Belgium vs Spain: Gini coefficient (before tax)

Belgium

0.4506

in 2022

Spain

0.4464

in 2022

Belgium rank

97th

Spain rank

99th

Gini coefficient (before tax) over time

Belgium
Spain

How they compare

Belgium currently reports 0.4506 against 0.4464 in Spain, a difference of 0.0042.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 32 shared years of data; in 1985 it was Spain ahead.

Belgium ranks 97th and Spain ranks 99th of 113 countries.

Individual pages

Gini coefficient (before tax) in Belgium
Gini coefficient (before tax) in Spain
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.