Good point. It may seem intuitively true given that the constituent states in the EU are probably as diverse as those in the US. However, the US had a Gini of

Good point. It may seem intuitively true given that the constituent states in the EU are probably as diverse as those in the US. However, the US had a Gini of 45 [1] while the EU had a Gini of 30 [2], suggesting that despite the vast differences among the European states, overall they are more equal. The reason is that countries like Luxembourg are very small (in population), and Europe as a while is dominated primarily by countries like France, Germany and England where individually income distributions are vastly more equal than in the US. [1] https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/us.html https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/... [2] https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ee.html https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/...