Austria vs Belgium: Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax
Austria
0.3059
in 2017
Belgium
0.2869
in 2022
Austria rank
100th
Belgium rank
102nd
Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax over time
- Austria
- Belgium
How they compare
Austria currently reports 0.3059 against 0.2869 in Belgium, a difference of 0.019.
That makes Austria's figure about 1.1 times Belgium's.
Across all 12 years both countries report, Austria has been ahead every year.
Austria ranks 100th and Belgium ranks 102nd of 109 countries.
Austria has averaged higher in every one of the 2 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Austria | Belgium | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.3153 | 0.2959 | 0.0194 | Austria |
| 2010s | 0.3124 | 0.278 | 0.0344 | Austria |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax, Austria or Belgium?
- Austria, at 0.3059 against 0.2869 in Belgium as of 2017.
- What is the difference in income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax between Austria and Belgium?
- 0.019, with Austria ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Austria and Belgium?
- 12 years are reported by both, from 2004 to 2017.
- How do Austria and Belgium rank globally for income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax?
- Austria ranks 100th and Belgium ranks 102nd of 109 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- World Inequality Database (WID.world) (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
Individual pages
About this data
The Gini coefficient measures inequality on a scale from 0 to 1. Higher values indicate higher inequality. Inequality is measured here in terms of income after taxes and benefits.