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Population (2018): 66,488,991
Gross National Income, Atlas method (Current USD) (Billions) (2018): $2,748.38
GNI per capita, Atlas method (Current USD) (2018): $41,340
Income Share Held by Lowest 20% (2018): 7.5%
Gross Domestic Product (Current USD) (Billions) (2018): $2,825

Source: World Bank. World Development Indicators database. Country: United Kingdom. Last accessed Oct. 18, 2019.
https://data.worldbank.org/country/united-kingdom?view=chart
https://databank.worldbank.org/views/reports/reportwidget.aspx?Report_Name=CountryProfile&Id=b450fd57&tbar=y&dd=y&inf=n&zm=n&country=GBR


Gross Domestic Product Per Capita (Current USD) (2010-2018): $39,932.10
Share of Household Income (2010-2018):
    Bottom 40%: NA; Top 20%: 40.6%; Bottom 20%: 7.5%
Gini Coefficient (2010-2018): 33.2
Palma Index of Income Inequality (2010-2018): NA

Gini coefficient – Gini index measures the extent to which the distribution of income (or, in some cases, consumption expenditure) among individuals or households within an economy deviates from a perfectly equal distribution. A Gini index of 0 represents perfect equality, while an index of 100 implies perfect inequality.
Palma index of income inequality – Palma index is defined as the ratio of the richest 10% of the population’s share of gross national income divided by the poorest 40%’s share.

Source: UNICEF (2019). The State of the World’s Children 2019. Children, Food and Nutrition: Growing well in a changing world. UNICEF, New York.
https://www.unicef.org/reports/state-of-worlds-children-2019
https://www.unicef.org/media/60806/file/SOWC-2019.pdf

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