Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax in Gambia
Gambia: Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax was 0.5681 in 2020. ▼ Falling
Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax in Gambia, 1998–2020
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 Gambia is 0.5681, measured in 2020.
The figure is down 8.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax in Gambia peaked at 0.6521 in 1998 and was at its lowest, 0.5519, in 2015.
That places Gambia 31st out of 109 countries with data for 2020, putting it in the middle of the range.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.6521 | 0.6521 | 0.6521 | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.6445 | 0.6445 | 0.6445 | 1 |
| 2010s | 0.5874 | 0.5519 | 0.6228 | 2 |
| 2020s | 0.5681 | 0.5681 | 0.5681 | 1 |
Countries ranked near Gambia
- 28 Dominican Republic 0.575 compare
- 29 Cambodia 0.5692 compare
- 30 Burkina Faso 0.5684 compare
- 32 Togo 0.5666 compare
- 33 Madagascar 0.5641 compare
- 34 Taiwan 0.5579 compare
More poverty & inequality data for Gambia
- 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 4.01 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 800.7 kg per hectare (2023)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 9.5% (2023)
- Gender Inequality Index 0.578 (2023)
- Share of government consumption in GDP vs. share of population living in extreme poverty 11.9% (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in women 0.1725 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex 0.1725 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men 0.1939 (2023)
- Income inequality: Atkinson index 0.4011 (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax in Gambia?
- Income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax in Gambia was 0.5681 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 Gambia?
- The highest recorded value was 0.6521 in 1998.
- What is the lowest income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax recorded in Gambia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5519 in 2015.
- How does Gambia rank for income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax?
- Gambia ranks 31st out of 109 countries with data for 2020.
- Is income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax rising or falling in Gambia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 8.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Gambia 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.