Income distribution - Inequality

Country
Definition
Period		mid-70s	mid-80s	around 1990	mid-90s	around 2000	mid-2000s
Period
Age	Income and population measures
Total population	Real mean income	25 849.49	26 384.22	29 149	30 725.48	31 850.4	33 003.05
	Real median income	23 223.34	23 207.5	25 294.95	25 813.84	27 168.5	26 990.25
	Mean log deviation	0.19	0.21	0.23	0.24	0.25	0.29
	Standard coefficient of variation	0.38	0.42	0.51	0.73	0.76	0.81
	Gini coefficient (after taxes and transfers)	0.32	0.34	0.35	0.36	0.36	0.38
	Gini coefficient (before taxes and transfers)	0.37	0.4	0.42	0.45	0.45	0.46
Working age population: 18 - 65	Real mean income	28 459.79	28 764.78	31 893.97	33 415	34 421.09	35 407.38
	Real median income	25 742.54	25 683.12	28 067.65	28 546.93	30 008.54	29 501.53
	Mean log deviation	0.18	0.2	0.22	0.23	0.24	0.29
	Standard coefficient of variation	0.35	0.39	0.48	0.68	0.72	0.75
	Gini coefficient (after taxes and transfers)	0.3	0.33	0.34	0.35	0.35	0.37
	Gini coefficient (before taxes and transfers)	0.35	0.38	0.39	0.42	0.42	0.43
Retirement age population: above 65	Real mean income	21 912.25	24 546.32	26 019.81	27 311.1	27 291.29	28 436.02
	Real median income	17 626.45	20 038.7	21 028.95	21 825.11	22 078.61	21 868.68
	Mean log deviation	0.21	0.21	0.23	0.23	0.25	0.29
	Standard coefficient of variation	0.58	0.52	0.59	0.72	0.65	1.08
	Gini coefficient (after taxes and transfers)	0.36	0.35	0.37	0.36	0.37	0.4
	Gini coefficient (before taxes and transfers)	0.56	0.56	0.58	0.59	0.59	0.6

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