Gini coefficient: World Inequality Database vs. World Bank in Belgium
Belgium: Gini coefficient: World Inequality Database vs. World Bank was 0.2869 in 2022. ▼ Falling
Gini coefficient: World Inequality Database vs. World Bank in Belgium, 1985–2022
Source: World Inequality Database (WID.world) (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
Analysis
Belgium recorded 0.2869 for gini coefficient: world inequality database vs. world bank in 2022.
The figure is up 0.7% on the previous year and up 3.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, gini coefficient: world inequality database vs. world bank in Belgium peaked at 0.3222 in 2000 and was at its lowest, 0.2716, in 2017.
Belgium ranks 102nd of 109 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 33 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0.3036 | 0.2885 | 0.3187 | 2 |
| 1990s | 0.3121 | 0.3076 | 0.3191 | 9 |
| 2000s | 0.3016 | 0.2818 | 0.3222 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.2787 | 0.2716 | 0.2866 | 9 |
| 2020s | 0.2825 | 0.2757 | 0.2869 | 3 |
Countries ranked near Belgium
More poverty & inequality data for Belgium
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 8 surveys (2025)
- Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 1.38 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 8,486 kg per hectare (2023)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 42.6% (2023)
- Gender Inequality Index 0.031 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in women 0.0781 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex 0.0781 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men 0.0919 (2023)
- Share of government consumption in GDP vs. share of population living in extreme poverty 20.6% (2023)
- Income inequality: Atkinson index 0.1132 (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is gini coefficient: world inequality database vs. world bank in Belgium?
- Gini coefficient: world inequality database vs. world bank in Belgium was 0.2869 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 Belgium?
- The highest recorded value was 0.3222 in 2000.
- What is the lowest gini coefficient: world inequality database vs. world bank recorded in Belgium?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2716 in 2017.
- How does Belgium rank for gini coefficient: world inequality database vs. world bank?
- Belgium ranks 102nd out of 109 countries with data for 2022.
- Is gini coefficient: world inequality database vs. world bank rising or falling in Belgium?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Belgium 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.