High inflation in India and China is adding to fears that increasing income inequality could soil the Asian giants’ previously unblemished growth record in years to come.
Our chart this week (after the break) shows that income inequality, as measured by the Gini coefficient, has increased significantly more in India and China than across other emerging economies since the 1990s.
Gini coefficients represent income inequality as a number between zero and one; the higher the number, the greater the level of inequality in a society.
您已閱讀19%（532字），剩餘81%（2327字）包含更多重要資訊，訂閱以繼續探索完整內容，並享受更多專屬服務。