Imagine that we start with the distribution of income. They are the following: 8,000, 22,000, 45,000, 85,000, 11,000, 35,000, 115,000, 40,000, 37,000, 28,000.
A. Calculate gini coefficient
The Gini coefficient is 0.384
First use the given formula
Here n = 10, i = 1 to 10 and yi is the income of the ith individual/group
In the table below, (n+1-i)*yi is calculated and a summation is taken out which is equal to 1526000. Summation of yi is 426000. Using these values we have
G = (1/10)*(10 + 1 - 2*(1526000/426000)) = 0.384
i | yi | (n+1-i)*yi |
1 | 8000 | 80000 |
2 | 11000 | 99000 |
3 | 22000 | 176000 |
4 | 28000 | 196000 |
5 | 35000 | 210000 |
6 | 37000 | 185000 |
7 | 40000 | 160000 |
8 | 45000 | 135000 |
9 | 85000 | 170000 |
10 | 115000 | 115000 |
Sum | 426000 | 1526000 |
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