Gini coefficient: World Inequality Database vs. World Bank in Estonia
Estonia: Gini coefficient: World Inequality Database vs. World Bank was 0.4727 in 2022. ▲ Rising
Gini coefficient: World Inequality Database vs. World Bank in Estonia, 1988–2022
Source: World Inequality Database (WID.world) (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
Analysis
Estonia recorded 0.4727 for gini coefficient: world inequality database vs. world bank in 2022.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.4% on the previous year and up 3.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, gini coefficient: world inequality database vs. world bank in Estonia peaked at 0.4992 in 2005 and was at its lowest, 0.2955, in 1988.
Estonia ranks 68th of 109 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0.2955 | 0.2955 | 0.2955 | 1 |
| 1990s | 0.4567 | 0.4549 | 0.4584 | 2 |
| 2000s | 0.4641 | 0.3984 | 0.4992 | 9 |
| 2010s | 0.4419 | 0.4176 | 0.4673 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.4618 | 0.4514 | 0.4727 | 3 |
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)
- 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)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 33.5% (2023)
- Gender Inequality Index 0.061 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in women 0.0798 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex 0.0798 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men 0.1078 (2023)
- Share of government consumption in GDP vs. share of population living in extreme poverty 25.7% (2023)
- Income inequality: Atkinson index 0.1567 (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is gini coefficient: world inequality database vs. world bank in Estonia?
- Gini coefficient: world inequality database vs. world bank in Estonia was 0.4727 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 Estonia?
- The highest recorded value was 0.4992 in 2005.
- What is the lowest gini coefficient: world inequality database vs. world bank recorded in Estonia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2955 in 1988.
- How does Estonia rank for gini coefficient: world inequality database vs. world bank?
- Estonia ranks 68th out of 109 countries with data for 2022.
- Is gini coefficient: world inequality database vs. world bank rising or falling in Estonia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Estonia 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.