Australia vs Germany: Gini coefficient (before tax)

Australia

0.4923

in 2022

Germany

0.49

in 2022

Australia rank

82nd

Germany rank

84th

Gini coefficient (before tax) over time

Australia
Germany

How they compare

Australia currently reports 0.4923 against 0.49 in Germany, a difference of 0.0023.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 42 shared years of data; in 1981 it was Australia ahead.

Australia ranks 82nd and Germany ranks 84th of 113 countries.

Individual pages

Gini coefficient (before tax) in Australia
Gini coefficient (before tax) in Germany
Full country ranking

About this data

Indicator: Gini coefficient (before tax)
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: 113 places, 3,075 data points, 1820–2024
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 before taxes and benefits.