Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax in Mozambique
Mozambique: Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax was 0.6181 in 2022. ▼ Falling
Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax in Mozambique, 1996–2022
Source: World Inequality Database (WID.world) (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
Analysis
Mozambique recorded 0.6181 for income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax in 2022.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.8% on the previous year and down 5.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax in Mozambique peaked at 0.6951 in 1996 and was at its lowest, 0.6134, in 2019.
That places Mozambique 10th out of 109 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the top 10%.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.6951 | 0.6951 | 0.6951 | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.6393 | 0.6259 | 0.6527 | 2 |
| 2010s | 0.6334 | 0.6134 | 0.6535 | 2 |
| 2020s | 0.6181 | 0.6181 | 0.6181 | 1 |
Countries ranked near Mozambique
More poverty & inequality data for Mozambique
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 2 surveys (2025)
- Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 4.76 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 776.4 kg per hectare (2024)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 20.9% (2023)
- Gender Inequality Index 0.479 (2023)
- Share of government consumption in GDP vs. share of population living in extreme poverty 17.8% (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in women 0.1688 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex 0.1688 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men 0.2063 (2023)
- Income inequality: Atkinson index 0.5441 (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax in Mozambique?
- Income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax in Mozambique was 0.6181 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 Mozambique?
- The highest recorded value was 0.6951 in 1996.
- What is the lowest income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax recorded in Mozambique?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.6134 in 2019.
- How does Mozambique rank for income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax?
- Mozambique ranks 10th out of 109 countries with data for 2022.
- Is income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax rising or falling in Mozambique?
- Over the last ten years it is down 5.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Mozambique 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.