Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax in Russia
Russia: Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax was 0.2998 in 2022. ▼ Falling
Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax in Russia, 2000–2022
Source: Luxembourg Income Study (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
Analysis
Russia recorded 0.2998 for income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax in 2022. That is the lowest value across all 15 years on record.
That represents a change of down 4.1% on the previous year and down 17.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax in Russia peaked at 0.4266 in 2000 and was at its lowest, 0.2998, in 2022.
Russia ranks 30th of 48 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 15 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.3884 | 0.3484 | 0.4266 | 3 |
| 2010s | 0.3356 | 0.318 | 0.3642 | 9 |
| 2020s | 0.3049 | 0.2998 | 0.3126 | 3 |
Countries ranked near Russia
More poverty & inequality data for Russia
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 5 surveys (2025)
- Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 1.45 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 3,167 kg per hectare (2023)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 30.5% (2023)
- Gender Inequality Index 0.169 (2023)
- Share of government consumption in GDP vs. share of population living in extreme poverty 22.7% (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in women 0.1013 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex 0.1013 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men 0.1536 (2023)
- Income inequality: Atkinson index 0.1867 (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax in Russia?
- Income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax in Russia was 0.2998 in 2022, 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 Russia?
- The highest recorded value was 0.4266 in 2000.
- What is the lowest income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax recorded in Russia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2998 in 2022.
- How does Russia rank for income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax?
- Russia ranks 30th out of 48 countries with data for 2022.
- Is income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax rising or falling in Russia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 17.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Russia 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.