Bulgaria vs United States: Gini coefficient (after tax)

Bulgaria
0.3729
in 2022
United States
0.3943
in 2024
Bulgaria rank
11th
United States rank
8th

Gini coefficient (after tax) over time

  • Bulgaria
  • United States
00.10.20.30.4196319932024

How they compare

United States currently reports 0.3943 against 0.3729 in Bulgaria, a difference of 0.0214.

That makes United States's figure about 1.1 times Bulgaria's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 16 shared years of data; in 2007 it was United States ahead.

Bulgaria ranks 11th and United States ranks 8th of 48 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Gini coefficient (after tax)
Source
Luxembourg Income Study (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
48 places, 1,046 data points, 1963–2024
Last refreshed

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.