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Gini coefficients

Gini coefficients is the plural of Gini coefficient.

Meaning of Gini coefficient

Noun

Gini coefficient (plural Gini coefficients)

  1. A measure of the inequality of a statistical distribution, ranging from 0 (total equality) to 1 (maximal inequality), used in various disciplines but especially in economics to compare incomes or wealth.
    • China is still only eighty-ninth in the world in per capita GNP, and its Gini coefficient of economic inequality is higher than those of the two other countries to which it is often compared—the United States and India.2014, Regina M. Abrami, William C. Kirby, F. Warren McFarlan, Introduction, in Can China Lead?: Reaching the Limits of Power and Growth, Harvard Business Publishing, →ISBN, page x

Questions about Gini coefficients

What is Gini coefficients the plural of?
Gini coefficients is the plural of Gini coefficient.

Words near Gini coefficients in the dictionary

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  10. Gini ratio
  11. Gini ratios

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