Lithuania vs Romania: Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax
Lithuania
0.4683
in 2022
Romania
0.4783
in 2022
Lithuania rank
70th
Romania rank
67th
Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax over time
- Lithuania
- Romania
How they compare
Romania currently reports 0.4783 against 0.4683 in Lithuania, a difference of 0.01.
The two have swapped places 7 times across 26 shared years of data; in 1994 it was Lithuania ahead.
Lithuania ranks 70th and Romania ranks 67th of 109 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Lithuania averaged higher in 1 and Romania in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Lithuania | Romania | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.4302 | 0.3859 | 0.0443 | Lithuania |
| 2000s | 0.456 | 0.458 | 0.002 | Romania |
| 2010s | 0.4716 | 0.472 | 0.0004 | Romania |
| 2020s | 0.4663 | 0.4788 | 0.0126 | Romania |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax, Lithuania or Romania?
- Romania, at 0.4783 against 0.4683 in Lithuania as of 2022.
- What is the difference in income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax between Lithuania and Romania?
- 0.01, with Romania ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Lithuania and Romania?
- 26 years are reported by both, from 1994 to 2022.
- How do Lithuania and Romania rank globally for income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax?
- Lithuania ranks 70th and Romania ranks 67th 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.