Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax in Mongolia
Mongolia: Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax was 0.4961 in 2018. ▬ Flat
Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax in Mongolia, 1995–2018
Source: World Inequality Database (WID.world) (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
Analysis
Mongolia recorded 0.4961 for income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax in 2018. That is the lowest value across all 9 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 3.0% on the previous year and down 0.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax in Mongolia peaked at 0.544 in 2002 and was at its lowest, 0.4961, in 2018.
That places Mongolia 63rd out of 109 countries with data for 2018, putting it in the middle of the range.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.5254 | 0.5163 | 0.5345 | 2 |
| 2000s | 0.5202 | 0.4965 | 0.544 | 2 |
| 2010s | 0.517 | 0.4961 | 0.5342 | 5 |
Countries ranked near Mongolia
- 60 Kyrgyzstan 0.5067 compare
- 61 Ethiopia 0.5036 compare
- 62 Uruguay 0.4979 compare
- 64 Kazakhstan 0.4937 compare
- 65 Bulgaria 0.4914 compare
- 66 Mauritania 0.482 compare
More poverty & inequality data for Mongolia
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 3 surveys (2025)
- Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 2.69 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 1,296 kg per hectare (2023)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 31.3% (2022)
- Gender Inequality Index 0.284 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in women 0.1052 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex 0.1052 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men 0.141 (2023)
- Share of government consumption in GDP vs. share of population living in extreme poverty 29.0% (2023)
- Income inequality: Atkinson index 0.1919 (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax in Mongolia?
- Income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax in Mongolia was 0.4961 in 2018, 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 Mongolia?
- The highest recorded value was 0.544 in 2002.
- What is the lowest income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax recorded in Mongolia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.4961 in 2018.
- How does Mongolia rank for income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax?
- Mongolia ranks 63rd out of 109 countries with data for 2018.
- Is income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax rising or falling in Mongolia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Mongolia 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.