Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax (Luxembourg) in Philippines
Philippines: Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax (Luxembourg) was 0.3674 in 2023. ▼ Falling
Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax in Philippines, 1985–2023
Source: Luxembourg Income Study (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
Analysis
Philippines recorded 0.3674 for income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 14 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 4.6% on the previous year and down 15.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax in Philippines peaked at 0.4705 in 1997 and was at its lowest, 0.3674, in 2023.
Philippines ranks 13th of 48 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 14 years of available data.
Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax (Luxembourg) in Philippines, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 0.4243 | — |
| 1988 | 0.4304 | +1.5% |
| 1991 | 0.4478 | +4.0% |
| 1994 | 0.4348 | -2.9% |
| 1997 | 0.4705 | +8.2% |
| 2000 | 0.4681 | -0.5% |
| 2003 | 0.4488 | -4.1% |
| 2006 | 0.4531 | +1.0% |
| 2009 | 0.4337 | -4.3% |
| 2012 | 0.4369 | +0.7% |
| 2015 | 0.4179 | -4.4% |
| 2018 | 0.3901 | -6.7% |
| 2021 | 0.3852 | -1.3% |
| 2023 | 0.3674 | -4.6% |
Philippines compared with similar countries
- Philippines's 0.3674 is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.4106, 89% of the median. (10 countries reporting)
- Philippines's 0.3674 is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 0.3315, 1.1× the median. (5 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0.4273 | 0.4243 | 0.4304 | 2 |
| 1990s | 0.451 | 0.4348 | 0.4705 | 3 |
| 2000s | 0.451 | 0.4337 | 0.4681 | 4 |
| 2010s | 0.415 | 0.3901 | 0.4369 | 3 |
| 2020s | 0.3763 | 0.3674 | 0.3852 | 2 |
Countries ranked near Philippines
More poverty & inequality data for Philippines
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 3 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 1.92 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 3,869 kg per hectare (2023)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, annual growth rate 1.25 % change on previous year (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 14.1 (2023)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 14.1% (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 Philippines?
- Income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax in Philippines was 0.3674 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 Philippines?
- The highest recorded value was 0.4705 in 1997.
- What is the lowest income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax recorded in Philippines?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3674 in 2023.
- How does Philippines rank for income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax?
- Philippines ranks 13th out of 48 countries with data for 2023.
- Is income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax rising or falling in Philippines?
- Over the last ten years it is down 15.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Philippines 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.