ArmInfo. Armenia took the third place after Malaysia and Panama, where the provision of equal opportunities for citizens is seen as an important factor in overcoming poverty.
These are the results of a survey commissioned by the World Bank. The high level of inequality, according to the surveyed leaders of various sectors - the executive branch, business and public organizations - significantly limits economic efficiency.
According to the data of the National Statistical Service of Armenia, the indicators of inequality in the country by the methodology of calculating the so-called Gini coefficient, (according to the methodology, the value of 0 is equal to the full equality, and the value 1 corresponds to the complete inequality). In 8 years has increased significantly. In fact, the consumer inequality in Armenia from 2008 to 2016 increased from 0.242 to 0.286. The level of inequality in the total incomes of the population in turn increased from 0.339 to 0.375.