Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax in France
France: Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax was 0.2723 in 2022. ▼ Falling
Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax in France, 1980–2022
Source: World Inequality Database (WID.world) (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
Analysis
France recorded 0.2723 for income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax in 2022.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.6% on the previous year and down 0.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax in France peaked at 0.3234 in 1989 and was at its lowest, 0.2599, in 2020.
France ranks 106th of 109 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 43 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0.314 | 0.3076 | 0.3234 | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.3051 | 0.2923 | 0.3229 | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.2995 | 0.2929 | 0.3044 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.2753 | 0.2669 | 0.2913 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.2676 | 0.2599 | 0.2723 | 3 |
Countries ranked near France
More poverty & inequality data for France
- 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 1.64 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 6,281 kg per hectare (2024)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 43.8% (2023)
- Gender Inequality Index 0.034 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in women 0.0761 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex 0.0761 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men 0.0966 (2023)
- Share of government consumption in GDP vs. share of population living in extreme poverty 23.3% (2023)
- Income inequality: Atkinson index 0.1789 (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax in France?
- Income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax in France was 0.2723 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 France?
- The highest recorded value was 0.3234 in 1989.
- What is the lowest income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax recorded in France?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2599 in 2020.
- How does France rank for income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax?
- France ranks 106th out of 109 countries with data for 2022.
- Is income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax rising or falling in France?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this France 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.