Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax in Malta
Malta: Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax was 0.4149 in 2020. ▲ Rising
Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax in Malta, 2007–2020
Source: World Inequality Database (WID.world) (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
Analysis
In 2020, income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax in Malta stood at 0.4149.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.5% on the previous year and up 8.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax in Malta peaked at 0.4211 in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.3815, in 2007.
That places Malta 80th out of 109 regions with data for 2020, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.3842 | 0.3815 | 0.3871 | 3 |
| 2010s | 0.407 | 0.384 | 0.4211 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.4149 | 0.4149 | 0.4149 | 1 |
Countries ranked near Malta
- 77 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.4454 compare
- 78 South Korea 0.4321 compare
- 79 Latvia 0.4247 compare
- 81 North Macedonia 0.4112 compare
- 82 Croatia 0.4069 compare
- 83 Poland 0.4011 compare
More poverty & inequality data for Malta
- 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 1.1 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 4,880 kg per hectare (2017)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 32.8% (2009)
- Gender Inequality Index 0.111 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in women 0.0867 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex 0.0867 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men 0.0845 (2023)
- Share of government consumption in GDP vs. share of population living in extreme poverty 26.8% (2023)
- Income inequality: Atkinson index 0.1551 (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax in Malta?
- Income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax in Malta was 0.4149 in 2020, 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 Malta?
- The highest recorded value was 0.4211 in 2019.
- What is the lowest income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax recorded in Malta?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3815 in 2007.
- How does Malta rank for income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax?
- Malta ranks 80th out of 109 regions with data for 2020.
- Is income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax rising or falling in Malta?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Malta 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.