Not if they’re poor.
This chart shows global income inequality by country, according to the Gini coefficient—a method used to determine the inequality in a nation’s wealth distribution. This is one case where a high score is not a good thing.
Originally submitted by volunteer editor John M. Found at ThinkProgress.




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