Chile vs Costa Rica: Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax
Chile
0.4481
in 2022
Costa Rica
0.4602
in 2024
Chile rank
3rd
Costa Rica rank
1st
Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax over time
- Chile
- Costa Rica
How they compare
Costa Rica currently reports 0.4602 against 0.4481 in Chile, a difference of 0.0121.
Across all 6 years both countries report, Costa Rica has been ahead every year.
Chile ranks 3rd 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 | Chile | Costa Rica | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.4625 | 0.4833 | 0.0208 | Costa Rica |
| 2020s | 0.472 | 0.4843 | 0.0123 | 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, Chile or Costa Rica?
- Costa Rica, at 0.4602 against 0.4481 in Chile as of 2024.
- What is the difference in income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax between Chile and Costa Rica?
- 0.0121, with Costa Rica 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?
- Chile ranks 3rd 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.