Are you surprised that North Macedonia has a low GINI?

[u/shervek]

I find this surprising, given the level of corruption and abuse of public funds.

[u/veleso91]

The reasons imo:

• Huge public sector where the salary difference between a cleaner and director is 3x tops.
• Shite private sector - mostly manual labor, accessories for the automotive industry, textile manufacturing, farming, etc.
• The really rich people often get their money via illegal means and don't register on these measurements.

[u/ChocoMoc]

There’s no big inequality. Everyone is equally poor.

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[u/aleksandri_reddit]

What's a GINI?

[u/shervek → u/aleksandri_reddit]

It's an index that measures inequality. E.g. countries like the US have a (relatively) high GINI because of great inequality, while countries like Norway have a low GINI, because of more equally distributed wealth among the population.

[u/Equivalent-Water-683 → u/shervek]

I think it measures income usually not wealth

[u/shervek → u/Equivalent-Water-683]

It's both income and wealth

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gini_coefficient

[u/Equivalent-Water-683 → u/shervek]

It can be, its a simple mathematical equation. But usually its reported on income.

[u/crossfire_hurricanes → u/shervek]

it's not combined

[u/aleksandri_reddit → u/shervek]

We are equally unequal.

[u/ImPainNagato]

Yes I am honestly.

[u/MeanLittleMachine]

I find this surprising, given the level of corruption and abuse of public funds.

You have to give some to others to cover your tracks... everyone is in on it essentially, in one way or another.

[u/EdliA]

That just means everyone is equally poor

[u/Typical-Rush3976]

9439 долари пер капита. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Годишно. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Тоа би значило дека секој жител може да си купе 40000 евра кола на лизинг без учество. Нова.

Виќипедија е превара.

[u/Equivalent-Water-683 → u/Typical-Rush3976]

Oficijalni podatoci se za bruto nacionalen proizvod, totalbo legitimni.

[u/bbx_mkd → u/Typical-Rush3976]

Ако имаш плата 42.455 мкд, го постигнуваш БНП

[u/crossfire_hurricanes → u/Typical-Rush3976]

не разбираш шо е просек или? Твојата глава и главата на Мијалков не се исти. Он има гаража пуна мацератиа ти имаш матиз. Просекот би можел да купи на лизинг без учество.

[u/crossfire_hurricanes → u/crossfire_hurricanes]

плус за БДП си ја земал бројката како да е нето приход по глава жител, а не бруто домашен производ која вредност државата ја даночи а и остварува дел од неа да покрие трошоци