Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax in Luxembourg
Luxembourg: Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax was 0.358 in 2022. ▬ Flat
Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax in Luxembourg, 1985–2022
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 Luxembourg is 0.358, measured in 2022.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.6% on the previous year and down 14.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax in Luxembourg peaked at 0.4526 in 2007 and was at its lowest, 0.3446, in 2020.
That places Luxembourg 89th out of 109 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the bottom quarter.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0.3571 | 0.3571 | 0.3571 | 1 |
| 1990s | 0.3813 | 0.3769 | 0.3881 | 3 |
| 2000s | 0.4036 | 0.3707 | 0.4526 | 9 |
| 2010s | 0.3836 | 0.3501 | 0.4204 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.3528 | 0.3446 | 0.358 | 3 |
Countries ranked near Luxembourg
More poverty & inequality data for Luxembourg
- 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 1.4 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 5,540 kg per hectare (2023)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 40.9% (2023)
- Gender Inequality Index 0.044 (2023)
- Share of government consumption in GDP vs. share of population living in extreme poverty 17.7% (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in women 0.0864 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex 0.0864 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men 0.0886 (2023)
- Income inequality: Atkinson index 0.1644 (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax in Luxembourg?
- Income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax in Luxembourg was 0.358 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 Luxembourg?
- The highest recorded value was 0.4526 in 2007.
- What is the lowest income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax recorded in Luxembourg?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3446 in 2020.
- How does Luxembourg rank for income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax?
- Luxembourg ranks 89th out of 109 countries with data for 2022.
- Is income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax rising or falling in Luxembourg?
- Over the last ten years it is down 14.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Luxembourg 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.