Gini coefficient: World Inequality Database vs. World Bank in Australia
Australia: Gini coefficient: World Inequality Database vs. World Bank was 0.3787 in 2022. ▲ Rising
Gini coefficient: World Inequality Database vs. World Bank in Australia, 1980–2022
Source: World Inequality Database (WID.world) (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
Analysis
In 2022, gini coefficient: world inequality database vs. world bank in Australia stood at 0.3787.
The figure is up 0.3% on the previous year and down 2.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, gini coefficient: world inequality database vs. world bank in Australia peaked at 0.3923 in 2015 and was at its lowest, 0.3535, in 1996.
That places Australia 85th out of 109 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 43 years of available data.
Gini coefficient: World Inequality Database vs. World Bank in Australia, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 0.3666 | — |
| 1981 | 0.3666 | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 0.3756 | +2.5% |
| 1983 | 0.3689 | -1.8% |
| 1984 | 0.3666 | -0.6% |
| 1985 | 0.3654 | -0.3% |
| 1986 | 0.3705 | +1.4% |
| 1987 | 0.3749 | +1.2% |
| 1988 | 0.3845 | +2.6% |
| 1989 | 0.3655 | -4.9% |
| 1990 | 0.3596 | -1.6% |
| 1991 | 0.368 | +2.3% |
| 1992 | 0.3559 | -3.3% |
| 1993 | 0.3666 | +3.0% |
| 1994 | 0.3649 | -0.5% |
| 1995 | 0.3553 | -2.6% |
| 1996 | 0.3535 | -0.5% |
| 1997 | 0.3559 | +0.7% |
| 1998 | 0.3626 | +1.9% |
| 1999 | 0.3603 | -0.6% |
| 2000 | 0.3537 | -1.8% |
| 2001 | 0.3588 | +1.4% |
| 2002 | 0.3704 | +3.2% |
| 2003 | 0.3573 | -3.5% |
| 2004 | 0.3579 | +0.2% |
| 2005 | 0.3654 | +2.1% |
| 2006 | 0.3686 | +0.9% |
| 2007 | 0.3679 | -0.2% |
| 2008 | 0.3768 | +2.4% |
| 2009 | 0.3917 | +4.0% |
| 2010 | 0.3873 | -1.1% |
| 2011 | 0.3855 | -0.5% |
| 2012 | 0.3879 | +0.6% |
| 2013 | 0.3918 | +1.0% |
| 2014 | 0.3902 | -0.4% |
| 2015 | 0.3923 | +0.5% |
| 2016 | 0.3878 | -1.1% |
| 2017 | 0.3876 | -0.1% |
| 2018 | 0.3777 | -2.6% |
| 2019 | 0.3769 | -0.2% |
| 2020 | 0.3692 | -2.0% |
| 2021 | 0.3774 | +2.2% |
| 2022 | 0.3787 | +0.3% |
Australia compared with similar countries
- Australia's 0.3787 is above the median for high income countries, which is 0.3617, 1.0× the median. (43 countries reporting)
- Australia's 0.3787 is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 0.5317, 71% of the median. (14 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0.3705 | 0.3654 | 0.3845 | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.3603 | 0.3535 | 0.368 | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.3669 | 0.3537 | 0.3917 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.3865 | 0.3769 | 0.3923 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.3751 | 0.3692 | 0.3787 | 3 |
Countries ranked near Australia
More poverty & inequality data for Australia
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 3 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 1.64 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 2,690 kg per hectare (2024)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, annual growth rate -0.0446 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 30.36 (2022)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 30.4% (2022)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2022)
Frequently asked questions
- What is gini coefficient: world inequality database vs. world bank in Australia?
- Gini coefficient: world inequality database vs. world bank in Australia was 0.3787 in 2022, according to World Inequality Database (WID.world) (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest gini coefficient: world inequality database vs. world bank recorded in Australia?
- The highest recorded value was 0.3923 in 2015.
- What is the lowest gini coefficient: world inequality database vs. world bank recorded in Australia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3535 in 1996.
- How does Australia rank for gini coefficient: world inequality database vs. world bank?
- Australia ranks 85th out of 109 countries with data for 2022.
- Is gini coefficient: world inequality database vs. world bank rising or falling in Australia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Australia 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 Gini coefficient: World Inequality Database vs. World Bank. 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.