Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax in Portugal
Portugal: Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax was 0.3678 in 2022. ▬ Flat
Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax in Portugal, 1980–2022
Source: World Inequality Database (WID.world) (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
Analysis
The most recent figure for income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax in Portugal is 0.3678, measured in 2022.
That represents a change of up 0.8% on the previous year and down 3.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax in Portugal peaked at 0.4194 in 1994 and was at its lowest, 0.3455, in 1981.
That places Portugal 86th out of 109 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the bottom quarter.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0.3778 | 0.3455 | 0.3932 | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.4006 | 0.3844 | 0.4194 | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.3979 | 0.3727 | 0.4124 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.3829 | 0.3759 | 0.3916 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.3681 | 0.3648 | 0.3718 | 3 |
Countries ranked near Portugal
More poverty & inequality data for Portugal
- 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 1.51 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 5,309 kg per hectare (2024)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 35.8% (2023)
- Gender Inequality Index 0.076 (2023)
- Share of government consumption in GDP vs. share of population living in extreme poverty 19.3% (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in women 0.0732 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex 0.0732 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men 0.0951 (2023)
- Income inequality: Atkinson index 0.1836 (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax in Portugal?
- Income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax in Portugal was 0.3678 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 Portugal?
- The highest recorded value was 0.4194 in 1994.
- What is the lowest income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax recorded in Portugal?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3455 in 1981.
- How does Portugal rank for income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax?
- Portugal ranks 86th out of 109 countries with data for 2022.
- Is income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax rising or falling in Portugal?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Portugal 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.