Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax in Taiwan
Taiwan: Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax was 0.3079 in 2021. ▲ Rising
Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax in Taiwan, 1981–2021
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 Taiwan is 0.3079, measured in 2021.
That represents a change of up 1.2% on the previous year and down 2.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax in Taiwan peaked at 0.317 in 2010 and was at its lowest, 0.2671, in 1981.
Taiwan ranks 26th of 48 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 16 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0.2677 | 0.2671 | 0.2683 | 2 |
| 1990s | 0.2834 | 0.2713 | 0.2916 | 3 |
| 2000s | 0.3005 | 0.2892 | 0.307 | 3 |
| 2010s | 0.308 | 0.3029 | 0.317 | 6 |
| 2020s | 0.3061 | 0.3042 | 0.3079 | 2 |
Countries ranked near Taiwan
More poverty & inequality data for Taiwan
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 6 surveys (2025)
- Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 0.87 live births per woman (2023)
- Share of government consumption in GDP vs. share of population living in extreme poverty 17.4% (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in women 0.0807 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex 0.0807 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men 0.1054 (2023)
- Three metrics of inequality 60.86 (2017)
- Gini coefficient (before tax) 0.6086 (2017)
- Total shortfall from extreme poverty 3.36 million international-$ in 2021 prices (2021)
- Poverty gap index at $3 a day 0.0% (2021)
Frequently asked questions
- What is income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax in Taiwan?
- Income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax in Taiwan was 0.3079 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 Taiwan?
- The highest recorded value was 0.317 in 2010.
- What is the lowest income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax recorded in Taiwan?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2671 in 1981.
- How does Taiwan rank for income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax?
- Taiwan ranks 26th out of 48 countries with data for 2021.
- Is income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax rising or falling in Taiwan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Taiwan 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.