Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax among working age population by country
The Gini coefficient measures inequality on a scale from 0 to 1. Higher values indicate higher inequality.
Countries reporting
39
Highest
0.4514
Chile
Lowest
0.2167
Slovakia
Median
0.3067
Years covered
26
1999–2024
Data points
607
What the numbers show
Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax among working age population is currently reported for 39 countries. The highest value is 0.4514 in Chile; the lowest is 0.2167 in Slovakia.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.3067, and the mean is 0.3155.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2.
Over the past decade 13 countries rose and 26 fell. The largest increase was in Switzerland (up 12.2%), and the largest decrease in Slovakia (down 19.7%).
Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax among working age population: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chile | 0.4514 | 2022 | down 4.2% | flat |
| 2 | Costa Rica | 0.4486 | 2024 | down 5.7% | flat |
| 3 | Brazil | 0.4451 | 2022 | down 2.2% | flat |
| 4 | Türkiye | 0.4196 | 2022 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 5 | Mexico | 0.3981 | 2022 | down 12.5% | falling |
| 6 | United States of America | 0.3863 | 2023 | down 1.3% | flat |
| 7 | Bulgaria | 0.3855 | 2023 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 8 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 0.3678 | 2023 | up 4.2% | flat |
| 9 | Lithuania | 0.3469 | 2023 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 10 | Israel | 0.3337 | 2022 | down 6.7% | falling |
| 11 | Latvia | 0.3316 | 2023 | down 3.6% | falling |
| 12 | Greece | 0.3299 | 2023 | down 6.1% | flat |
| 13 | Italy | 0.3226 | 2023 | down 1.8% | flat |
| 14 | Germany | 0.312 | 2022 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 15 | New Zealand | 0.311 | 2022 | down 4.6% | falling |
| 16 | Australia | 0.309 | 2020 | down 1.8% | flat |
| 16 | Canada | 0.309 | 2023 | down 3.7% | falling |
| 18 | Spain | 0.3086 | 2023 | down 12.1% | flat |
| 19 | Portugal | 0.308 | 2023 | down 10.3% | falling |
| 20 | Switzerland | 0.3067 | 2022 | up 12.2% | rising |
| 21 | Republic of Korea | 0.303 | 2022 | down 17.9% | falling |
| 22 | Estonia | 0.3008 | 2023 | down 14.5% | falling |
| 23 | Luxembourg | 0.2976 | 2023 | up 2.0% | flat |
| 24 | Netherlands | 0.292 | 2023 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 25 | Hungary | 0.2879 | 2022 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 26 | Sweden | 0.285 | 2023 | up 9.2% | rising |
| 27 | Croatia | 0.283 | 2023 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 28 | Austria | 0.2825 | 2023 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 29 | Ireland | 0.2811 | 2023 | down 11.3% | falling |
| 30 | Romania | 0.2794 | 2023 | down 18.3% | falling |
| 31 | Denmark | 0.2766 | 2022 | up 11.0% | rising |
| 32 | Norway | 0.2733 | 2022 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 33 | Finland | 0.272 | 2023 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 34 | Poland | 0.2603 | 2023 | down 14.2% | falling |
| 35 | Belgium | 0.2543 | 2023 | down 1.2% | flat |
| 36 | Iceland | 0.2476 | 2019 | down 7.0% | falling |
| 37 | Slovenia | 0.2423 | 2023 | down 4.7% | flat |
| 38 | Czechia | 0.238 | 2023 | down 7.3% | falling |
| 39 | Slovakia | 0.2167 | 2023 | down 19.7% | falling |
About this data
The Gini coefficient measures inequality on a scale from 0 to 1. Higher values indicate higher inequality.