Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax among working age population in Sweden
Sweden: Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax among working age population was 0.285 in 2023. ▲ Rising
Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax among working age population in Sweden, 2013–2023
Source: OECD (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
Analysis
Sweden recorded 0.285 for income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax among working age population in 2023. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.7% on the previous year and up 9.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax among working age population in Sweden peaked at 0.285 in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.261, in 2013.
That places Sweden 26th out of 39 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax among working age population in Sweden, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 0.261 | — |
| 2014 | 0.264 | +1.1% |
| 2015 | 0.266 | +0.8% |
| 2016 | 0.27 | +1.5% |
| 2017 | 0.2726 | +1.0% |
| 2018 | 0.265 | -2.8% |
| 2019 | 0.269 | +1.5% |
| 2020 | 0.271 | +0.7% |
| 2021 | 0.279 | +3.0% |
| 2022 | 0.283 | +1.4% |
| 2023 | 0.285 | +0.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.2668 | 0.261 | 0.2726 | 7 |
| 2020s | 0.2795 | 0.271 | 0.285 | 4 |
Countries ranked near Sweden
More poverty & inequality data for Sweden
- 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 1.43 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 4,456 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 -27.03 % change on previous year (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 41.37 (2023)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 41.4% (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 Sweden?
- Income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax among working age population in Sweden was 0.285 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 Sweden?
- The highest recorded value was 0.285 in 2023.
- What is the lowest income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax among working age population recorded in Sweden?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.261 in 2013.
- How does Sweden rank for income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax among working age population?
- Sweden ranks 26th 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 Sweden?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Sweden 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.