Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax among working age population in Germany
Germany: Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax among working age population was 0.312 in 2022. ▲ Rising
Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax among working age population in Germany, 2008–2022
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 Germany stood at 0.312.
The figure is down 1.5% on the previous year and up 6.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax among working age population in Germany peaked at 0.3166 in 2021 and was at its lowest, 0.2879, in 2008.
Germany ranks 14th of 39 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 13 years of available data.
Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax among working age population in Germany, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 0.2879 | — |
| 2011 | 0.2954 | +2.6% |
| 2012 | 0.2923 | -1.0% |
| 2013 | 0.2987 | +2.2% |
| 2014 | 0.2943 | -1.5% |
| 2015 | 0.3005 | +2.1% |
| 2016 | 0.3006 | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 0.2955 | -1.7% |
| 2018 | 0.2941 | -0.5% |
| 2019 | 0.2987 | +1.6% |
| 2020 | 0.2994 | +0.2% |
| 2021 | 0.3166 | +5.8% |
| 2022 | 0.312 | -1.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.2879 | 0.2879 | 0.2879 | 1 |
| 2010s | 0.2967 | 0.2923 | 0.3006 | 9 |
| 2020s | 0.3093 | 0.2994 | 0.3166 | 3 |
Countries ranked near Germany
More poverty & inequality data for Germany
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 7 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 1.44 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 7,007 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 -1.67 % change on previous year (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 37.48 (2023)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 37.5% (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 Germany?
- Income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax among working age population in Germany was 0.312 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 Germany?
- The highest recorded value was 0.3166 in 2021.
- What is the lowest income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax among working age population recorded in Germany?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2879 in 2008.
- How does Germany rank for income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax among working age population?
- Germany ranks 14th 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 Germany?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Germany 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.