Practice mode Income Inequality

What does a Gini coefficient of one indicate?

Correct answer A. One family has all the income and everyone else has nothing

Explanation

The Gini coefficient runs from 0 to 1. At 1 the Lorenz curve lies along the axes, meaning a single household receives all income, which represents maximum inequality.

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