Belgium vs Denmark: Gini coefficient (before tax)

Belgium
0.4506
in 2022
Denmark
0.4417
in 2022
Belgium rank
97th
Denmark rank
100th

Gini coefficient (before tax) over time

  • Belgium
  • Denmark
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How they compare

Belgium currently reports 0.4506 against 0.4417 in Denmark, a difference of 0.0089.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 33 shared years of data; in 1985 it was Belgium ahead.

Belgium ranks 97th and Denmark ranks 100th 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.