Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax among working age population in Belgium
Belgium: Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax among working age population was 0.2543 in 2023. ▬ Flat
Latest (2023)
0.2543
Change on year
up 1.6%
World rank
35th
of 39 countries
All-time high
0.2606
in 2019
All-time low
0.2472
in 2020
Years of data
6
2018–2023
Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax among working age population in Belgium, 2018–2023
Source: OECD (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
Analysis
In 2023, income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax among working age population in Belgium stood at 0.2543.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.6% on the previous year and down 1.2% over ten years.
Belgium ranks 35th of 39 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax among working age population in Belgium, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 0.2573 | — |
| 2019 | 0.2606 | +1.3% |
| 2020 | 0.2472 | -5.2% |
| 2021 | 0.2501 | +1.2% |
| 2022 | 0.2504 | +0.1% |
| 2023 | 0.2543 | +1.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.259 | 0.2573 | 0.2606 | 2 |
| 2020s | 0.2505 | 0.2472 | 0.2543 | 4 |
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)
- 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 1.38 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 8,486 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 -1.37 % change on previous year (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 42.58 (2023)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 42.6% (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax among working age population in Belgium?
- Income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax among working age population in Belgium was 0.2543 in 2023, according to OECD (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax among working age population recorded in Belgium?
- The highest recorded value was 0.2606 in 2019.
- What is the lowest income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax among working age population recorded in Belgium?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2472 in 2020.
- How does Belgium rank for income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax among working age population?
- Belgium ranks 35th out of 39 countries with data for 2023.
- Is income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax among working age population rising or falling in Belgium?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Belgium data come from?
- The figures come from OECD (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax among working age population. 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.