Belgium vs France: Gini coefficient (before tax)

Belgium
0.4506
in 2022
France
0.4592
in 2022
Belgium rank
97th
France rank
95th

Gini coefficient (before tax) over time

  • Belgium
  • France
00.20.40.6191019662022

How they compare

France currently reports 0.4592 against 0.4506 in Belgium, a difference of 0.0086.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 33 shared years of data; in 1985 it was Belgium ahead.

Belgium ranks 97th and France ranks 95th 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.