Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax by country
Redistributive impact of fiscal policy, Gini index (%).
Countries reporting
35
Highest
0.5%
Chile
Lowest
0.2%
Slovakia
Median
0.3%
Years covered
13
2013–2025
Data points
345
What the numbers show
Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax is currently reported for 35 countries. The highest value is 0.5% in Chile; the lowest is 0.2% in Slovakia.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.3%, and the mean is 0.3%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2.
Over the past decade 10 countries rose and 21 fell. The largest increase was in Denmark (up 12.0%), and the largest decrease in Slovakia (down 18.5%).
Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chile | 0.5% | 2022 | down 4.3% | flat |
| 1 | Costa Rica | 0.5% | 2024 | down 6.2% | flat |
| 3 | Turkey | 0.4% | 2023 | up 10.5% | rising |
| 4 | Mexico | 0.4% | 2022 | down 13.0% | falling |
| 5 | United States | 0.4% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 6 | United Kingdom | 0.4% | 2024 | up 5.7% | flat |
| 7 | Lithuania | 0.3% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 8 | Israel | 0.3% | 2022 | down 2.9% | flat |
| 8 | Latvia | 0.3% | 2024 | down 2.9% | flat |
| 8 | Greece | 0.3% | 2024 | down 5.7% | falling |
| 11 | Italy | 0.3% | 2024 | down 3.0% | flat |
| 12 | Portugal | 0.3% | 2024 | down 8.8% | falling |
| 12 | Spain | 0.3% | 2024 | down 11.4% | falling |
| 12 | New Zealand | 0.3% | 2023 | down 6.1% | falling |
| 12 | Germany | 0.3% | 2023 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 12 | Canada | 0.3% | 2024 | down 3.1% | falling |
| 12 | Switzerland | 0.3% | 2023 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 18 | Estonia | 0.3% | 2024 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 18 | Malta | 0.3% | 2025 | down 3.2% | flat |
| 18 | South Korea | 0.3% | 2023 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 18 | Luxembourg | 0.3% | 2024 | up 3.4% | flat |
| 22 | Hungary | 0.3% | 2022 | down 3.3% | flat |
| 22 | Netherlands | 0.3% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 24 | Sweden | 0.3% | 2023 | up 7.7% | rising |
| 24 | Austria | 0.3% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 24 | Ireland | 0.3% | 2024 | down 12.5% | falling |
| 24 | Denmark | 0.3% | 2022 | up 12.0% | rising |
| 28 | Norway | 0.3% | 2022 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 28 | Finland | 0.3% | 2024 | up 3.8% | flat |
| 30 | Poland | 0.3% | 2024 | down 13.3% | falling |
| 31 | Belgium | 0.2% | 2024 | down 3.8% | flat |
| 31 | Iceland | 0.2% | 2020 | up 4.2% | flat |
| 33 | Slovenia | 0.2% | 2024 | down 4.0% | flat |
| 33 | Czechia | 0.2% | 2024 | down 7.7% | falling |
| 35 | Slovakia | 0.2% | 2024 | down 18.5% | falling |
About this data
Redistributive impact of fiscal policy, Gini index (%).