Reduction in income inequality before and after tax in Sweden
Sweden: Reduction in income inequality before and after tax was 33.1% in 2023. ▼ Falling
Reduction in income inequality before and after tax in Sweden, 2013–2023
Source: OECD (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Sweden recorded 33.1% for reduction in income inequality before and after tax in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 11 years on record.
That represents a change of down 2.5% on the previous year and down 10.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, reduction in income inequality before and after tax in Sweden peaked at 37.0% in 2013 and was at its lowest, 33.1%, in 2023.
Sweden ranks 21st of 39 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 11 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 35.9% | 35.0% | 37.0% | 7 |
| 2020s | 34.6% | 33.1% | 36.3% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Sweden
More poverty & inequality data for Sweden
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 8 surveys (2025)
- Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 1.43 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 4,456 kg per hectare (2023)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 41.4% (2023)
- Gender Inequality Index 0.007 (2023)
- Share of government consumption in GDP vs. share of population living in extreme poverty 28.0% (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in women 0.0725 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex 0.0725 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men 0.0823 (2023)
- Income inequality: Atkinson index 0.1694 (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is reduction in income inequality before and after tax in Sweden?
- Reduction in income inequality before and after tax in Sweden was 33.1% in 2023, according to OECD (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest reduction in income inequality before and after tax recorded in Sweden?
- The highest recorded value was 37.0% in 2013.
- What is the lowest reduction in income inequality before and after tax recorded in Sweden?
- The lowest recorded value was 33.1% in 2023.
- How does Sweden rank for reduction in income inequality before and after tax?
- Sweden ranks 21st out of 39 countries with data for 2023.
- Is reduction in income inequality before and after tax rising or falling in Sweden?
- Over the last ten years it is down 10.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Sweden data come from?
- The figures come from OECD (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Reduction in income inequality before and after tax. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
This is the percentage difference between the Gini coefficient before taxes and benefits and the Gini coefficient after taxes and benefits.