Globalization and Health

Table 4 Selection of intra-country inequality scores

From: A win-win solution?: A critical analysis of tiered pricing to improve access to medicines in developing countries

Country	Gini coefficient	Rank	Income category
Namibia	74.3	1^st, most unequal	Upper middle
South Africa	57.8	8^th	Upper middle
Brazil	57.0	10^th	Upper middle
China	46.9	58^th	Lower middle
East Timor	39.5	71^st, median	Lower middle/LDC
India	36.8	87^th	Lower middle
Bangladesh	33.4	124^th	Low income/LDC
Denmark	24.7	182^nd, most equal	High income

LDC = least developed country
Source: UNDP 2009 [43]

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