Today, we are publishing our World Inequality Report, which reviews the most recent #inequalitydata and exposes the magnitude of #inequality across time, space and all its dimensions.
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'Today, we are publishing our World Inequality Report, which reviews the most recent #inequalitydata.
'The third edition of the report, prefaced by Joseph E Stiglitz & Jayant Ghosh comes at a challenging political time.'
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#Wealth #inequalitydata are increasingly important to research & policy, yet estimates remain scarce beyond a few developed nations.
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🔴No country in the world has ♀️ earning 51% or more of labor income (1/3)
🇺🇸 United States: 40%
🇨🇴 Colombia: 40%
🇫🇷 France: 43%
🇧🇷 Brazil: 37%
🇿🇦 South Africa: 36%
🇨🇳 China: 35%
🇮🇩 Indonesia: 29%
🇮🇳 India: 16%
🔎 Explore more #gender #inequalitydata on wid.world
While inequality measurement has improved in recent decades, there’s still a long way to go🛣️
⚠️ 18 countries score 0, with no survey or fiscal data available. 0 country achieves full transparency for wealth.
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@undp.org #InequalityData
🌍Explore the latest #inequalitydata and trends in Latin America with @ignacioflores.bsky.social and Álvaro Zuñiga-Cordero (1/3)👇
📈 Turkey experienced rising inequality post-COVID, with top earners' shares climbing 🇹🇷
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🔸 Iraq saw a drop in inequality after sanctions were lifted in 2010, but levels remain high 🇮🇶
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🔸 Financial Sanctions in Iran reduced top earners' income shares but hurt lower-income groups when these sanctions targeted the broader economy 🇮🇷
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🌍 The Middle East remains one of the most unequal regions in the world. How have sanctions and other factors shaped inequality trends? 🧵1/4
Explore the latest #inequalitydata and insights with WIL coordinator Dima El Hariri: 👉 wid.world/news-article/inequality-in-2024-a-closer-look-at-six-regions/
🌍Did you know that inequality levels in some Western African countries - 🇬🇳🇲🇷🇬🇼🇳🇬🇱🇷🇬🇦🇧🇯🇨🇮 - are compable to those of European countries - 🇧🇬🇷🇴🇵🇱?
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📉Since 1980, global inequality between countries has dropped👉The income gap between the richest 10% of countries & the poorest 50% shrank from 20x to 9x.
📈 But within countries, inequality soared👉The gap between the top 10% & bottom 50% nearly doubled from 10x to 18x.
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Los países más ricos tiene el gasto público más alto. Macristas y libertarios, marionetas del poder financiero, siempre a contramano.
2024 #inequalitydata
🌍 As countries grow wealthier, public spending rises 📈
While education spending stays steady at ~5% across income levels, social protection spending varies widely:
🔹Poorest countries: 1.5%
🔹Richest countries: 13%
This spending gap fuels inequality.
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🔍 Almost all regions in the world have recovered from covid. After the 2020 downturn, the global economy has rebounded, with East Asia leading the recovery. Sub-Saharan Africa still lags behind 2019 levels.
📊 Explore more 2024 #InequalityData on wid.world
🔍Between 1800 and 2023, global per capita income grew by 1.3% annually - an 18x increase in average income!
But growth hasn’t been equal: Western countries surged ahead, while Sub-Saharan Africa and South & South-East Asia lagged behind.
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The world’s poorest countries are global debtors (🧵1/2)
Most of these countries pay significant net foreign income to the rest of the world. They're sending out more money than they are receiving from foreign investments💸
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Rich countries enjoy an “exorbitant privilege” in the global financial system (🧵1/4)
They receive income flows from the rest of the world. This is striking given that some of these countries, particularly the US, are net debtors.
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🔍Income inequality varies significantly across regions 3/4
In every region, the poorest half of the population lags behind the 10% richest. This gap is bigger in the Middle East, Africa and Latin America than in Europe.
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🔍Income inequality varies significantly across regions 2/4
The West has soared past the global average since the 19th century, while Sub-Saharan Africa and East Asia have lagged behind.
2024 #InequalityData now available📊 wid.world
🔍Income inequality varies significantly across regions - a thread🧵1/4
If global income were equally distributed, we’d each earn €1,065/month. But reality tells a different story:
💶In Sub-Saharan Africa: ~€240/month
💵In the US: >€3,500/month
= a difference of 1 to 15!
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🔍Income inequality varies significantly across regions 2/4
The West has soared past the global average since the 19th century, while Sub-Saharan Africa and East Asia have lagged behind.
2024 #InequalityData now available at 📊 wid.world
