Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax in Serbia
Serbia: Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax was 0.4615 in 2022. ▲ Rising
Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax in Serbia, 1984–2022
Source: World Inequality Database (WID.world) (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
Analysis
Serbia recorded 0.4615 for income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax in 2022.
The figure is up 2.9% on the previous year and down 1.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax in Serbia peaked at 0.5074 in 2016 and was at its lowest, 0.3953, in 1985.
That places Serbia 72nd out of 109 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax in Serbia, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1984 | 0.4086 | — |
| 1985 | 0.3953 | -3.3% |
| 1986 | 0.4003 | +1.3% |
| 1987 | 0.4117 | +2.8% |
| 1988 | 0.4133 | +0.4% |
| 1990 | 0.4038 | -2.3% |
| 1998 | 0.4223 | +4.6% |
| 2001 | 0.4348 | +3.0% |
| 2007 | 0.4649 | +6.9% |
| 2008 | 0.4566 | -1.8% |
| 2009 | 0.4451 | -2.5% |
| 2010 | 0.45 | +1.1% |
| 2011 | 0.4611 | +2.5% |
| 2012 | 0.4682 | +1.5% |
| 2013 | 0.4815 | +2.8% |
| 2014 | 0.5061 | +5.1% |
| 2015 | 0.4949 | -2.2% |
| 2016 | 0.5074 | +2.5% |
| 2017 | 0.4604 | -9.3% |
| 2018 | 0.4393 | -4.6% |
| 2019 | 0.4504 | +2.5% |
| 2020 | 0.4544 | +0.9% |
| 2021 | 0.4484 | -1.3% |
| 2022 | 0.4615 | +2.9% |
Serbia compared with similar countries
- Serbia's 0.4615 is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.5361, 86% of the median. (30 countries reporting)
- Serbia's 0.4615 is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 0.3666, 1.3× the median. (42 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0.4058 | 0.3953 | 0.4133 | 5 |
| 1990s | 0.4131 | 0.4038 | 0.4223 | 2 |
| 2000s | 0.4504 | 0.4348 | 0.4649 | 4 |
| 2010s | 0.4719 | 0.4393 | 0.5074 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.4548 | 0.4484 | 0.4615 | 3 |
Countries ranked near Serbia
More poverty & inequality data for Serbia
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 8 surveys (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 1.5 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 6,106 kg per hectare (2023)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, annual growth rate 31.65 % change on previous year (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 38.43 (2022)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 38.4% (2022)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2022)
Frequently asked questions
- What is income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax in Serbia?
- Income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax in Serbia was 0.4615 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 Serbia?
- The highest recorded value was 0.5074 in 2016.
- What is the lowest income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax recorded in Serbia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3953 in 1985.
- How does Serbia rank for income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax?
- Serbia ranks 72nd out of 109 countries with data for 2022.
- Is income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax rising or falling in Serbia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Serbia 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.