Brazil's Gini coefficient amounted to 48.9, making it the fourth most unequal country. El Salvador recorded the lowest Gini coefficient at 38.8, 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 income distribution measured by the Gini coefficient, Colombia was the most unequal country in Latin America as of 2021. Income distribution inequality based on Gini coefficient in Latin America as of 2021, by country
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