Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax in Italy
Italy: Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax was 0.3247 in 2023. ▬ Flat
Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax in Italy, 2003–2023
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 Italy is 0.3247, measured in 2023.
That represents a change of up 1.7% on the previous year and down 0.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax in Italy peaked at 0.3371 in 2003 and was at its lowest, 0.3125, in 2007.
Italy ranks 13th of 39 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax in Italy, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 0.3371 | — |
| 2004 | 0.3312 | -1.8% |
| 2005 | 0.324 | -2.2% |
| 2006 | 0.3243 | +0.1% |
| 2007 | 0.3125 | -3.6% |
| 2008 | 0.3165 | +1.3% |
| 2009 | 0.3152 | -0.4% |
| 2010 | 0.3273 | +3.8% |
| 2011 | 0.3266 | -0.2% |
| 2012 | 0.33 | +1.0% |
| 2013 | 0.3249 | -1.6% |
| 2014 | 0.3264 | +0.5% |
| 2015 | 0.3327 | +1.9% |
| 2016 | 0.3275 | -1.6% |
| 2017 | 0.3344 | +2.1% |
| 2018 | 0.3297 | -1.4% |
| 2019 | 0.3252 | -1.4% |
| 2020 | 0.3306 | +1.7% |
| 2021 | 0.3297 | -0.3% |
| 2022 | 0.3192 | -3.2% |
| 2023 | 0.3247 | +1.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.323 | 0.3125 | 0.3371 | 7 |
| 2010s | 0.3285 | 0.3249 | 0.3344 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.3261 | 0.3192 | 0.3306 | 4 |
Countries ranked near Italy
More poverty & inequality data for Italy
- 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 1.2 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 5,059 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 6.51 % change on previous year (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 41.99 (2023)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 42.0% (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 Italy?
- Income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax in Italy was 0.3247 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 Italy?
- The highest recorded value was 0.3371 in 2003.
- What is the lowest income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax recorded in Italy?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3125 in 2007.
- How does Italy rank for income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax?
- Italy ranks 13th out of 39 countries with data for 2023.
- Is income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax rising or falling in Italy?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Italy 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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The Gini coefficient measures inequality on a scale from 0 to 1. Higher values indicate higher inequality.