Denmark vs Italy: Gini coefficient (before tax)

Denmark
0.4417
in 2022
Italy
0.434
in 2015
Denmark rank
100th
Italy rank
102nd

Gini coefficient (before tax) over time

  • Denmark
  • Italy
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How they compare

Denmark currently reports 0.4417 against 0.434 in Italy, a difference of 0.0077.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 11 shared years of data; in 2005 it was Italy ahead.

Denmark ranks 100th and Italy ranks 102nd 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.