Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax in United States of America
United States of America: Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax was 0.3944 in 2023. ▬ Flat
Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax in United States of America, 2013–2023
Source: OECD (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
Analysis
In 2023, income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax in United States of America stood at 0.3944.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.4% on the previous year and down 0.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax in United States of America peaked at 0.3961 in 2022 and was at its lowest, 0.3752, in 2021.
That places United States of America 6th out of 39 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top quarter.
Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax in United States of America, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 0.396 | — |
| 2014 | 0.3938 | -0.5% |
| 2015 | 0.3896 | -1.1% |
| 2016 | 0.3912 | +0.4% |
| 2017 | 0.3899 | -0.3% |
| 2018 | 0.3927 | +0.7% |
| 2019 | 0.3949 | +0.6% |
| 2020 | 0.3773 | -4.5% |
| 2021 | 0.3752 | -0.6% |
| 2022 | 0.3961 | +5.6% |
| 2023 | 0.3944 | -0.4% |
United States of America compared with similar countries
- United States of America's 0.3944 is above the median for high income countries, which is 0.3076, 1.3× the median. (36 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.3926 | 0.3896 | 0.396 | 7 |
| 2020s | 0.3858 | 0.3752 | 0.3961 | 4 |
Countries ranked near United States of America
More poverty & inequality data for United States of America
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 9 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 1.62 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 8,414 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 1 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 24.85 (2023)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 24.8% (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 United States of America?
- Income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax in United States of America was 0.3944 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 United States of America?
- The highest recorded value was 0.3961 in 2022.
- What is the lowest income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax recorded in United States of America?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3752 in 2021.
- How does United States of America rank for income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax?
- United States of America ranks 6th out of 39 countries with data for 2023.
- Is income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax rising or falling in United States of America?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this United States of America 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.