Income inequality vs. GDP per capita in Tunisia
Tunisia: Income inequality vs. GDP per capita was 0.3372 in 2021. ▼ Falling
Income inequality vs. GDP per capita in Tunisia, 1985–2021
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
Analysis
Tunisia recorded 0.3372 for income inequality vs. gdp per capita in 2021.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 12.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, income inequality vs. gdp per capita in Tunisia peaked at 0.4343 in 1985 and was at its lowest, 0.3282, in 2015.
Tunisia ranks 64th of 120 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0.4343 | 0.4343 | 0.4343 | 1 |
| 1990s | 0.4088 | 0.401 | 0.4166 | 2 |
| 2000s | 0.3927 | 0.3773 | 0.4081 | 2 |
| 2010s | 0.3564 | 0.3282 | 0.3847 | 2 |
| 2020s | 0.3372 | 0.3372 | 0.3372 | 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)
- Share of government consumption in GDP vs. share of population living in extreme poverty 20.5% (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)
- Income inequality: Atkinson index 0.2292 (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is income inequality vs. gdp per capita in Tunisia?
- Income inequality vs. gdp per capita in Tunisia was 0.3372 in 2021, 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 Tunisia?
- The highest recorded value was 0.4343 in 1985.
- What is the lowest income inequality vs. gdp per capita recorded in Tunisia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3282 in 2015.
- How does Tunisia rank for income inequality vs. gdp per capita?
- Tunisia ranks 64th out of 120 countries with data for 2021.
- Is income inequality vs. gdp per capita rising or falling in Tunisia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 12.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Tunisia 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.