Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax (Luxembourg) in Greece
Greece: Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax (Luxembourg) was 0.3075 in 2021. ▼ Falling
Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax in Greece, 1995–2021
Source: Luxembourg Income Study (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
Analysis
Greece recorded 0.3075 for income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax in 2021.
The figure is down 2.5% on the previous year and down 4.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax in Greece peaked at 0.3501 in 1995 and was at its lowest, 0.2999, in 2018.
Greece ranks 27th of 48 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 22 years of available data.
Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax (Luxembourg) in Greece, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 0.3501 | — |
| 2000 | 0.3374 | -3.6% |
| 2002 | 0.3422 | +1.4% |
| 2003 | 0.3207 | -6.3% |
| 2004 | 0.3297 | +2.8% |
| 2005 | 0.3414 | +3.5% |
| 2006 | 0.3296 | -3.4% |
| 2007 | 0.3211 | -2.6% |
| 2008 | 0.3285 | +2.3% |
| 2009 | 0.3211 | -2.2% |
| 2010 | 0.3216 | +0.2% |
| 2011 | 0.3235 | +0.6% |
| 2012 | 0.33 | +2.0% |
| 2013 | 0.3417 | +3.5% |
| 2014 | 0.3337 | -2.3% |
| 2015 | 0.3388 | +1.5% |
| 2016 | 0.3323 | -1.9% |
| 2017 | 0.3195 | -3.9% |
| 2018 | 0.2999 | -6.1% |
| 2019 | 0.3074 | +2.5% |
| 2020 | 0.3155 | +2.6% |
| 2021 | 0.3075 | -2.5% |
Greece compared with similar countries
- Greece's 0.3075 is above the median for high income countries, which is 0.2989, 1.0× the median. (36 countries reporting)
- Greece's 0.3075 is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 0.2895, 1.1× the median. (29 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.3501 | 0.3501 | 0.3501 | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.3302 | 0.3207 | 0.3422 | 9 |
| 2010s | 0.3249 | 0.2999 | 0.3417 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.3115 | 0.3075 | 0.3155 | 2 |
Countries ranked near Greece
More poverty & inequality data for Greece
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 8 surveys (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 1.33 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 4,053 kg per hectare (2024)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, annual growth rate -2.1 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 39.78 (2023)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 39.8% (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax in Greece?
- Income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax in Greece was 0.3075 in 2021, 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 Greece?
- The highest recorded value was 0.3501 in 1995.
- What is the lowest income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax recorded in Greece?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2999 in 2018.
- How does Greece rank for income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax?
- Greece ranks 27th out of 48 countries with data for 2021.
- Is income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax rising or falling in Greece?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Greece 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.