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A-LevelEconomicsGovernment microeconomic intervention9708/12 · Feb/Mar 2025 · Q151 Mark

The table shows the Gini coefficient for income in three countries. 2018 2019 2020 Costa Rica 0.479 0.478 0.497 New Zealand 0.330 0.326 0.320 Sweden 0.275 0.280 0.278 What can be concluded from this data?

AAll three countries have seen an overall improvement in income equality.
BCosta Rica has the highest level of consumer income of all three countries.
CNew Zealand's income inequality worsened between 2018 and 2020.
DSweden's economy has the highest income equality of all three countries.

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D: Sweden's economy has the highest income equality of all three countries.

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Government microeconomic intervention, A-Level Economics (syllabus 9708). Multiple choice, 1 mark.
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A-Level Economics, Feb/Mar 2025 Paper 1 Variant 2, question 15.

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