Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax in Chile
Chile: Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax was 0.5% in 2022. ▬ Flat
Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax in Chile, 2013–2022
Source: World Bank – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2022, income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax in Chile stood at 0.5%. That is the lowest value across all 5 years on record.
That represents a change of down 10.0% on the previous year and down 4.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax in Chile peaked at 0.5% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 0.5%, in 2015.
Chile ranks 1st of 35 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax in Chile, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 0.5% | — |
| 2015 | 0.5% | -4.3% |
| 2017 | 0.5% | +2.2% |
| 2020 | 0.5% | +8.7% |
| 2022 | 0.5% | -10.0% |
Chile compared with similar countries
- Chile's 0.5% is above the median for high income countries, which is 0.3%, 1.5× the median. (33 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.5% | 0.5% | 0.5% | 3 |
| 2020s | 0.5% | 0.5% | 0.5% | 2 |
Countries ranked near Chile
More poverty & inequality data for Chile
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 4 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 1.17 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 6,606 kg per hectare (2024)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, annual growth rate 3.51 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 18.88 (2023)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 18.9% (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 Chile?
- Income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax in Chile was 0.5% in 2022, according to World Bank – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax recorded in Chile?
- The highest recorded value was 0.5% in 2020.
- What is the lowest income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax recorded in Chile?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5% in 2015.
- How does Chile rank for income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax?
- Chile ranks 1st out of 35 countries with data for 2022.
- Is income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax rising or falling in Chile?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Chile data come from?
- The figures come from World Bank – processed 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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Redistributive impact of fiscal policy, Gini index (%).