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Graphic Truth: Where's the World's Worst Inequality?

Graphic Truth: Where's the World's Worst Inequality?
By Gabrielle Debinski,
Gabrielle Debinski

Gabrielle Debinski is a former senior writer at GZERO Media.

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Ari Winkleman
Ari Winkleman
Ari Winkleman is the lead designer at Eurasia Group and GZERO Media.
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October 29, 2019
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Over the past several decades income inequality for the world as a whole has fallen, but within most countries the gap between the ultra-rich and everyone else remains stubbornly high. Here's a heat map of wealth inequality around the world.

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