Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax in Switzerland
Switzerland: Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax was 0.3167 in 2022. ▲ Rising
Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax in Switzerland, 2006–2022
Source: OECD (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
Analysis
Switzerland recorded 0.3167 for income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax in 2022.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.0% on the previous year and up 11.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax in Switzerland peaked at 0.3198 in 2020 and was at its lowest, 0.285, in 2012.
That places Switzerland 18th out of 39 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 17 years of available data.
Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax in Switzerland, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 0.3047 | — |
| 2007 | 0.3117 | +2.3% |
| 2008 | 0.306 | -1.8% |
| 2009 | 0.2972 | -2.9% |
| 2010 | 0.2984 | +0.4% |
| 2011 | 0.2888 | -3.2% |
| 2012 | 0.285 | -1.3% |
| 2013 | 0.2954 | +3.7% |
| 2014 | 0.2973 | +0.6% |
| 2015 | 0.2955 | -0.6% |
| 2016 | 0.3024 | +2.3% |
| 2017 | 0.2991 | -1.1% |
| 2018 | 0.3108 | +3.9% |
| 2019 | 0.3159 | +1.6% |
| 2020 | 0.3198 | +1.3% |
| 2021 | 0.3135 | -2.0% |
| 2022 | 0.3167 | +1.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.3049 | 0.2972 | 0.3117 | 4 |
| 2010s | 0.2989 | 0.285 | 0.3159 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.3166 | 0.3135 | 0.3198 | 3 |
Countries ranked near Switzerland
More poverty & inequality data for Switzerland
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 7 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 1.43 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 5,706 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 -6.17 % change on previous year (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 26.79 (2023)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 26.8% (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 Switzerland?
- Income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax in Switzerland was 0.3167 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 Switzerland?
- The highest recorded value was 0.3198 in 2020.
- What is the lowest income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax recorded in Switzerland?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.285 in 2012.
- How does Switzerland rank for income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax?
- Switzerland ranks 18th out of 39 countries with data for 2022.
- Is income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax rising or falling in Switzerland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 11.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Switzerland 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.