Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax in Belgium
Belgium: Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax was 0.2869 in 2022. ▼ Falling
Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax in Belgium, 1985–2022
Source: World Inequality Database (WID.world) (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
Analysis
Belgium recorded 0.2869 for income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax in 2022.
The figure is up 0.7% on the previous year and up 3.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax in Belgium peaked at 0.3222 in 2000 and was at its lowest, 0.2716, in 2017.
Belgium ranks 102nd of 109 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 33 years of available data.
Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax in Belgium, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 0.2885 | — |
| 1988 | 0.3187 | +10.5% |
| 1991 | 0.3127 | -1.9% |
| 1992 | 0.3109 | -0.6% |
| 1993 | 0.3101 | -0.3% |
| 1994 | 0.3191 | +2.9% |
| 1995 | 0.3117 | -2.3% |
| 1996 | 0.3076 | -1.3% |
| 1997 | 0.3082 | +0.2% |
| 1998 | 0.3104 | +0.7% |
| 1999 | 0.3185 | +2.6% |
| 2000 | 0.3222 | +1.2% |
| 2001 | 0.3111 | -3.4% |
| 2002 | 0.3047 | -2.1% |
| 2003 | 0.3025 | -0.7% |
| 2004 | 0.3016 | -0.3% |
| 2005 | 0.3037 | +0.7% |
| 2006 | 0.2991 | -1.5% |
| 2007 | 0.3047 | +1.9% |
| 2008 | 0.2845 | -6.6% |
| 2009 | 0.2818 | -0.9% |
| 2010 | 0.2866 | +1.7% |
| 2011 | 0.2756 | -3.8% |
| 2012 | 0.2764 | +0.3% |
| 2014 | 0.2746 | -0.7% |
| 2015 | 0.2783 | +1.3% |
| 2016 | 0.2795 | +0.4% |
| 2017 | 0.2716 | -2.8% |
| 2018 | 0.2803 | +3.2% |
| 2019 | 0.285 | +1.7% |
| 2020 | 0.2757 | -3.3% |
| 2021 | 0.285 | +3.4% |
| 2022 | 0.2869 | +0.7% |
Belgium compared with similar countries
- Belgium's 0.2869 is below the median for high income countries, which is 0.3617, 79% of the median. (43 countries reporting)
- Belgium's 0.2869 is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 0.3666, 78% of the median. (42 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0.3036 | 0.2885 | 0.3187 | 2 |
| 1990s | 0.3121 | 0.3076 | 0.3191 | 9 |
| 2000s | 0.3016 | 0.2818 | 0.3222 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.2787 | 0.2716 | 0.2866 | 9 |
| 2020s | 0.2825 | 0.2757 | 0.2869 | 3 |
Countries ranked near Belgium
More poverty & inequality data for Belgium
- 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 1.38 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 8,486 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 -1.37 % change on previous year (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 42.58 (2023)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 42.6% (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 Belgium?
- Income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax in Belgium was 0.2869 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 Belgium?
- The highest recorded value was 0.3222 in 2000.
- What is the lowest income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax recorded in Belgium?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2716 in 2017.
- How does Belgium rank for income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax?
- Belgium ranks 102nd out of 109 countries with data for 2022.
- Is income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax rising or falling in Belgium?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Belgium 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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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.