Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax in Tunisia
Tunisia: Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax was 0.5881 in 2021. ▼ Falling
Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax in Tunisia, 2005–2021
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 Tunisia is 0.5881, measured in 2021.
That represents a change of up 0.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax in Tunisia peaked at 0.6254 in 2005 and was at its lowest, 0.5804, in 2013.
That places Tunisia 22nd out of 109 countries with data for 2021, putting it in the top quarter.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.6254 | 0.6254 | 0.6254 | 1 |
| 2010s | 0.586 | 0.5804 | 0.5949 | 3 |
| 2020s | 0.5881 | 0.5881 | 0.5881 | 1 |
Countries ranked near Tunisia
More poverty & inequality data for Tunisia
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 1 surveys (2025)
- Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 1.83 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 1,891 kg per hectare (2024)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 34.8% (2022)
- Gender Inequality Index 0.238 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in women 0.0884 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex 0.0884 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men 0.1092 (2023)
- Share of government consumption in GDP vs. share of population living in extreme poverty 20.5% (2023)
- Income inequality: Atkinson index 0.2292 (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax in Tunisia?
- Income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax in Tunisia was 0.5881 in 2021, 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 Tunisia?
- The highest recorded value was 0.6254 in 2005.
- What is the lowest income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax recorded in Tunisia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5804 in 2013.
- How does Tunisia rank for income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax?
- Tunisia ranks 22nd out of 109 countries with data for 2021.
- Is income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax rising or falling in Tunisia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Tunisia 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.