Estonia vs Korea: Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax among working age population
Estonia
0.3008
in 2023
Korea
0.303
in 2022
Estonia rank
22nd
Korea rank
21st
Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax among working age population over time
- Estonia
- Korea
How they compare
Korea currently reports 0.303 against 0.3008 in Estonia, a difference of 0.0022.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 10 shared years of data; in 2013 it was Korea ahead.
Estonia ranks 22nd and Korea ranks 21st of 39 countries.
Korea has averaged higher in every one of the 2 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Estonia | Korea | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.3109 | 0.337 | 0.0261 | Korea |
| 2020s | 0.3003 | 0.3073 | 0.007 | Korea |
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, Estonia or Korea?
- Korea, at 0.303 against 0.3008 in Estonia as of 2022.
- What is the difference in income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax among working age population between Estonia and Korea?
- 0.0022, with Korea ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Estonia and Korea?
- 10 years are reported by both, from 2013 to 2022.
- How do Estonia and Korea rank globally for income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax among working age population?
- Estonia ranks 22nd and Korea ranks 21st 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.