Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax in Chile
Chile: Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax was 0.4481 in 2022. ▬ Flat
Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax in Chile, 2009–2022
Source: OECD (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
Analysis
Chile recorded 0.4481 for income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax in 2022. That is the lowest value across all 7 years on record.
That represents a change of down 9.6% on the previous year and down 4.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax in Chile peaked at 0.4959 in 2020 and was at its lowest, 0.4481, in 2022.
Chile ranks 3rd of 39 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax in Chile, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 0.48 | — |
| 2011 | 0.471 | -1.9% |
| 2013 | 0.465 | -1.3% |
| 2015 | 0.454 | -2.4% |
| 2017 | 0.46 | +1.3% |
| 2020 | 0.4959 | +7.8% |
| 2022 | 0.4481 | -9.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.48 | 0.48 | 0.48 | 1 |
| 2010s | 0.4625 | 0.454 | 0.471 | 4 |
| 2020s | 0.472 | 0.4481 | 0.4959 | 2 |
Countries ranked near Chile
- 1 Costa Rica 0.4602 compare
- 2 Brazil 0.4512 compare
- 4 Türkiye 0.4271 compare
- 5 Mexico 0.4001 compare
- 6 United States of America 0.3944 compare
More poverty & inequality data for Chile
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 4 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 1.17 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 6,606 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 3.51 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 18.88 (2023)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 18.9% (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 in Chile?
- Income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax in Chile was 0.4481 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 recorded in Chile?
- The highest recorded value was 0.4959 in 2020.
- What is the lowest income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax recorded in Chile?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.4481 in 2022.
- How does Chile rank for income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax?
- Chile ranks 3rd out of 39 countries with data for 2022.
- Is income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax rising or falling in Chile?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Chile 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. 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.