Income inequality vs. GDP per capita in Germany
Germany: Income inequality vs. GDP per capita was 0.3366 in 2022. ▲ Rising
Income inequality vs. GDP per capita in Germany, 1991–2022
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
Analysis
The most recent figure for income inequality vs. gdp per capita in Germany is 0.3366, measured in 2022. That is the highest value across all 32 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.3% on the previous year and up 8.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, income inequality vs. gdp per capita in Germany peaked at 0.3366 in 2022 and was at its lowest, 0.2814, in 1998.
Germany ranks 65th of 120 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 32 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.2867 | 0.2814 | 0.293 | 9 |
| 2000s | 0.3034 | 0.2869 | 0.3161 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.3119 | 0.302 | 0.3221 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.3325 | 0.325 | 0.3366 | 3 |
Countries ranked near Germany
More poverty & inequality data for Germany
- 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 1.44 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 7,007 kg per hectare (2023)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 37.5% (2023)
- Gender Inequality Index 0.057 (2023)
- Share of government consumption in GDP vs. share of population living in extreme poverty 19.7% (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men 0.0924 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex 0.0758 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in women 0.0758 (2023)
- Income inequality: Atkinson index 0.1435 (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is income inequality vs. gdp per capita in Germany?
- Income inequality vs. gdp per capita in Germany was 0.3366 in 2022, 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 Germany?
- The highest recorded value was 0.3366 in 2022.
- What is the lowest income inequality vs. gdp per capita recorded in Germany?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2814 in 1998.
- How does Germany rank for income inequality vs. gdp per capita?
- Germany ranks 65th out of 120 countries with data for 2022.
- Is income inequality vs. gdp per capita rising or falling in Germany?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Germany 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.