Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax in Switzerland
Switzerland: Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax was 0.2852 in 2022. ▼ Falling
Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax in Switzerland, 1982–2022
Source: World Inequality Database (WID.world) (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
Analysis
In 2022, income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax in Switzerland stood at 0.2852.
The figure is up 4.8% on the previous year and down 8.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax in Switzerland peaked at 0.3344 in 2006 and was at its lowest, 0.269, in 2020.
That places Switzerland 103rd out of 109 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 32 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0.3158 | 0.3083 | 0.3233 | 5 |
| 1990s | 0.3039 | 0.2976 | 0.3105 | 6 |
| 2000s | 0.3111 | 0.2892 | 0.3344 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.2989 | 0.2723 | 0.3245 | 8 |
| 2020s | 0.2754 | 0.269 | 0.2852 | 3 |
Countries ranked near Switzerland
More poverty & inequality data for Switzerland
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 7 surveys (2025)
- Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 1.43 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 5,706 kg per hectare (2023)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 26.8% (2023)
- Gender Inequality Index 0.01 (2023)
- Share of government consumption in GDP vs. share of population living in extreme poverty 7.7% (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in women 0.0694 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex 0.0694 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men 0.0821 (2023)
- Income inequality: Atkinson index 0.1767 (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax in Switzerland?
- Income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax in Switzerland was 0.2852 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 Switzerland?
- The highest recorded value was 0.3344 in 2006.
- What is the lowest income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax recorded in Switzerland?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.269 in 2020.
- How does Switzerland rank for income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax?
- Switzerland ranks 103rd out of 109 countries with data for 2022.
- Is income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax rising or falling in Switzerland?
- Over the last ten years it is down 8.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Switzerland 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.