Gini coefficient: World Inequality Database vs. World Bank in Lithuania
Lithuania: Gini coefficient: World Inequality Database vs. World Bank was 0.4683 in 2022. ▲ Rising
Gini coefficient: World Inequality Database vs. World Bank in Lithuania, 1988–2022
Source: World Inequality Database (WID.world) (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
Analysis
The most recent figure for gini coefficient: world inequality database vs. world bank in Lithuania is 0.4683, measured in 2022.
The figure is up 0.8% on the previous year and up 0.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, gini coefficient: world inequality database vs. world bank in Lithuania peaked at 0.5095 in 2014 and was at its lowest, 0.341, in 1988.
That places Lithuania 70th out of 109 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 28 years of available data.
Gini coefficient: World Inequality Database vs. World Bank in Lithuania, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1988 | 0.341 | — |
| 1994 | 0.4605 | +35.0% |
| 1997 | 0.4362 | -5.3% |
| 1998 | 0.4197 | -3.8% |
| 1999 | 0.4104 | -2.2% |
| 2000 | 0.4369 | +6.5% |
| 2001 | 0.4402 | +0.8% |
| 2002 | 0.4364 | -0.9% |
| 2003 | 0.4348 | -0.4% |
| 2004 | 0.4651 | +7.0% |
| 2005 | 0.4658 | +0.2% |
| 2006 | 0.4498 | -3.4% |
| 2007 | 0.476 | +5.8% |
| 2008 | 0.4779 | +0.4% |
| 2009 | 0.4773 | -0.1% |
| 2010 | 0.4431 | -7.2% |
| 2011 | 0.449 | +1.3% |
| 2012 | 0.4657 | +3.7% |
| 2013 | 0.4755 | +2.1% |
| 2014 | 0.5095 | +7.2% |
| 2015 | 0.4755 | -6.7% |
| 2016 | 0.4752 | -0.1% |
| 2017 | 0.4854 | +2.1% |
| 2018 | 0.4681 | -3.6% |
| 2019 | 0.4691 | +0.2% |
| 2020 | 0.466 | -0.7% |
| 2021 | 0.4645 | -0.3% |
| 2022 | 0.4683 | +0.8% |
Lithuania compared with similar countries
- Lithuania's 0.4683 is above the median for high income countries, which is 0.3617, 1.3× the median. (43 countries reporting)
- Lithuania's 0.4683 is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 0.3666, 1.3× the median. (42 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Gini coefficient: World Inequality Database vs. World Bank in Lithuania changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | +35.0% | 0.341 | 0.4605 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0.341 | 0.341 | 0.341 | 1 |
| 1990s | 0.4317 | 0.4104 | 0.4605 | 4 |
| 2000s | 0.456 | 0.4348 | 0.4779 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.4716 | 0.4431 | 0.5095 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.4663 | 0.4645 | 0.4683 | 3 |
Countries ranked near Lithuania
More poverty & inequality data for Lithuania
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 8 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 1.2 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 4,187 kg per hectare (2023)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, annual growth rate -0.5439 % change on previous year (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 32.6 (2023)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 32.6% (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is gini coefficient: world inequality database vs. world bank in Lithuania?
- Gini coefficient: world inequality database vs. world bank in Lithuania was 0.4683 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 Lithuania?
- The highest recorded value was 0.5095 in 2014.
- What is the lowest gini coefficient: world inequality database vs. world bank recorded in Lithuania?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.341 in 1988.
- How does Lithuania rank for gini coefficient: world inequality database vs. world bank?
- Lithuania ranks 70th out of 109 countries with data for 2022.
- Is gini coefficient: world inequality database vs. world bank rising or falling in Lithuania?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Lithuania 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.