Australia vs Spain: Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax
Australia
0.319
in 2020
Spain
0.3124
in 2023
Australia rank
17th
Spain rank
19th
Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax over time
- Australia
- Spain
How they compare
Australia currently reports 0.319 against 0.3124 in Spain, a difference of 0.0066.
Across all 5 years both countries report, Spain has been ahead every year.
Australia ranks 17th and Spain ranks 19th of 39 countries.
Spain has averaged higher in every one of the 2 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Australia | Spain | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.3295 | 0.3371 | 0.0076 | Spain |
| 2020s | 0.319 | 0.3295 | 0.0105 | Spain |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax, Australia or Spain?
- Australia, at 0.319 against 0.3124 in Spain as of 2020.
- What is the difference in income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax between Australia and Spain?
- 0.0066, with Australia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and Spain?
- 5 years are reported by both, from 2012 to 2020.
- How do Australia and Spain rank globally for income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax?
- Australia ranks 17th and Spain ranks 19th 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. 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.