Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax in Georgia
Georgia: Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax was 0.5108 in 2024. ▼ Falling
Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax in Georgia, 1997–2024
Source: World Inequality Database (WID.world) (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
Analysis
In 2024, income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax in Georgia stood at 0.5108.
That represents a change of up 0.7% on the previous year and up 4.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax in Georgia peaked at 0.5969 in 1998 and was at its lowest, 0.4906, in 2014.
That places Georgia 58th out of 109 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 25 years of available data.
Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax in Georgia, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 0.5704 | — |
| 1998 | 0.5969 | +4.6% |
| 1999 | 0.5719 | -4.2% |
| 2000 | 0.5718 | -0.0% |
| 2001 | 0.5649 | -1.2% |
| 2002 | 0.5394 | -4.5% |
| 2003 | 0.5321 | -1.4% |
| 2004 | 0.525 | -1.3% |
| 2005 | 0.5373 | +2.3% |
| 2006 | 0.5321 | -1.0% |
| 2007 | 0.5446 | +2.3% |
| 2008 | 0.5252 | -3.6% |
| 2009 | 0.4923 | -6.3% |
| 2010 | 0.5082 | +3.2% |
| 2011 | 0.5312 | +4.5% |
| 2012 | 0.4961 | -6.6% |
| 2013 | 0.5255 | +5.9% |
| 2014 | 0.4906 | -6.6% |
| 2015 | 0.4908 | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 0.4923 | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 0.5004 | +1.6% |
| 2018 | 0.5042 | +0.8% |
| 2022 | 0.5057 | +0.3% |
| 2023 | 0.5074 | +0.3% |
| 2024 | 0.5108 | +0.7% |
Georgia compared with similar countries
- Georgia's 0.5108 is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.5361, 95% of the median. (30 countries reporting)
- Georgia's 0.5108 is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 0.3666, 1.4× the median. (42 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.5797 | 0.5704 | 0.5969 | 3 |
| 2000s | 0.5365 | 0.4923 | 0.5718 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.5044 | 0.4906 | 0.5312 | 9 |
| 2020s | 0.508 | 0.5057 | 0.5108 | 3 |
Countries ranked near Georgia
- 55 Bangladesh 0.5167 compare
- 55 Tajikistan 0.5167 compare
- 57 Iran 0.5149 compare
- 59 Pakistan 0.5095 compare
- 60 Kyrgyzstan 0.5067 compare
- 61 Ethiopia 0.5036 compare
More poverty & inequality data for Georgia
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 9 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 1.81 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 2,568 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 6.64 % change on previous year (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 24.59 (2023)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 24.6% (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 Georgia?
- Income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax in Georgia was 0.5108 in 2024, 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 Georgia?
- The highest recorded value was 0.5969 in 1998.
- What is the lowest income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax recorded in Georgia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.4906 in 2014.
- How does Georgia rank for income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax?
- Georgia ranks 58th out of 109 countries with data for 2024.
- Is income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax rising or falling in Georgia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Georgia 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.