Colombia vs Mexico: Gini coefficient (before tax)

Colombia
0.7492
in 2022
Mexico
0.7087
in 2022
Colombia rank
2nd
Mexico rank
5th

Gini coefficient (before tax) over time

  • Colombia
  • Mexico
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How they compare

Colombia currently reports 0.7492 against 0.7087 in Mexico, a difference of 0.0405.

That makes Colombia's figure about 1.1 times Mexico's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 8 shared years of data; in 2004 it was Mexico ahead.

Colombia ranks 2nd and Mexico ranks 5th 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
Last refreshed

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.