | 36.5 |
55 | India | 36.8 |
56 | Uzbekistan | 36.8 |
57 | Armenia | 37.0 |
58 | Vietnam | 37.0 |
59 | Yemen | 37.7 |
60 | Timor-Leste | 38.0 |
61 | Guinea | 38.1 |
62 | Japan | 38.1 |
63 | Portugal | 38.5 |
64 | Macedonia | 39.0 |
65 | Malawi | 39.0 |
66 | Mauritius | 39.0 |
67 | Mauritania | 39.0 |
68 | Israel | 39.2 |
69 | Ghana | 39.4 |
70 | Indonesia | 39.4 |
71 | Burkina Faso | 39.5 |
72 | Jordan | 39.7 |
73 | Tunisia | 40.0 |
74 | Mali | 40.1 |
75 | Georgia | 40.8 |
76 | Turkmenistan | 40.8 |
77 | Morocco | 40.9 |
78 | Turkey | 41.0 |
79 | Venezuela | 41.0 |
80 | Senegal | 41.3 |
81 | China | 41.5 |
82 | Russia | 42.2 |
83 | Burundi | 42.4 |
84 | Kenya | 42.5 |
85 | Cambodia | 43.0 |
86 | Thailand | 43.0 |
87 | Nicaragua | 43.1 |
88 | Guyana | 43.2 |
89 | Nigeria | 43.7 |
90 | Iran | 44.5 |
91 | Cameroon | 44.6 |
92 | Cote d’Ivoire | 44.6 |
93 | United States | 45.0 |
94 | Uruguay | 45.2 |
95 | Jamaica | 45.5 |
96 | Argentina | 45.7 |
97 | Uganda | 45.7 |
98 | Philippines | 45.8 |
99 | Malaysia | 46.1 |
100 | Rwanda | 46.8 |
101 | Nepal | 47.2 |
102 | Mozambique | 47.3 |
103 | Madagascar | 47.5 |
104 | Ecuador | 47.9 |
105 | Costa Rica | 48.0 |
106 | Singapore | 48.1 |
107 | Mexico | 48.2 |
108 | Sri Lanka | 49.0 |
109 | Peru | 49.6 |
110 | Dominican Republic | 49.9 |
111 | Zimbabwe | 50.1 |
112 | Gambia, The | 50.2 |
113 | Swaziland | 50.4 |
114 | Niger | 50.5 |
115 | Zambia | 50.8 |
116 | Papua New Guinea | 50.9 |
117 | El Salvador | 52.4 |
118 | Paraguay | 53.2 |
119 | Hong Kong | 53.3 |
120 | Honduras | 53.8 |
121 | Chile | 54.9 |
122 | Guatemala | 55.1 |
123 | Panama | 56.1 |
124 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 56.2 |
125 | Brazil | 56.7 |
126 | Bolivia | 58.2 |
127 | Colombia | 58.5 |
128 | Haiti | 59.2 |
129 | Central African Republic | 61.3 |
130 | Sierra Leone | 62.9 |
131 | Botswana | 63.0 |
132 | Lesotho | 63.2 |
133 | South Africa | 65.0 |
134 | Namibia | 70.7 |