Belgium vs Netherlands: Gini coefficient: World Inequality Database vs. World Bank

Belgium
0.2869
in 2022
Netherlands
0.3113
in 2022
Belgium rank
102nd
Netherlands rank
99th

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

  • Belgium
  • Netherlands
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How they compare

Netherlands currently reports 0.3113 against 0.2869 in Belgium, a difference of 0.0244.

That makes Netherlands's figure about 1.1 times Belgium's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 31 shared years of data; in 1985 it was Belgium ahead.

Belgium ranks 102nd and Netherlands ranks 99th 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

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.