Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax in Netherlands
Netherlands: Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax was 0.2702 in 2021. ▲ Rising
Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax in Netherlands, 1983–2021
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 Netherlands is 0.2702, measured in 2021.
The figure is down 1.3% on the previous year and up 4.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax in Netherlands peaked at 0.2866 in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.2315, in 1999.
That places Netherlands 40th out of 48 countries with data for 2021, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 23 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0.2457 | 0.2365 | 0.2549 | 2 |
| 1990s | 0.2545 | 0.2315 | 0.2705 | 3 |
| 2000s | 0.2693 | 0.2585 | 0.2769 | 6 |
| 2010s | 0.2686 | 0.2556 | 0.2866 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.272 | 0.2702 | 0.2737 | 2 |
Countries ranked near Netherlands
More poverty & inequality data for Netherlands
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 6 surveys (2025)
- Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 1.43 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 6,806 kg per hectare (2024)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 38.5% (2023)
- Gender Inequality Index 0.013 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in women 0.0754 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex 0.0754 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men 0.0825 (2023)
- Share of government consumption in GDP vs. share of population living in extreme poverty 20.5% (2023)
- Income inequality: Atkinson index 0.1138 (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax in Netherlands?
- Income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax in Netherlands was 0.2702 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 Netherlands?
- The highest recorded value was 0.2866 in 2019.
- What is the lowest income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax recorded in Netherlands?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2315 in 1999.
- How does Netherlands rank for income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax?
- Netherlands ranks 40th out of 48 countries with data for 2021.
- Is income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax rising or falling in Netherlands?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Netherlands 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.