Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax in Lithuania
Lithuania: Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax was 0.3534 in 2023. ▲ Rising
Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax in Lithuania, 2009–2023
Source: Luxembourg Income Study (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
Analysis
The most recent figure for income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax in Lithuania is 0.3534, measured in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.8% on the previous year and up 1.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax in Lithuania peaked at 0.3775 in 2014 and was at its lowest, 0.3206, in 2011.
That places Lithuania 14th out of 48 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 15 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.3621 | 0.3621 | 0.3621 | 1 |
| 2010s | 0.3548 | 0.3206 | 0.3775 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.359 | 0.3534 | 0.3665 | 4 |
Countries ranked near Lithuania
More poverty & inequality data for Lithuania
- 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 4,187 kg per hectare (2023)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 32.6% (2023)
- Gender Inequality Index 0.07 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in women 0.0884 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex 0.0884 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men 0.1225 (2023)
- Share of government consumption in GDP vs. share of population living in extreme poverty 22.9% (2023)
- Income inequality: Atkinson index 0.2037 (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax in Lithuania?
- Income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax in Lithuania was 0.3534 in 2023, 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 Lithuania?
- The highest recorded value was 0.3775 in 2014.
- What is the lowest income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax recorded in Lithuania?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3206 in 2011.
- How does Lithuania rank for income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax?
- Lithuania ranks 14th out of 48 countries with data for 2023.
- Is income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax rising or falling in Lithuania?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Lithuania 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.