Income inequality vs. GDP per capita in Estonia
Estonia: Income inequality vs. GDP per capita was 0.3071 in 2023. ▼ Falling
Income inequality vs. GDP per capita in Estonia, 1993–2023
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
Analysis
Estonia recorded 0.3071 for income inequality vs. gdp per capita in 2023.
That represents a change of down 4.8% on the previous year and down 12.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, income inequality vs. gdp per capita in Estonia peaked at 0.3943 in 1993 and was at its lowest, 0.3032, in 2018.
Estonia ranks 90th of 120 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 22 years of available data.
Income inequality vs. GDP per capita in Estonia, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 0.3943 | — |
| 2003 | 0.3719 | -5.7% |
| 2004 | 0.3356 | -9.8% |
| 2005 | 0.3345 | -0.3% |
| 2006 | 0.3367 | +0.7% |
| 2007 | 0.3118 | -7.4% |
| 2008 | 0.3191 | +2.4% |
| 2009 | 0.3144 | -1.5% |
| 2010 | 0.32 | +1.8% |
| 2011 | 0.3249 | +1.5% |
| 2012 | 0.3291 | +1.3% |
| 2013 | 0.3508 | +6.6% |
| 2014 | 0.3459 | -1.4% |
| 2015 | 0.3267 | -5.6% |
| 2016 | 0.3119 | -4.5% |
| 2017 | 0.3035 | -2.7% |
| 2018 | 0.3032 | -0.1% |
| 2019 | 0.3077 | +1.5% |
| 2020 | 0.3074 | -0.1% |
| 2021 | 0.3183 | +3.6% |
| 2022 | 0.3225 | +1.3% |
| 2023 | 0.3071 | -4.8% |
Estonia compared with similar countries
- Estonia's 0.3071 is below the median for high income countries, which is 0.3209, 96% of the median. (42 countries reporting)
- Estonia's 0.3071 is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 0.3058, 1.0× the median. (47 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.3943 | 0.3943 | 0.3943 | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.332 | 0.3118 | 0.3719 | 7 |
| 2010s | 0.3224 | 0.3032 | 0.3508 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.3138 | 0.3071 | 0.3225 | 4 |
Countries ranked near Estonia
More poverty & inequality data for Estonia
- 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 1.35 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 3,410 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 -19.29 % change on previous year (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 33.51 (2023)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 33.5% (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is income inequality vs. gdp per capita in Estonia?
- Income inequality vs. gdp per capita in Estonia was 0.3071 in 2023, according to World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest income inequality vs. gdp per capita recorded in Estonia?
- The highest recorded value was 0.3943 in 1993.
- What is the lowest income inequality vs. gdp per capita recorded in Estonia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3032 in 2018.
- How does Estonia rank for income inequality vs. gdp per capita?
- Estonia ranks 90th out of 120 countries with data for 2023.
- Is income inequality vs. gdp per capita rising or falling in Estonia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 12.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Estonia data come from?
- The figures come from World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Income inequality vs. GDP per capita. 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.