Brazil vs Peru: Gini coefficient (before tax)

Brazil
0.6973
in 2022
Peru
0.6966
in 2022
Brazil rank
7th
Peru rank
8th

Gini coefficient (before tax) over time

  • Brazil
  • Peru
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How they compare

Brazil currently reports 0.6973 against 0.6966 in Peru, a difference of 0.0007.

The two have swapped places 7 times across 19 shared years of data; in 2002 it was Peru ahead.

Brazil ranks 7th and Peru ranks 8th 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.