Ireland vs Sweden: Gini coefficient

Ireland

0.2897

in 2023

Sweden

0.2928

in 2023

Ireland rank

101st

Sweden rank

99th

Gini coefficient over time

Sweden currently reports 0.2928 against 0.2897 in Ireland, a difference of 0.0031.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 25 shared years of data; in 1987 it was Ireland ahead.

Ireland ranks 101st and Sweden ranks 99th of 120 regions.

Indicator: Gini coefficient
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 120 places, 2,148 data points, 1963–2025
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

The Gini coefficient measures inequality on a scale from 0 to 1. Higher values indicate higher inequality.