Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax in Luxembourg
Luxembourg: Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax was 0.2883 in 2023. ▲ Rising
Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax in Luxembourg, 1985–2023
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 Luxembourg is 0.2883, measured in 2023.
That represents a change of up 0.5% on the previous year and up 3.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax in Luxembourg peaked at 0.3115 in 2018 and was at its lowest, 0.2309, in 1985.
Luxembourg ranks 35th of 48 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 39 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0.2542 | 0.2309 | 0.271 | 5 |
| 1990s | 0.2511 | 0.2356 | 0.2657 | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.271 | 0.2568 | 0.2896 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.2874 | 0.2683 | 0.3115 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.2857 | 0.2792 | 0.2883 | 4 |
Countries ranked near Luxembourg
More poverty & inequality data for Luxembourg
- 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 1.4 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 5,540 kg per hectare (2023)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 40.9% (2023)
- Gender Inequality Index 0.044 (2023)
- Share of government consumption in GDP vs. share of population living in extreme poverty 17.7% (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in women 0.0864 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex 0.0864 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men 0.0886 (2023)
- Income inequality: Atkinson index 0.1644 (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax in Luxembourg?
- Income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax in Luxembourg was 0.2883 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 Luxembourg?
- The highest recorded value was 0.3115 in 2018.
- What is the lowest income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax recorded in Luxembourg?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2309 in 1985.
- How does Luxembourg rank for income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax?
- Luxembourg ranks 35th out of 48 countries with data for 2023.
- Is income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax rising or falling in Luxembourg?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Luxembourg 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.