How to read a pizza

Each pizza represents one country. It's divided into 5 slices — one for each fifth of the population, from the poorest 20% (lightest colour) to the richest 20% (darkest red). A bigger slice means that group earns a bigger share of the national income. In a perfectly equal country, every slice would be the same size.

What is the Gini score?

The Gini score is a single number that summarises inequality. 0 = everyone earns the same. 100 = one person earns everything. Most countries sit between 25 and 65. Think of it as a "lopsidedness score" for the pizza — the higher the number, the more the richest slice dominates.

QUINTILE (each = 20% of population):
Q1 — Poorest 20%
Q2
Q3 — Middle 20%
Q4
Q5 — Richest 20%
Equal split (20% each)
Decade:
Data: World Income Inequality Database (WIID), UNU-WIDER, Dec 2018  ·  Each pizza uses the highest-quality record within the decade  ·  Grey pizzas = no data available for that decade