Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax in North Macedonia
North Macedonia: Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax was 0.4112 in 2018. ▲ Rising
Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax in North Macedonia, 1984–2018
Source: World Inequality Database (WID.world) (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
Analysis
In 2018, income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax in North Macedonia stood at 0.4112.
That represents a change of down 3.4% on the previous year and down 11.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax in North Macedonia peaked at 0.4836 in 1996 and was at its lowest, 0.3503, in 1990.
That places North Macedonia 81st out of 109 countries with data for 2018, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 19 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0.3669 | 0.3586 | 0.3872 | 5 |
| 1990s | 0.4304 | 0.3503 | 0.4836 | 3 |
| 2000s | 0.4388 | 0.4295 | 0.4469 | 3 |
| 2010s | 0.4369 | 0.4112 | 0.4668 | 8 |
Countries ranked near North Macedonia
More poverty & inequality data for North Macedonia
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 4 surveys (2025)
- Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 1.47 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 3,565 kg per hectare (2024)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 29.5% (2023)
- Gender Inequality Index 0.112 (2023)
- Share of government consumption in GDP vs. share of population living in extreme poverty 24.5% (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in women 0.0832 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex 0.0832 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men 0.0953 (2023)
- Income inequality: Atkinson index 0.2048 (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax in North Macedonia?
- Income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax in North Macedonia was 0.4112 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 North Macedonia?
- The highest recorded value was 0.4836 in 1996.
- What is the lowest income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax recorded in North Macedonia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3503 in 1990.
- How does North Macedonia rank for income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax?
- North Macedonia ranks 81st out of 109 countries with data for 2018.
- Is income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax rising or falling in North Macedonia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 11.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this North Macedonia 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.