Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax among working age population in Estonia
Estonia: Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax among working age population was 0.3008 in 2023. ▼ Falling
Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax among working age population in Estonia, 2013–2023
Source: OECD (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
Analysis
Estonia recorded 0.3008 for income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax among working age population in 2023.
The figure is down 1.5% on the previous year and down 14.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax among working age population in Estonia peaked at 0.352 in 2013 and was at its lowest, 0.2869, in 2018.
That places Estonia 22nd out of 39 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 11 years of available data.
Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax among working age population in Estonia, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 0.352 | — |
| 2014 | 0.3378 | -4.0% |
| 2015 | 0.3182 | -5.8% |
| 2016 | 0.2994 | -5.9% |
| 2017 | 0.2923 | -2.3% |
| 2018 | 0.2869 | -1.9% |
| 2019 | 0.2895 | +0.9% |
| 2020 | 0.2914 | +0.7% |
| 2021 | 0.3041 | +4.3% |
| 2022 | 0.3054 | +0.4% |
| 2023 | 0.3008 | -1.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.3109 | 0.2869 | 0.352 | 7 |
| 2020s | 0.3004 | 0.2914 | 0.3054 | 4 |
Countries ranked near Estonia
- 19 Portugal 0.308 compare
- 20 Switzerland 0.3067 compare
- 21 Korea 0.303 compare
- 23 Luxembourg 0.2976 compare
- 24 Netherlands 0.292 compare
- 25 Hungary 0.2879 compare
More poverty & inequality data for Estonia
- 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 1.35 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 3,410 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 -19.29 % change on previous year (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 33.51 (2023)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 33.5% (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 Estonia?
- Income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax among working age population in Estonia was 0.3008 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 Estonia?
- The highest recorded value was 0.352 in 2013.
- What is the lowest income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax among working age population recorded in Estonia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2869 in 2018.
- How does Estonia rank for income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax among working age population?
- Estonia ranks 22nd 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 Estonia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 14.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Estonia 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.