Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax among working age population in Greece
Greece: Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax among working age population was 0.3299 in 2023. ▬ Flat
Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax among working age population in Greece, 2003–2023
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 Greece stood at 0.3299.
The figure is up 1.8% on the previous year and down 6.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax among working age population in Greece peaked at 0.3543 in 2015 and was at its lowest, 0.316, in 2018.
Greece ranks 12th of 39 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax among working age population in Greece, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 0.3203 | — |
| 2004 | 0.3276 | +2.3% |
| 2005 | 0.3438 | +4.9% |
| 2006 | 0.3374 | -1.8% |
| 2007 | 0.3285 | -2.6% |
| 2008 | 0.3317 | +1.0% |
| 2009 | 0.3372 | +1.7% |
| 2010 | 0.3389 | +0.5% |
| 2011 | 0.3408 | +0.5% |
| 2012 | 0.3483 | +2.2% |
| 2013 | 0.3513 | +0.9% |
| 2014 | 0.3497 | -0.5% |
| 2015 | 0.3543 | +1.3% |
| 2016 | 0.3445 | -2.8% |
| 2017 | 0.3313 | -3.8% |
| 2018 | 0.316 | -4.6% |
| 2019 | 0.3208 | +1.5% |
| 2020 | 0.3285 | +2.4% |
| 2021 | 0.3189 | -2.9% |
| 2022 | 0.3239 | +1.6% |
| 2023 | 0.3299 | +1.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.3324 | 0.3203 | 0.3438 | 7 |
| 2010s | 0.3396 | 0.316 | 0.3543 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.3253 | 0.3189 | 0.3299 | 4 |
Countries ranked near Greece
More poverty & inequality data for Greece
- 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 1.33 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 4,053 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 -2.1 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 39.78 (2023)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 39.8% (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 Greece?
- Income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax among working age population in Greece was 0.3299 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 Greece?
- The highest recorded value was 0.3543 in 2015.
- What is the lowest income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax among working age population recorded in Greece?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.316 in 2018.
- How does Greece rank for income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax among working age population?
- Greece ranks 12th 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 Greece?
- Over the last ten years it is down 6.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Greece 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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The Gini coefficient measures inequality on a scale from 0 to 1. Higher values indicate higher inequality.