Iran vs Russia: Gini coefficient (before tax)

Iran
0.5401
in 2022
Russia
0.5397
in 2017
Iran rank
62nd
Russia rank
63rd

Gini coefficient (before tax) over time

  • Iran
  • Russia
00.20.40.6182019212022

How they compare

Iran currently reports 0.5401 against 0.5397 in Russia, a difference of 0.0004.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 22 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Iran ahead.

Iran ranks 62nd and Russia ranks 63rd 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.