Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax among working age population in Denmark
Denmark: Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax among working age population was 0.2766 in 2022. ▲ Rising
Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax among working age population in Denmark, 2011–2022
Source: OECD (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
Analysis
In 2022, income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax among working age population in Denmark stood at 0.2766. That is the highest value across all 12 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.3% on the previous year and up 11.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax among working age population in Denmark peaked at 0.2766 in 2022 and was at its lowest, 0.2487, in 2011.
Denmark ranks 31st of 39 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 12 years of available data.
Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax among working age population in Denmark, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 0.2487 | — |
| 2012 | 0.2491 | +0.2% |
| 2013 | 0.2545 | +2.2% |
| 2014 | 0.2574 | +1.1% |
| 2015 | 0.265 | +3.0% |
| 2016 | 0.263 | -0.8% |
| 2017 | 0.2647 | +0.6% |
| 2018 | 0.2642 | -0.2% |
| 2019 | 0.2669 | +1.0% |
| 2020 | 0.2673 | +0.1% |
| 2021 | 0.273 | +2.1% |
| 2022 | 0.2766 | +1.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.2593 | 0.2487 | 0.2669 | 9 |
| 2020s | 0.2723 | 0.2673 | 0.2766 | 3 |
Countries ranked near Denmark
More poverty & inequality data for Denmark
- 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 1.51 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 6,096 kg per hectare (2024)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, annual growth rate 7.49 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 43.39 (2023)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 43.4% (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 Denmark?
- Income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax among working age population in Denmark was 0.2766 in 2022, 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 Denmark?
- The highest recorded value was 0.2766 in 2022.
- What is the lowest income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax among working age population recorded in Denmark?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2487 in 2011.
- How does Denmark rank for income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax among working age population?
- Denmark ranks 31st out of 39 countries with data for 2022.
- Is income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax among working age population rising or falling in Denmark?
- Over the last ten years it is up 11.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Denmark 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.