Brazil's Gini coefficient amounted to 53.9, followed by Honduras with 52.1. El Salvador recorded the lowest Gini coefficient at 38.6, even below Uruguay and Chile, which are some of the countries with the highest human development indexes in Latin America.
Based on the degree of inequality in wealth distribution measured by the Gini coefficient, Brazil was the most unequal country in Latin America as of 2018. Income distribution inequality based on Gini coefficient in Latin America as of 2018, by country
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UNDP. (December 15, 2020). Income distribution inequality based on Gini coefficient in Latin America as of 2018, by country [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 01, 2022, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/980285/income-distribution-gini-coefficient-latin-america-caribbean-country/
UNDP. "Income distribution inequality based on Gini coefficient in Latin America as of 2018, by country." Chart. December 15, 2020. Statista. Accessed July 01, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/980285/income-distribution-gini-coefficient-latin-america-caribbean-country/
UNDP. (2020). Income distribution inequality based on Gini coefficient in Latin America as of 2018, by country. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 01, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/980285/income-distribution-gini-coefficient-latin-america-caribbean-country/
UNDP. "Income Distribution Inequality Based on Gini Coefficient in Latin America as of 2018, by Country." Statista, Statista Inc., 15 Dec 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/980285/income-distribution-gini-coefficient-latin-america-caribbean-country/
UNDP, Income distribution inequality based on Gini coefficient in Latin America as of 2018, by country Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/980285/income-distribution-gini-coefficient-latin-america-caribbean-country/ (last visited July 01, 2022)