Nigeria vs Romania: Gini coefficient (before tax)

Nigeria

0.5379

in 2022

Romania

0.541

in 2022

Nigeria rank

64th

Romania rank

61st

Gini coefficient (before tax) over time

Nigeria
Romania

How they compare

Romania currently reports 0.541 against 0.5379 in Nigeria, a difference of 0.0031.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 7 shared years of data; in 1992 it was Nigeria ahead.

Nigeria ranks 64th and Romania ranks 61st of 113 countries.

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Gini coefficient (before tax) in Nigeria
Gini coefficient (before tax) in Romania
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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
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.