Laos vs Taiwan: Gini coefficient (before tax)

Laos
0.6013
in 2018
Taiwan
0.6086
in 2017
Laos rank
27th
Taiwan rank
24th

Gini coefficient (before tax) over time

  • Laos
  • Taiwan
00.20.40.6198220002018

How they compare

Taiwan currently reports 0.6086 against 0.6013 in Laos, a difference of 0.0073.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 5 shared years of data; in 1992 it was Laos ahead.

Laos ranks 27th and Taiwan ranks 24th of 113 countries.

Individual pages

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

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.