Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax in Iran
Iran: Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax was 0.5149 in 2022. ▼ Falling
Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax in Iran, 1986–2022
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 Iran is 0.5149, measured in 2022. That is the lowest value across all 28 years on record.
That represents a change of down 1.9% on the previous year and down 10.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax in Iran peaked at 0.64 in 1986 and was at its lowest, 0.5149, in 2022.
That places Iran 57th out of 109 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 28 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0.64 | 0.64 | 0.64 | 1 |
| 1990s | 0.6127 | 0.6052 | 0.623 | 4 |
| 2000s | 0.6076 | 0.5715 | 0.6352 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.5504 | 0.5195 | 0.594 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.522 | 0.5149 | 0.526 | 3 |
Countries ranked near Iran
- 54 China 0.5185 compare
- 55 Bangladesh 0.5167 compare
- 55 Tajikistan 0.5167 compare
- 58 Georgia 0.5108 compare
- 59 Pakistan 0.5095 compare
- 60 Kyrgyzstan 0.5067 compare
More poverty & inequality data for Iran
- 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 1.7 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 2,420 kg per hectare (2023)
- Gender Inequality Index 0.482 (2023)
- Share of government consumption in GDP vs. share of population living in extreme poverty 29.4% (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in women 0.0873 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex 0.0873 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men 0.1072 (2023)
- Income inequality: Atkinson index 0.2752 (2023)
- Poverty headcount ratio at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP) 2.5% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax in Iran?
- Income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax in Iran was 0.5149 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 Iran?
- The highest recorded value was 0.64 in 1986.
- What is the lowest income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax recorded in Iran?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5149 in 2022.
- How does Iran rank for income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax?
- Iran ranks 57th out of 109 countries with data for 2022.
- Is income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax rising or falling in Iran?
- Over the last ten years it is down 10.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Iran 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.