Taiwan vs Tanzania: Gini coefficient (before tax)

Taiwan
0.6086
in 2017
Tanzania
0.6125
in 2017
Taiwan rank
24th
Tanzania rank
21st

Gini coefficient (before tax) over time

  • Taiwan
  • Tanzania
00.20.40.6194819822017

How they compare

Tanzania currently reports 0.6125 against 0.6086 in Taiwan, a difference of 0.0039.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 5 shared years of data; in 1991 it was Tanzania ahead.

Taiwan ranks 24th and Tanzania ranks 21st 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.