Chile vs Costa Rica: Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax among working age population
Chile
0.4514
in 2022
Costa Rica
0.4486
in 2024
Chile rank
1st
Costa Rica rank
2nd
Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax among working age population over time
- Chile
- Costa Rica
How they compare
Chile currently reports 0.4514 against 0.4486 in Costa Rica, a difference of 0.0028.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 6 shared years of data; in 2011 it was Chile ahead.
Chile ranks 1st and Costa Rica ranks 2nd of 39 countries.
Across the 2 decades both report, Chile averaged higher in 1 and Costa Rica in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Chile | Costa Rica | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.4625 | 0.4724 | 0.0099 | Costa Rica |
| 2020s | 0.4756 | 0.4748 | 0.0008 | Chile |
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, Chile or Costa Rica?
- Chile, at 0.4514 against 0.4486 in Costa Rica as of 2022.
- What is the difference in income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax among working age population between Chile and Costa Rica?
- 0.0028, with Chile ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Chile and Costa Rica?
- 6 years are reported by both, from 2011 to 2022.
- How do Chile and Costa Rica rank globally for income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax among working age population?
- Chile ranks 1st 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.