Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax in Germany
Germany: Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax was 0.3654 in 2022. ▲ Rising
Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax in Germany, 1981–2022
Source: World Inequality Database (WID.world) (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
Analysis
Germany recorded 0.3654 for income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax in 2022.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.4% on the previous year and down 1.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax in Germany peaked at 0.3824 in 2014 and was at its lowest, 0.298, in 1995.
Germany ranks 87th of 109 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 42 years of available data.
Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax in Germany, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1981 | 0.3073 | — |
| 1982 | 0.3069 | -0.1% |
| 1983 | 0.3139 | +2.3% |
| 1984 | 0.3091 | -1.5% |
| 1985 | 0.3066 | -0.8% |
| 1986 | 0.307 | +0.1% |
| 1987 | 0.3079 | +0.3% |
| 1988 | 0.3195 | +3.8% |
| 1989 | 0.3304 | +3.4% |
| 1990 | 0.3384 | +2.4% |
| 1991 | 0.3229 | -4.6% |
| 1992 | 0.3107 | -3.8% |
| 1993 | 0.3058 | -1.6% |
| 1994 | 0.3057 | -0.0% |
| 1995 | 0.298 | -2.5% |
| 1996 | 0.3098 | +4.0% |
| 1997 | 0.3208 | +3.6% |
| 1998 | 0.3275 | +2.1% |
| 1999 | 0.3257 | -0.5% |
| 2000 | 0.3284 | +0.8% |
| 2001 | 0.3343 | +1.8% |
| 2002 | 0.338 | +1.1% |
| 2003 | 0.3294 | -2.5% |
| 2004 | 0.3396 | +3.1% |
| 2005 | 0.3612 | +6.4% |
| 2006 | 0.3636 | +0.7% |
| 2007 | 0.3756 | +3.3% |
| 2008 | 0.3736 | -0.5% |
| 2009 | 0.3703 | -0.9% |
| 2010 | 0.3716 | +0.4% |
| 2011 | 0.3742 | +0.7% |
| 2012 | 0.3716 | -0.7% |
| 2013 | 0.3803 | +2.3% |
| 2014 | 0.3824 | +0.6% |
| 2015 | 0.3791 | -0.9% |
| 2016 | 0.376 | -0.8% |
| 2017 | 0.3715 | -1.2% |
| 2018 | 0.3649 | -1.8% |
| 2019 | 0.368 | +0.8% |
| 2020 | 0.3611 | -1.9% |
| 2021 | 0.3641 | +0.8% |
| 2022 | 0.3654 | +0.4% |
Germany compared with similar countries
- Germany's 0.3654 is above the median for high income countries, which is 0.3617, 1.0× the median. (43 countries reporting)
- Germany's 0.3654 is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 0.3666, 100% of the median. (42 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0.3121 | 0.3066 | 0.3304 | 9 |
| 1990s | 0.3165 | 0.298 | 0.3384 | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.3514 | 0.3284 | 0.3756 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.374 | 0.3649 | 0.3824 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.3635 | 0.3611 | 0.3654 | 3 |
Countries ranked near Germany
More poverty & inequality data for Germany
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 7 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 1.44 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 7,007 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 -1.67 % change on previous year (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 37.48 (2023)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 37.5% (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 Germany?
- Income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax in Germany was 0.3654 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 Germany?
- The highest recorded value was 0.3824 in 2014.
- What is the lowest income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax recorded in Germany?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.298 in 1995.
- How does Germany rank for income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax?
- Germany ranks 87th out of 109 countries with data for 2022.
- Is income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax rising or falling in Germany?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Germany 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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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.