Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax in Moldova
Moldova: Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax was 0.4534 in 2021. ▲ Rising
Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax in Moldova, 1988–2021
Source: World Inequality Database (WID.world) (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
Analysis
In 2021, income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax in Moldova stood at 0.4534.
That represents a change of up 1.2% on the previous year and down 5.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax in Moldova peaked at 0.4872 in 2008 and was at its lowest, 0.3209, in 1988.
That places Moldova 75th out of 109 countries with data for 2021, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0.3209 | 0.3209 | 0.3209 | 1 |
| 1990s | 0.4613 | 0.4429 | 0.4797 | 2 |
| 2000s | 0.48 | 0.4703 | 0.4872 | 9 |
| 2010s | 0.4628 | 0.4491 | 0.4798 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.4507 | 0.448 | 0.4534 | 2 |
Countries ranked near Moldova
- 72 Serbia 0.4615 compare
- 73 Montenegro 0.4597 compare
- 74 Albania 0.454 compare
- 76 Malaysia 0.4525 compare
- 77 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.4454 compare
- 78 South Korea 0.4321 compare
More poverty & inequality data for Moldova
- 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 1.73 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 3,434 kg per hectare (2023)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 30.6% (2023)
- Gender Inequality Index 0.146 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in women 0.1087 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex 0.1087 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men 0.1365 (2023)
- Share of government consumption in GDP vs. share of population living in extreme poverty 32.0% (2023)
- Income inequality: Atkinson index 0.1355 (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax in Moldova?
- Income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax in Moldova was 0.4534 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 Moldova?
- The highest recorded value was 0.4872 in 2008.
- What is the lowest income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax recorded in Moldova?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3209 in 1988.
- How does Moldova rank for income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax?
- Moldova ranks 75th out of 109 countries with data for 2021.
- Is income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax rising or falling in Moldova?
- Over the last ten years it is down 5.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Moldova 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.