Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax in Finland
Finland: Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax was 0.2785 in 2022. ▬ Flat
Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax in Finland, 1980–2022
Source: World Inequality Database (WID.world) (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
Analysis
Finland recorded 0.2785 for income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax in 2022.
That represents a change of up 0.3% on the previous year and up 1.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax in Finland peaked at 0.3008 in 1980 and was at its lowest, 0.2062, in 1992.
Finland ranks 104th of 109 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0.2846 | 0.2718 | 0.3008 | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.2401 | 0.2062 | 0.2674 | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.279 | 0.2693 | 0.2904 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.2768 | 0.2679 | 0.2861 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.2776 | 0.2768 | 0.2785 | 3 |
Countries ranked near Finland
More poverty & inequality data for Finland
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 8 surveys (2025)
- Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 1.28 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 3,310 kg per hectare (2023)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 42.7% (2023)
- Gender Inequality Index 0.021 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in women 0.0739 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex 0.0739 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men 0.0919 (2023)
- Share of government consumption in GDP vs. share of population living in extreme poverty 25.7% (2023)
- Income inequality: Atkinson index 0.1275 (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax in Finland?
- Income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax in Finland was 0.2785 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 Finland?
- The highest recorded value was 0.3008 in 1980.
- What is the lowest income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax recorded in Finland?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2062 in 1992.
- How does Finland rank for income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax?
- Finland ranks 104th out of 109 countries with data for 2022.
- Is income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax rising or falling in Finland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Finland 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.