Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax in Madagascar
Madagascar: Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax was 0.5641 in 2021. ▼ Falling
Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax in Madagascar, 1980–2021
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 Madagascar is 0.5641, measured in 2021.
The figure is down 7.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax in Madagascar peaked at 0.6469 in 1993 and was at its lowest, 0.5626, in 1999.
That places Madagascar 33rd out of 109 countries with data for 2021, putting it in the middle of the range.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0.6381 | 0.6381 | 0.6381 | 1 |
| 1990s | 0.5945 | 0.5626 | 0.6469 | 3 |
| 2000s | 0.6155 | 0.5925 | 0.6384 | 2 |
| 2010s | 0.6067 | 0.6037 | 0.6097 | 2 |
| 2020s | 0.5641 | 0.5641 | 0.5641 | 1 |
Countries ranked near Madagascar
More poverty & inequality data for Madagascar
- 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 3.97 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 2,426 kg per hectare (2023)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 10.4% (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in women 0.1948 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex 0.1948 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men 0.2174 (2023)
- Share of government consumption in GDP vs. share of population living in extreme poverty 13.7% (2023)
- Income inequality: Atkinson index 0.4488 (2023)
- Poverty headcount ratio at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) 96.6% (2021)
Frequently asked questions
- What is income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax in Madagascar?
- Income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax in Madagascar was 0.5641 in 2021, 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 Madagascar?
- The highest recorded value was 0.6469 in 1993.
- What is the lowest income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax recorded in Madagascar?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5626 in 1999.
- How does Madagascar rank for income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax?
- Madagascar ranks 33rd out of 109 countries with data for 2021.
- Is income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax rising or falling in Madagascar?
- Over the last ten years it is down 7.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Madagascar 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.