Brazil vs Costa Rica: Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax
Brazil
0.4512
in 2022
Costa Rica
0.4602
in 2024
Brazil rank
2nd
Costa Rica rank
1st
Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax over time
- Brazil
- Costa Rica
How they compare
Costa Rica currently reports 0.4602 against 0.4512 in Brazil, a difference of 0.009.
Across all 7 years both countries report, Costa Rica has been ahead every year.
Brazil ranks 2nd and Costa Rica ranks 1st 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 | 0.4717 | 0.4804 | 0.0087 | Costa Rica |
| 2020s | 0.4563 | 0.4853 | 0.029 | 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, Brazil or Costa Rica?
- Costa Rica, at 0.4602 against 0.4512 in Brazil as of 2024.
- What is the difference in income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax between Brazil and Costa Rica?
- 0.009, 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?
- Brazil ranks 2nd and Costa Rica ranks 1st 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.