Austria vs Switzerland: Gini coefficient (before tax)

Austria
0.4182
in 2017
Switzerland
0.4234
in 2022
Austria rank
107th
Switzerland rank
106th

Gini coefficient (before tax) over time

  • Austria
  • Switzerland
00.10.20.30.40.5193319772022

How they compare

Switzerland currently reports 0.4234 against 0.4182 in Austria, a difference of 0.0052.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 12 shared years of data; in 2004 it was Switzerland ahead.

Austria ranks 107th and Switzerland ranks 106th 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.