Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax among working age population in Finland
Finland: Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax among working age population was 0.272 in 2023. ▲ Rising
Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax among working age population in Finland, 1999–2023
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 Finland stood at 0.272.
The figure is down 2.1% on the previous year and up 3.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax among working age population in Finland peaked at 0.2792 in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.2526, in 1999.
That places Finland 33rd out of 39 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax among working age population in Finland, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 0.2526 | — |
| 2000 | 0.2547 | +0.8% |
| 2001 | 0.2646 | +3.9% |
| 2002 | 0.2622 | -0.9% |
| 2003 | 0.2653 | +1.2% |
| 2004 | 0.2693 | +1.5% |
| 2005 | 0.2653 | -1.5% |
| 2006 | 0.2697 | +1.7% |
| 2007 | 0.2704 | +0.2% |
| 2008 | 0.262 | -3.1% |
| 2009 | 0.2606 | -0.6% |
| 2010 | 0.2672 | +2.6% |
| 2011 | 0.2669 | -0.1% |
| 2012 | 0.2599 | -2.6% |
| 2013 | 0.2622 | +0.9% |
| 2014 | 0.2623 | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 0.2672 | +1.9% |
| 2016 | 0.2654 | -0.7% |
| 2017 | 0.2752 | +3.7% |
| 2018 | 0.2754 | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 0.2792 | +1.4% |
| 2020 | 0.271 | -2.9% |
| 2021 | 0.2738 | +1.0% |
| 2022 | 0.2779 | +1.5% |
| 2023 | 0.272 | -2.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.2526 | 0.2526 | 0.2526 | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.2644 | 0.2547 | 0.2704 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.2681 | 0.2599 | 0.2792 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.2737 | 0.271 | 0.2779 | 4 |
Countries ranked near Finland
More poverty & inequality data for Finland
- 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 1.28 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 3,310 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 -12.19 % change on previous year (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 42.69 (2023)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 42.7% (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 Finland?
- Income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax among working age population in Finland was 0.272 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 Finland?
- The highest recorded value was 0.2792 in 2019.
- What is the lowest income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax among working age population recorded in Finland?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2526 in 1999.
- How does Finland rank for income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax among working age population?
- Finland ranks 33rd 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 Finland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Finland 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.