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

Iceland
0.2199
in 2016
Sweden
0.2588
in 2022
Iceland rank
109th
Sweden rank
107th

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

  • Iceland
  • Sweden
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How they compare

Sweden currently reports 0.2588 against 0.2199 in Iceland, a difference of 0.0389.

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

The two have swapped places 5 times across 26 shared years of data; in 1991 it was Iceland ahead.

Iceland ranks 109th and Sweden ranks 107th 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.