Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax in Sweden
Sweden: Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax was 0.2756 in 2023. ▲ Rising
Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax in Sweden, 1975–2023
Source: Luxembourg Income Study (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
Analysis
The most recent figure for income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax in Sweden is 0.2756, measured in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 5.3% on the previous year and down 2.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax in Sweden peaked at 0.2912 in 2022 and was at its lowest, 0.1982, in 1981.
That places Sweden 39th out of 48 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 42 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.2164 | 0.2164 | 0.2164 | 1 |
| 1980s | 0.2093 | 0.1982 | 0.2167 | 7 |
| 1990s | 0.2289 | 0.2144 | 0.2443 | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.2512 | 0.2393 | 0.2704 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.2815 | 0.2692 | 0.2905 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.2827 | 0.2756 | 0.2912 | 4 |
Countries ranked near Sweden
More poverty & inequality data for Sweden
- 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 1.43 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 4,456 kg per hectare (2023)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 41.4% (2023)
- Gender Inequality Index 0.007 (2023)
- Share of government consumption in GDP vs. share of population living in extreme poverty 28.0% (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in women 0.0725 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex 0.0725 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men 0.0823 (2023)
- Income inequality: Atkinson index 0.1694 (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax in Sweden?
- Income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax in Sweden was 0.2756 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 Sweden?
- The highest recorded value was 0.2912 in 2022.
- What is the lowest income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax recorded in Sweden?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1982 in 1981.
- How does Sweden rank for income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax?
- Sweden ranks 39th out of 48 countries with data for 2023.
- Is income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax rising or falling in Sweden?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Sweden 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.