Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax in Sweden
Sweden: Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax was 0.3% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax in Sweden, 2013–2023
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 Sweden is 0.3%, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
The figure is up 7.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax in Sweden peaked at 0.3% in 2021 and was at its lowest, 0.3%, in 2013.
Sweden ranks 24th of 35 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax in Sweden, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 0.3% | — |
| 2014 | 0.3% | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 0.3% | +3.8% |
| 2016 | 0.3% | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 0.3% | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 0.3% | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 0.3% | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 0.3% | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 0.3% | +3.7% |
| 2022 | 0.3% | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 0.3% | +0.0% |
Sweden compared with similar countries
- Sweden's 0.3% is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 0.3%, 97% of the median. (26 countries reporting)
- Sweden's 0.3% is below the median for high income countries, which is 0.3%, 93% of the median. (33 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.3% | 7 |
| 2020s | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.3% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Sweden
More poverty & inequality data for Sweden
- 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 1.43 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 4,456 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 -27.03 % change on previous year (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 41.37 (2023)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 41.4% (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 Sweden?
- Income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax in Sweden was 0.3% in 2023, according to World Bank – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax recorded in Sweden?
- The highest recorded value was 0.3% in 2021.
- What is the lowest income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax recorded in Sweden?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3% in 2013.
- How does Sweden rank for income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax?
- Sweden ranks 24th out of 35 countries with data for 2023.
- Is income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax rising or falling in Sweden?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Sweden 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 (%).