Colombia vs Panama: Gini coefficient (after tax)

Colombia
0.5084
in 2023
Panama
0.45
in 2019
Colombia rank
2nd
Panama rank
5th

Gini coefficient (after tax) over time

  • Colombia
  • Panama
00.20.40.6199620092023

How they compare

Colombia currently reports 0.5084 against 0.45 in Panama, a difference of 0.0585.

That makes Colombia's figure about 1.1 times Panama's.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 19 shared years of data; in 2001 it was Panama ahead.

Colombia ranks 2nd and Panama ranks 5th 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.