Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax (Luxembourg) in Romania
Romania: Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax (Luxembourg) was 0.2946 in 2021. ▲ Rising
Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax in Romania, 1995–2021
Source: Luxembourg Income Study (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
Analysis
In 2021, income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax in Romania stood at 0.2946.
That represents a change of down 7.8% on the previous year and down 4.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax in Romania peaked at 0.3395 in 2006 and was at its lowest, 0.2796, in 1997.
That places Romania 33rd out of 48 countries with data for 2021, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 18 years of available data.
Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax (Luxembourg) in Romania, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 0.2797 | — |
| 1997 | 0.2796 | -0.0% |
| 2006 | 0.3395 | +21.4% |
| 2007 | 0.3166 | -6.7% |
| 2008 | 0.3075 | -2.9% |
| 2009 | 0.3019 | -1.8% |
| 2010 | 0.3045 | +0.9% |
| 2011 | 0.3093 | +1.6% |
| 2012 | 0.3066 | -0.9% |
| 2013 | 0.3097 | +1.0% |
| 2014 | 0.3148 | +1.6% |
| 2015 | 0.3129 | -0.6% |
| 2016 | 0.3047 | -2.6% |
| 2017 | 0.3262 | +7.0% |
| 2018 | 0.3252 | -0.3% |
| 2019 | 0.313 | -3.8% |
| 2020 | 0.3195 | +2.1% |
| 2021 | 0.2946 | -7.8% |
Romania compared with similar countries
- Romania's 0.2946 is below the median for high income countries, which is 0.2989, 99% of the median. (36 countries reporting)
- Romania's 0.2946 is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 0.2895, 1.0× the median. (29 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.2797 | 0.2796 | 0.2797 | 2 |
| 2000s | 0.3164 | 0.3019 | 0.3395 | 4 |
| 2010s | 0.3127 | 0.3045 | 0.3262 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.307 | 0.2946 | 0.3195 | 2 |
Countries ranked near Romania
More poverty & inequality data for Romania
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 8 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 1.71 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 4,021 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 10.64 % change on previous year (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 27.54 (2022)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 27.5% (2022)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2022)
Frequently asked questions
- What is income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax in Romania?
- Income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax in Romania was 0.2946 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 Romania?
- The highest recorded value was 0.3395 in 2006.
- What is the lowest income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax recorded in Romania?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2796 in 1997.
- How does Romania rank for income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax?
- Romania ranks 33rd out of 48 countries with data for 2021.
- Is income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax rising or falling in Romania?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Romania 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.