Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax (Luxembourg) in Russia
Russia: Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax (Luxembourg) 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 29th 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.
Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax (Luxembourg) in Russia, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 0.4266 | — |
| 2004 | 0.3903 | -8.5% |
| 2007 | 0.3484 | -10.7% |
| 2010 | 0.3423 | -1.7% |
| 2011 | 0.3642 | +6.4% |
| 2013 | 0.3506 | -3.7% |
| 2014 | 0.3395 | -3.1% |
| 2015 | 0.3309 | -2.6% |
| 2016 | 0.3315 | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 0.318 | -4.1% |
| 2018 | 0.3207 | +0.8% |
| 2019 | 0.3228 | +0.7% |
| 2020 | 0.3022 | -6.4% |
| 2021 | 0.3126 | +3.5% |
| 2022 | 0.2998 | -4.1% |
Russia compared with similar countries
- Russia's 0.2998 is above the median for high income countries, which is 0.2989, 1.0× the median. (36 countries reporting)
- Russia's 0.2998 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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)
- 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 1.45 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 3,167 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 -7.65 % change on previous year (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 30.47 (2023)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 30.5% (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 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 29th 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.