Brazil vs Peru: Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax
Brazil
0.6497
in 2022
Peru
0.6536
in 2022
Brazil rank
5th
Peru rank
4th
Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax over time
- Brazil
- Peru
How they compare
Peru currently reports 0.6536 against 0.6497 in Brazil, a difference of 0.0039.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 19 shared years of data; in 2002 it was Peru ahead.
Brazil ranks 5th and Peru ranks 4th of 109 countries.
Peru has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Brazil | Peru | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.6606 | 0.6975 | 0.0369 | Peru |
| 2010s | 0.6289 | 0.6458 | 0.0169 | Peru |
| 2020s | 0.641 | 0.6861 | 0.0451 | Peru |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax, Brazil or Peru?
- Peru, at 0.6536 against 0.6497 in Brazil as of 2022.
- What is the difference in income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax between Brazil and Peru?
- 0.0039, with Peru ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Brazil and Peru?
- 19 years are reported by both, from 2002 to 2022.
- How do Brazil and Peru rank globally for income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax?
- Brazil ranks 5th and Peru ranks 4th 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.
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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.