Luxembourg vs Sweden: Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax
Luxembourg
0.2963
in 2023
Sweden
0.289
in 2023
Luxembourg rank
24th
Sweden rank
27th
Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax over time
- Luxembourg
- Sweden
How they compare
Luxembourg currently reports 0.2963 against 0.289 in Sweden, a difference of 0.0073.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 9 shared years of data; in 2015 it was Luxembourg ahead.
Luxembourg ranks 24th and Sweden ranks 27th of 39 countries.
Luxembourg has averaged higher in every one of the 2 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Luxembourg | Sweden | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.3013 | 0.2776 | 0.0237 | Luxembourg |
| 2020s | 0.2915 | 0.2853 | 0.0062 | Luxembourg |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax, Luxembourg or Sweden?
- Luxembourg, at 0.2963 against 0.289 in Sweden as of 2023.
- What is the difference in income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax between Luxembourg and Sweden?
- 0.0073, with Luxembourg ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Luxembourg and Sweden?
- 9 years are reported by both, from 2015 to 2023.
- How do Luxembourg and Sweden rank globally for income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax?
- Luxembourg ranks 24th and Sweden ranks 27th 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.