Iceland vs Sweden: Gini coefficient (before tax)

Iceland
0.3953
in 2016
Sweden
0.3971
in 2022
Iceland rank
111th
Sweden rank
110th

Gini coefficient (before tax) over time

  • Iceland
  • Sweden
00.10.20.30.40.5193519782022

How they compare

Sweden currently reports 0.3971 against 0.3953 in Iceland, a difference of 0.0018.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 26 shared years of data; in 1991 it was Iceland ahead.

Iceland ranks 111th and Sweden ranks 110th 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.