Period: mid-90s<br>Country: Germany<br>
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Data in current definition refer to unified Germany. Data prior to mid 90s have been interpolated. See old definition for data refering to Western Germany.
Period: mid-90s<br>Country: Germany<br>Estimation
Data in current definition refer to unified Germany. Data prior to mid 90s have been interpolated. See old definition for data refering to Western Germany.
Income-and-population-measures: Gini before taxes and transfers<br>
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Gini coefficient based on equivalised household market income, before taxes and transfers.

The Gini coefficient is defined as the area between the Lorenz curve (which plots cumulative shares of the population, from the poorest to the richest, against the cumulative share of income that they receive) and the 45° line, taken as a ratio of the whole triangle. The values of the Gini coefficient range between 0, in the case of "perfect equality" (i.e. each share of the population gets the same share of income), and 1, in the case of "perfect inequality" (i.e. all income goes to the individual with the highest income).

Income-and-population-measures: Gini before taxes and transfers<br>Key statistical concept

Gini coefficient based on&nbsp;equivalised household market income,&nbsp;before taxes and transfers.

The Gini coefficient is defined as the area between the Lorenz curve (which plots cumulative shares of the population, from the poorest to the richest, against the cumulative share of income that they receive) and the 45&deg; line, taken as a ratio of the whole triangle. The values of the Gini coefficient range between 0, in the case of &quot;perfect equality&quot; (i.e. each share of the population gets the same share of income), and 1, in the case of &quot;perfect inequality&quot; (i.e. all income goes to the individual with the highest income).