Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax in Singapore
Singapore: Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax was 0.5277 in 2014. ▲ Rising
Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax in Singapore, 1980–2014
Source: World Inequality Database (WID.world) (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
Analysis
In 2014, income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax in Singapore stood at 0.5277.
The figure is up 2.0% on the previous year and up 5.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax in Singapore peaked at 0.5337 in 2008 and was at its lowest, 0.4151, in 1995.
That places Singapore 50th out of 109 countries with data for 2014, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0.449 | 0.435 | 0.4746 | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.4406 | 0.4151 | 0.4836 | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.5121 | 0.4913 | 0.5337 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.5176 | 0.5105 | 0.5277 | 5 |
Countries ranked near Singapore
More poverty & inequality data for Singapore
- Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 0.943 live births per woman (2023)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 14.0% (2023)
- Gender Inequality Index 0.031 (2023)
- Share of government consumption in GDP vs. share of population living in extreme poverty 11.9% (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in women 0.0759 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex 0.0759 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men 0.091 (2023)
- Income inequality: Atkinson index 0.2594 (2023)
- Population living in slums 0.0% (2022)
- Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index 0.823 (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax in Singapore?
- Income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax in Singapore was 0.5277 in 2014, 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 Singapore?
- The highest recorded value was 0.5337 in 2008.
- What is the lowest income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax recorded in Singapore?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.4151 in 1995.
- How does Singapore rank for income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax?
- Singapore ranks 50th out of 109 countries with data for 2014.
- Is income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax rising or falling in Singapore?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Singapore 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.