Malta vs New Zealand: Gini coefficient (before tax)

Malta

0.4706

in 2020

New Zealand

0.4649

in 2022

Malta rank

90th

New Zealand rank

93rd

Gini coefficient (before tax) over time

Malta
New Zealand

How they compare

Malta currently reports 0.4706 against 0.4649 in New Zealand, a difference of 0.0057.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 14 shared years of data; in 2007 it was Malta ahead.

Malta ranks 90th and New Zealand ranks 93rd of 113 regions.

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Gini coefficient (before tax) in Malta
Gini coefficient (before tax) in New Zealand
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.