Ireland vs Malaysia: Gini coefficient (before tax)

Ireland

0.4792

in 2022

Malaysia

0.4807

in 2022

Ireland rank

88th

Malaysia rank

87th

Gini coefficient (before tax) over time

Ireland
Malaysia

How they compare

Malaysia currently reports 0.4807 against 0.4792 in Ireland, a difference of 0.0015.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 32 shared years of data; in 1948 it was Malaysia ahead.

Ireland ranks 88th and Malaysia ranks 87th of 113 regions.

Individual pages

Gini coefficient (before tax) in Ireland
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.