Chile vs Peru: Gini coefficient (before tax)

Chile

0.7054

in 2022

Peru

0.6966

in 2022

Chile rank

6th

Peru rank

8th

Gini coefficient (before tax) over time

Chile
Peru

How they compare

Chile currently reports 0.7054 against 0.6966 in Peru, a difference of 0.0088.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 9 shared years of data; in 2003 it was Peru ahead.

Chile ranks 6th and Peru ranks 8th of 113 countries.

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Gini coefficient (before tax) in Chile
Gini coefficient (before tax) in Peru
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.