Italy vs Korea: Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax
Italy
0.3247
in 2023
Korea
0.324
in 2022
Italy rank
13th
Korea rank
14th
Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax over time
- Italy
- Korea
How they compare
Italy currently reports 0.3247 against 0.324 in Korea, a difference of 0.0007.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 12 shared years of data; in 2011 it was Korea ahead.
Italy ranks 13th and Korea ranks 14th of 39 countries.
Korea has averaged higher in every one of the 2 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Italy | Korea | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.3286 | 0.3614 | 0.0328 | Korea |
| 2020s | 0.3265 | 0.327 | 0.0005 | Korea |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax, Italy or Korea?
- Italy, at 0.3247 against 0.324 in Korea as of 2023.
- What is the difference in income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax between Italy and Korea?
- 0.0007, with Italy ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Italy and Korea?
- 12 years are reported by both, from 2011 to 2022.
- How do Italy and Korea rank globally for income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax?
- Italy ranks 13th and Korea ranks 14th 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.