Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax in Lithuania
Lithuania: Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax was 0.3% in 2024. ▬ Flat
Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax in Lithuania, 2014–2024
Source: World Bank – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax in Lithuania is 0.3%, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 11 years on record.
That represents a change of down 2.8% on the previous year and unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax in Lithuania peaked at 0.4% in 2015 and was at its lowest, 0.3%, in 2014.
That places Lithuania 7th out of 35 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax in Lithuania, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 0.3% | — |
| 2015 | 0.4% | +5.7% |
| 2016 | 0.4% | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 0.4% | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 0.4% | -2.7% |
| 2019 | 0.3% | -2.8% |
| 2020 | 0.3% | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 0.3% | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 0.4% | +2.9% |
| 2023 | 0.4% | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 0.3% | -2.8% |
Lithuania compared with similar countries
- Lithuania's 0.3% is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 0.3%, 1.2× the median. (26 countries reporting)
- Lithuania's 0.3% is above the median for high income countries, which is 0.3%, 1.2× the median. (33 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.4% | 0.3% | 0.4% | 6 |
| 2020s | 0.4% | 0.3% | 0.4% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Lithuania
More poverty & inequality data for Lithuania
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 8 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 1.2 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 4,187 kg per hectare (2023)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, annual growth rate -0.5439 % change on previous year (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 32.6 (2023)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 32.6% (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 Lithuania?
- Income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax in Lithuania was 0.3% in 2024, according to World Bank – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax recorded in Lithuania?
- The highest recorded value was 0.4% in 2015.
- What is the lowest income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax recorded in Lithuania?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3% in 2014.
- How does Lithuania rank for income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax?
- Lithuania ranks 7th out of 35 countries with data for 2024.
- Is income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax rising or falling in Lithuania?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Lithuania 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 (%).