Fig. 2

Scatterplot: GDP per capita in $US (2020) and Gini Index by 28 + weeks stillbirth rate. Notes to figure: Sources: GDP per capita in US$: World Bank [21]; Gini Index (a measure of income equality): World Bank [22]; except for New Zealand (worldpopulationreview.com) [23]. As an outlier, Brazil was not presented in this figure (SBR 28 + weeks = 7.0; GDP = 6789; Gini = 53.4). ^a Italy stillbirth rates are for 25 + weeks gestation (data missing for 28 + week). ^b In Luxembourg, where a significant proportion of GDP refers to repatriated profits and thus is not available for national consumption, Gross National Income may be a more meaningful measure than GDP. However, for consistency, GDP was used as the denominator for all countries. Abbreviations: GDP, Gross Domestic Product; SBR, Stillbirth Rate