Calculation of the Index of Dissimilarity

Calculation of the Index of Dissimilarity

This example considers 10 airports and their respective share of the total number of airports (X) and traffic (Y). In this case, traffic distribution is unequal, with the three largest airports accounting for 60% of the market. The largest airport accounts for 25% of the market, while the smallest accounts for only 2%. This distribution is fairly unequal, with an index of dissimilarity (ID; the sum of all differences from the line of perfect equality, X-Y) of 0.325.