Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax in Portugal
Portugal: Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax was 0.3199 in 2023. ▼ Falling
Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax in Portugal, 2003–2023
Source: OECD (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
Analysis
Portugal recorded 0.3199 for income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax in 2023.
The figure is down 3.5% on the previous year and down 6.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax in Portugal peaked at 0.3831 in 2004 and was at its lowest, 0.3099, in 2019.
That places Portugal 15th out of 39 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 21 years of available data.
Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax in Portugal, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 0.3782 | — |
| 2004 | 0.3831 | +1.3% |
| 2005 | 0.3779 | -1.3% |
| 2006 | 0.3685 | -2.5% |
| 2007 | 0.3604 | -2.2% |
| 2008 | 0.3543 | -1.7% |
| 2009 | 0.3361 | -5.1% |
| 2010 | 0.3413 | +1.6% |
| 2011 | 0.3371 | -1.2% |
| 2012 | 0.337 | -0.0% |
| 2013 | 0.3405 | +1.0% |
| 2014 | 0.3377 | -0.8% |
| 2015 | 0.3356 | -0.6% |
| 2016 | 0.3314 | -1.3% |
| 2017 | 0.3196 | -3.6% |
| 2018 | 0.3169 | -0.8% |
| 2019 | 0.3099 | -2.2% |
| 2020 | 0.3267 | +5.4% |
| 2021 | 0.3127 | -4.3% |
| 2022 | 0.3315 | +6.0% |
| 2023 | 0.3199 | -3.5% |
Portugal compared with similar countries
- Portugal's 0.3199 is above the median for high income countries, which is 0.3076, 1.0× the median. (36 countries reporting)
- Portugal's 0.3199 is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 0.2941, 1.1× the median. (29 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.3655 | 0.3361 | 0.3831 | 7 |
| 2010s | 0.3307 | 0.3099 | 0.3413 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.3227 | 0.3127 | 0.3315 | 4 |
Countries ranked near Portugal
More poverty & inequality data for Portugal
- 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 1.51 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 5,309 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 -3.84 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 35.76 (2023)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 35.8% (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 Portugal?
- Income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax in Portugal was 0.3199 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 Portugal?
- The highest recorded value was 0.3831 in 2004.
- What is the lowest income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax recorded in Portugal?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3099 in 2019.
- How does Portugal rank for income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax?
- Portugal ranks 15th out of 39 countries with data for 2023.
- Is income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax rising or falling in Portugal?
- Over the last ten years it is down 6.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Portugal 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.