Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax in Switzerland
Switzerland: Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax was 0.3147 in 2022. ▲ Rising
Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax in Switzerland, 1982–2022
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 Switzerland is 0.3147, measured in 2022.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.5% on the previous year and up 10.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax in Switzerland peaked at 0.3155 in 1982 and was at its lowest, 0.2589, in 2001.
Switzerland ranks 21st of 48 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0.3155 | 0.3155 | 0.3155 | 1 |
| 1990s | 0.3096 | 0.3096 | 0.3096 | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.2819 | 0.2589 | 0.3083 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.2976 | 0.2857 | 0.3098 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.3122 | 0.3069 | 0.3149 | 3 |
Countries ranked near Switzerland
More poverty & inequality data for Switzerland
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 7 surveys (2025)
- Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 1.43 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 5,706 kg per hectare (2023)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 26.8% (2023)
- Gender Inequality Index 0.01 (2023)
- Share of government consumption in GDP vs. share of population living in extreme poverty 7.7% (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in women 0.0694 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex 0.0694 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men 0.0821 (2023)
- Income inequality: Atkinson index 0.1767 (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax in Switzerland?
- Income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax in Switzerland was 0.3147 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 Switzerland?
- The highest recorded value was 0.3155 in 1982.
- What is the lowest income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax recorded in Switzerland?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2589 in 2001.
- How does Switzerland rank for income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax?
- Switzerland ranks 21st out of 48 countries with data for 2022.
- Is income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax rising or falling in Switzerland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 10.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Switzerland 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.