Finland vs Sweden: Gini coefficient: World Inequality Database vs. World Bank

Finland
0.2785
in 2022
Sweden
0.2588
in 2022
Finland rank
104th
Sweden rank
107th

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

  • Finland
  • Sweden
00.10.20.3198020012022

How they compare

Finland currently reports 0.2785 against 0.2588 in Sweden, a difference of 0.0197.

That makes Finland's figure about 1.1 times Sweden's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 43 shared years of data; in 1980 it was Finland ahead.

Finland ranks 104th and Sweden ranks 107th of 109 countries.

Individual pages

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.