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The Africans ‘left behind’

Born poor, live poor, expect to die poor unless ...

“ (A Gini coefficient of zero expresses perfect equality, where all values are the same (for
example, where everyone has the same income). A Gini coefficient of one (or 100%) expresses

maximal inequality among values (e.g., for a large number of people where only one person
has all the income or consumption and all others have none, the Gini coefficient will be nearly
one) “

Country World Bank Year
GINI

South Africa 63 2014
Namibia 59.1 2015
Zambia 57.1 2015
Central African Republic 56.2 2008
Eswatini 54.6 2016
Mozambique 54 2014
Botswana 53.3 2015
Angola 51.3 2018
Guinea-Bissau 50.7 2010
Congo, Republic of the 48.9 2011
Benin 47.8 2015
Seychelles 46.8 2013
Cameroon 46.6 2014
South Sudan 46.3 2009
Comoros 45.3 2014
Lesotho 44.9 2017
Malawi 44.7 2016
Djibouti 44.6 2017
Zimbabwe 44.3 2017
Rwanda 43.7 2016
Ghana 43.5 2016
Chad 43.3 2011
Togo 43.1 2015
Nigeria 43 2009
Uganda 42.8 2016
Madagascar 42.6 2012
DR Congo 42.1 2012
Côte d'Ivoire 41.5 2015
Kenya 40.8 2015
Tanzania 40.5 2017
Senegal 40.3 2011
Morocco 39.5 2013
Burundi 38.6 2013
Gabon 38 2017
Mauritius 36.8 2017
The Gambia 35.9 2015