Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax in Italy
Italy: Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax was 0.3279 in 2022. ▲ Rising
Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax in Italy, 1977–2022
Source: Luxembourg Income Study (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
Analysis
In 2022, income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax in Italy stood at 0.3279.
That represents a change of down 2.8% on the previous year and down 1.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax in Italy peaked at 0.3479 in 1998 and was at its lowest, 0.28, in 1982.
Italy ranks 19th of 48 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.3209 | 0.3187 | 0.3227 | 3 |
| 1980s | 0.2994 | 0.28 | 0.3295 | 8 |
| 1990s | 0.3291 | 0.2901 | 0.3479 | 4 |
| 2000s | 0.3295 | 0.3251 | 0.3344 | 5 |
| 2010s | 0.3317 | 0.3229 | 0.3391 | 4 |
| 2020s | 0.3326 | 0.3279 | 0.3373 | 2 |
Countries ranked near Italy
More poverty & inequality data for Italy
- 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 1.2 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 5,059 kg per hectare (2023)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 42.0% (2023)
- Gender Inequality Index 0.043 (2023)
- Share of government consumption in GDP vs. share of population living in extreme poverty 15.8% (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in women 0.0692 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex 0.0692 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men 0.0819 (2023)
- Income inequality: Atkinson index 0.2085 (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax in Italy?
- Income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax in Italy was 0.3279 in 2022, 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 Italy?
- The highest recorded value was 0.3479 in 1998.
- What is the lowest income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax recorded in Italy?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.28 in 1982.
- How does Italy rank for income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax?
- Italy ranks 19th out of 48 countries with data for 2022.
- Is income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax rising or falling in Italy?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Italy 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.