Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax in Romania
Romania: Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax 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.
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)
- 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)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 27.5% (2022)
- Gender Inequality Index 0.227 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in women 0.0869 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex 0.0869 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men 0.1169 (2023)
- Share of government consumption in GDP vs. share of population living in extreme poverty 22.7% (2023)
- Income inequality: Atkinson index 0.2087 (2023)
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.