Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax in Russia
Russia: Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax was 0.5316 in 2017. ▲ Rising
Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax in Russia, 1980–2017
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 Russia is 0.5316, measured in 2017.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 7.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax in Russia peaked at 0.5994 in 1996 and was at its lowest, 0.3227, in 1990.
Russia ranks 47th of 109 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 31 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0.3318 | 0.3265 | 0.3367 | 3 |
| 1990s | 0.4782 | 0.3227 | 0.5994 | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.5811 | 0.5705 | 0.593 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.5423 | 0.5316 | 0.5626 | 8 |
Countries ranked near Russia
More poverty & inequality data for Russia
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 5 surveys (2025)
- Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 1.45 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 3,167 kg per hectare (2023)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 30.5% (2023)
- Gender Inequality Index 0.169 (2023)
- Share of government consumption in GDP vs. share of population living in extreme poverty 22.7% (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in women 0.1013 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex 0.1013 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men 0.1536 (2023)
- Income inequality: Atkinson index 0.1867 (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax in Russia?
- Income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax in Russia was 0.5316 in 2017, 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 Russia?
- The highest recorded value was 0.5994 in 1996.
- What is the lowest income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax recorded in Russia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3227 in 1990.
- How does Russia rank for income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax?
- Russia ranks 47th out of 109 countries with data for 2017.
- Is income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax rising or falling in Russia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 7.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Russia 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.