Australia vs Germany: Gini coefficient: World Inequality Database vs. World Bank

Australia

0.3787

in 2022

Germany

0.3654

in 2022

Australia rank

85th

Germany rank

87th

Gini coefficient: World Inequality Database vs. World Bank over time

Australia
Germany

How they compare

Australia currently reports 0.3787 against 0.3654 in Germany, a difference of 0.0133.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 42 shared years of data; in 1981 it was Australia ahead.

Australia ranks 85th and Germany ranks 87th of 109 countries.

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About this data

Indicator: Gini coefficient: World Inequality Database vs. World Bank
Source: World Inequality Database (WID.world) (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 109 places, 2,196 data points, 1913–2024
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

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.