France vs Iceland: Gini coefficient: World Inequality Database vs. World Bank

France
0.2723
in 2022
Iceland
0.2199
in 2016
France rank
106th
Iceland rank
109th

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

  • France
  • Iceland
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How they compare

France currently reports 0.2723 against 0.2199 in Iceland, a difference of 0.0524.

That makes France's figure about 1.2 times Iceland's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 26 shared years of data; in 1991 it was Iceland ahead.

France ranks 106th and Iceland ranks 109th 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
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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.