Germany vs Latvia: Gini coefficient (before tax)

Germany

0.49

in 2022

Latvia

0.4927

in 2022

Germany rank

84th

Latvia rank

81st

Gini coefficient (before tax) over time

Germany
Latvia

How they compare

Latvia currently reports 0.4927 against 0.49 in Germany, a difference of 0.0027.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 27 shared years of data; in 1988 it was Germany ahead.

Germany ranks 84th and Latvia ranks 81st of 113 countries.

Individual pages

Gini coefficient (before tax) in Germany
Gini coefficient (before tax) in Latvia
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.