Brazil vs Costa Rica: Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax among working age population
Brazil
0.4451
in 2022
Costa Rica
0.4486
in 2024
Brazil rank
3rd
Costa Rica rank
2nd
Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax among working age population over time
- Brazil
- Costa Rica
How they compare
Costa Rica currently reports 0.4486 against 0.4451 in Brazil, a difference of 0.0035.
Across all 7 years both countries report, Costa Rica has been ahead every year.
Brazil ranks 3rd and Costa Rica ranks 2nd of 39 countries.
Costa Rica has averaged higher in every one of the 2 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Brazil | Costa Rica | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.4638 | 0.47 | 0.0063 | Costa Rica |
| 2020s | 0.4507 | 0.4763 | 0.0256 | Costa Rica |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax among working age population, Brazil or Costa Rica?
- Costa Rica, at 0.4486 against 0.4451 in Brazil as of 2024.
- What is the difference in income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax among working age population between Brazil and Costa Rica?
- 0.0035, with Costa Rica ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Brazil and Costa Rica?
- 7 years are reported by both, from 2016 to 2022.
- How do Brazil and Costa Rica rank globally for income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax among working age population?
- Brazil ranks 3rd and Costa Rica ranks 2nd of 39 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- OECD (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax among working age population. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
The Gini coefficient measures inequality on a scale from 0 to 1. Higher values indicate higher inequality.