Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax in Burundi
Burundi: Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax was 0.5481 in 2020. ▬ Flat
Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax in Burundi, 1992–2020
Source: World Inequality Database (WID.world) (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
Analysis
In 2020, income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax in Burundi stood at 0.5481.
The figure is down 2.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax in Burundi peaked at 0.5892 in 1998 and was at its lowest, 0.5139, in 1992.
Burundi ranks 37th of 109 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.5515 | 0.5139 | 0.5892 | 2 |
| 2000s | 0.5248 | 0.5248 | 0.5248 | 1 |
| 2010s | 0.5615 | 0.5615 | 0.5615 | 1 |
| 2020s | 0.5481 | 0.5481 | 0.5481 | 1 |
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More poverty & inequality data for Burundi
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 1 surveys (2025)
- Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 4.88 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 1,163 kg per hectare (2024)
- Gender Inequality Index 0.501 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in women 0.1868 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex 0.1868 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men 0.2119 (2023)
- Share of government consumption in GDP vs. share of population living in extreme poverty 27.9% (2023)
- Income inequality: Atkinson index 0.3952 (2023)
- Poverty headcount ratio at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) 97.4% (2020)
Frequently asked questions
- What is income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax in Burundi?
- Income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax in Burundi was 0.5481 in 2020, 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 Burundi?
- The highest recorded value was 0.5892 in 1998.
- What is the lowest income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax recorded in Burundi?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5139 in 1992.
- How does Burundi rank for income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax?
- Burundi ranks 37th out of 109 countries with data for 2020.
- Is income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax rising or falling in Burundi?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Burundi 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.