Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax in Albania
Albania: Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax was 0.454 in 2022. ▬ Flat
Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax in Albania, 1996–2022
Source: World Inequality Database (WID.world) (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
Analysis
The most recent figure for income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax in Albania is 0.454, measured in 2022.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.6% on the previous year and up 3.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax in Albania peaked at 0.4779 in 2016 and was at its lowest, 0.4393, in 2012.
Albania ranks 74th of 109 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.4459 | 0.4459 | 0.4459 | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.4442 | 0.4415 | 0.4495 | 3 |
| 2010s | 0.4585 | 0.4393 | 0.4779 | 6 |
| 2020s | 0.4506 | 0.4466 | 0.454 | 3 |
Countries ranked near Albania
- 71 United States 0.4673 compare
- 72 Serbia 0.4615 compare
- 73 Montenegro 0.4597 compare
- 75 Moldova 0.4534 compare
- 76 Malaysia 0.4525 compare
- 77 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.4454 compare
More poverty & inequality data for Albania
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 5 surveys (2025)
- Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 1.35 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 5,170 kg per hectare (2023)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 25.5% (2023)
- Gender Inequality Index 0.107 (2023)
- Share of government consumption in GDP vs. share of population living in extreme poverty 20.5% (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in women 0.0841 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex 0.0841 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men 0.1014 (2023)
- Income inequality: Atkinson index 0.1973 (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax in Albania?
- Income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax in Albania was 0.454 in 2022, according to World Inequality Database (WID.world) (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax recorded in Albania?
- The highest recorded value was 0.4779 in 2016.
- What is the lowest income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax recorded in Albania?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.4393 in 2012.
- How does Albania rank for income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax?
- Albania ranks 74th out of 109 countries with data for 2022.
- Is income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax rising or falling in Albania?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Albania data come from?
- The figures come from World Inequality Database (WID.world) (2026) – with major 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.