Austria vs Sweden: Gini coefficient (before tax)

Austria
0.4182
in 2017
Sweden
0.3971
in 2022
Austria rank
107th
Sweden rank
110th

Gini coefficient (before tax) over time

  • Austria
  • Sweden
00.10.20.30.40.5193519782022

How they compare

Austria currently reports 0.4182 against 0.3971 in Sweden, a difference of 0.0211.

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

Across all 12 years both countries report, Austria has been ahead every year.

Austria ranks 107th and Sweden ranks 110th of 113 countries.

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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
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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 before taxes and benefits.