Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax in Poland
Poland: Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax was 0.2568 in 2023. ▼ Falling
Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax in Poland, 2005–2023
Source: OECD (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
Analysis
In 2023, income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax in Poland stood at 0.2568. That is the lowest value across all 19 years on record.
That represents a change of down 4.9% on the previous year and down 14.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax in Poland peaked at 0.3269 in 2005 and was at its lowest, 0.2568, in 2023.
Poland ranks 34th of 39 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 19 years of available data.
Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax in Poland, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 0.3269 | — |
| 2006 | 0.3146 | -3.8% |
| 2007 | 0.3148 | +0.1% |
| 2008 | 0.3067 | -2.6% |
| 2009 | 0.3031 | -1.2% |
| 2010 | 0.3043 | +0.4% |
| 2011 | 0.3014 | -1.0% |
| 2012 | 0.2976 | -1.3% |
| 2013 | 0.2991 | +0.5% |
| 2014 | 0.2973 | -0.6% |
| 2015 | 0.2913 | -2.0% |
| 2016 | 0.2847 | -2.3% |
| 2017 | 0.2747 | -3.5% |
| 2018 | 0.2812 | +2.4% |
| 2019 | 0.2681 | -4.7% |
| 2020 | 0.2653 | -1.0% |
| 2021 | 0.2609 | -1.7% |
| 2022 | 0.2701 | +3.5% |
| 2023 | 0.2568 | -4.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.3132 | 0.3031 | 0.3269 | 5 |
| 2010s | 0.29 | 0.2681 | 0.3043 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.2633 | 0.2568 | 0.2701 | 4 |
Countries ranked near Poland
More poverty & inequality data for Poland
- 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 1.3 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 4,895 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 0.6829 % change on previous year (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 35.13 (2023)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 35.1% (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 Poland?
- Income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax in Poland was 0.2568 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 Poland?
- The highest recorded value was 0.3269 in 2005.
- What is the lowest income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax recorded in Poland?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2568 in 2023.
- How does Poland rank for income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax?
- Poland ranks 34th out of 39 countries with data for 2023.
- Is income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax rising or falling in Poland?
- Over the last ten years it is down 14.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Poland 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.