Belgium vs Norway: Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax
Belgium
0.2541
in 2023
Norway
0.2623
in 2022
Belgium rank
35th
Norway rank
33rd
Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax over time
- Belgium
- Norway
How they compare
Norway currently reports 0.2623 against 0.2541 in Belgium, a difference of 0.0082.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 5 shared years of data; in 2018 it was Norway ahead.
Belgium ranks 35th and Norway ranks 33rd of 39 countries.
Norway has averaged higher in every one of the 2 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Belgium | Norway | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.26 | 0.2617 | 0.0017 | Norway |
| 2020s | 0.2514 | 0.2701 | 0.0188 | Norway |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax, Belgium or Norway?
- Norway, at 0.2623 against 0.2541 in Belgium as of 2022.
- What is the difference in income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax between Belgium and Norway?
- 0.0082, with Norway ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Belgium and Norway?
- 5 years are reported by both, from 2018 to 2022.
- How do Belgium and Norway rank globally for income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax?
- Belgium ranks 35th and Norway ranks 33rd 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.