Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax in Finland
Finland: Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax was 0.269 in 2023. ▬ Flat
Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax in Finland, 1999–2023
Source: OECD (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
Analysis
The most recent figure for income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax in Finland is 0.269, measured in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.7% on the previous year and up 2.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax in Finland peaked at 0.2735 in 2022 and was at its lowest, 0.2504, in 1999.
Finland ranks 32nd of 39 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax in Finland, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 0.2504 | — |
| 2000 | 0.2545 | +1.6% |
| 2001 | 0.2616 | +2.8% |
| 2002 | 0.2577 | -1.5% |
| 2003 | 0.2612 | +1.4% |
| 2004 | 0.2656 | +1.7% |
| 2005 | 0.2652 | -0.1% |
| 2006 | 0.2675 | +0.9% |
| 2007 | 0.2691 | +0.6% |
| 2008 | 0.2643 | -1.8% |
| 2009 | 0.2588 | -2.1% |
| 2010 | 0.2638 | +1.9% |
| 2011 | 0.2641 | +0.1% |
| 2012 | 0.2598 | -1.6% |
| 2013 | 0.2617 | +0.7% |
| 2014 | 0.2574 | -1.7% |
| 2015 | 0.26 | +1.0% |
| 2016 | 0.2588 | -0.5% |
| 2017 | 0.2663 | +2.9% |
| 2018 | 0.2689 | +0.9% |
| 2019 | 0.2729 | +1.5% |
| 2020 | 0.265 | -2.9% |
| 2021 | 0.2734 | +3.2% |
| 2022 | 0.2735 | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 0.269 | -1.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.2504 | 0.2504 | 0.2504 | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.2625 | 0.2545 | 0.2691 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.2634 | 0.2574 | 0.2729 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.2702 | 0.265 | 0.2735 | 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 in Finland?
- Income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax in Finland was 0.269 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 recorded in Finland?
- The highest recorded value was 0.2735 in 2022.
- What is the lowest income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax recorded in Finland?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2504 in 1999.
- How does Finland rank for income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax?
- Finland ranks 32nd out of 39 countries with data for 2023.
- Is income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax rising or falling in Finland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- 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. 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.