South Africa's Gini coefficient is 57.8 while Brazil's is 55.0. A value of 0 represents perfect equality, and a value of 100 perfect inequality of the country's citizens. In comparison, Germany's Gini coefficient is 28.3 and that of Slovakia 25.8. (Human Development Report, http://hdr.undp.org/en)
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July 1, 2010
