Germany vs Malaysia: Gini coefficient (before tax)

Germany

0.49

in 2022

Malaysia

0.4807

in 2022

Germany rank

84th

Malaysia rank

87th

Gini coefficient (before tax) over time

Germany
Malaysia

How they compare

Germany currently reports 0.49 against 0.4807 in Malaysia, a difference of 0.0093.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 15 shared years of data; in 1984 it was Malaysia ahead.

Germany ranks 84th and Malaysia ranks 87th of 113 countries.

Individual pages

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