Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax in Belgium
Belgium: Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax was 0.2432 in 2024. ▬ Flat
Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax in Belgium, 1985–2024
Source: Luxembourg Income Study (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
Analysis
Belgium recorded 0.2432 for income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax in 2024.
That represents a change of down 3.8% on the previous year and down 7.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax in Belgium peaked at 0.2889 in 2000 and was at its lowest, 0.2277, in 1985.
Belgium ranks 46th of 48 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0.2312 | 0.2277 | 0.2347 | 2 |
| 1990s | 0.2493 | 0.2283 | 0.2685 | 3 |
| 2000s | 0.2709 | 0.2615 | 0.2889 | 8 |
| 2010s | 0.2635 | 0.2582 | 0.2685 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.2492 | 0.2432 | 0.2531 | 5 |
Countries ranked near Belgium
More poverty & inequality data for Belgium
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 8 surveys (2025)
- Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 1.38 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 8,486 kg per hectare (2023)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 42.6% (2023)
- Gender Inequality Index 0.031 (2023)
- Share of government consumption in GDP vs. share of population living in extreme poverty 20.6% (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in women 0.0781 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex 0.0781 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men 0.0919 (2023)
- Income inequality: Atkinson index 0.1132 (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax in Belgium?
- Income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax in Belgium was 0.2432 in 2024, according to Luxembourg Income Study (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax recorded in Belgium?
- The highest recorded value was 0.2889 in 2000.
- What is the lowest income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax recorded in Belgium?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2277 in 1985.
- How does Belgium rank for income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax?
- Belgium ranks 46th out of 48 countries with data for 2024.
- Is income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax rising or falling in Belgium?
- Over the last ten years it is down 7.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Belgium data come from?
- The figures come from Luxembourg Income Study (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The Gini coefficient measures inequality on a scale from 0 to 1. Higher values indicate higher inequality. Inequality is measured here in terms of income after taxes and benefits.