The World's Largest Cities Are The Most Unequal

Analyst Insight by Kasparas Adomaitis, Senior City Analyst, Euromonitor International

City size remains the key explanatory factor for income inequalities across the world’s urban agglomerations. The Gini coefficient is a standard economic measure of income inequality – the larger the value of the coefficient, the higher share of total income is concentrated in the pockets of the most affluent population. As illustrated in the chart below, the bigger the city, the greater value of the Gini coefficient

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Rank	Megacity	Country	Continent	Population
1	Tokyo	Japan	Asia	34,800,000
2	Guangzhou	China	Asia	31,700,000
3	Shanghai	China	Asia	28,900,000
4	Jakarta	Indonesia	Asia	26,400,000
5	Seoul	South Korea	Asia	25,800,000
6	Delhi	India	Asia	24,000,000
7	Mexico City	Mexico	North America	23,800,000
8	New York City	United States	North America	23,500,000
9	Karachi	Pakistan	Asia	22,700,000
10	Manila	Philippines	Asia	22,200,000
11	São Paulo	Brazil	South America	21,500,000
12	Mumbai	India	Asia	21,400,000
13	Beijing	China	Asia	19,300,000
14	Los Angeles	United States	North America	18,200,000
15	Osaka	Japan	Asia	16,800,000
16	Dhaka	Bangladesh	Asia	16,300,000
17	Cairo	Egypt	Africa	16,100,000
18	Kolkata	India	Asia	16,000,000
19	London	United Kingdom	Europe	15,500,000
20	Moscow	Russia	Europe	14,500,000
21	Buenos Aires	Argentina	South America	14,500,000
22	Bangkok	Thailand	Asia	14,500,000
23	Istanbul	Turkey	Europe/Asia	13,800,000
24	Lagos	Nigeria	Africa	13,200,000
25	Tehran	Iran	Asia	13,200,000
26	Rio de Janeiro	Brazil	South America	12,900,000
27	Lahore	Pakistan	Asia	12,210,000
28	Rhine-Ruhr	Germany	Europe	12,190,000
29	Shenzhen	China	Asia	11,700,000
30	Paris	France	Europe	10,700,000

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