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This is a list of countries or dependencies by income inequality metrics, including Gini coefficients. The Gini coefficient is a number between 0 and 1, where 0 corresponds with perfect equality (where everyone has the same income) and 1 corresponds with perfect inequality (where one person has all the income—and everyone else has no income).
Income distribution can vary greatly from wealth distribution in a country (see List of countries by wealth inequality). Income from black market economic activity is not included and is the subject of current economic research. [2] [3]
Key:
Member state | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
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Austria | 27.4 | 27.6 | 27.0 | 27.6 | 27.2 | 27.2 | 27.9 | 26.8 | 27.5 | 27.0 | 26.7 | 27.8 |
Belgium | 26.3 | 26.5 | 25.9 | 25.9 | 26.2 | 26.3 | 26.1 | 25.7 | 25.1 | 25.4 | 24.1 | 24.9 |
Bulgaria | 35.0 | 33.6 | 35.4 | 35.4 | 37.0 | 37.7 | 40.2 | 39.6 | 40.8 | 40.0 | 39.7 | 38.4 |
Croatia | 31.2 | 30.9 | 30.9 | 30.2 | 30.4 | 29.8 | 29.9 | 29.7 | 29.2 | 28.3 | 29.2 | 28.5 |
Cyprus | 29.2 | 31.0 | 32.4 | 34.8 | 33.6 | 32.1 | 30.8 | 29.1 | 31.1 | 29.3 | 29.4 | |
Czech Republic | 25.2 | 24.9 | 24.6 | 25.1 | 25.0 | 25.1 | 24.5 | 24.0 | 24.0 | 24.2 | 24.9 | 24.8 |
Denmark | 26.6 | 26.5 | 26.8 | 27.7 | 27.4 | 27.7 | 27.6 | 27.8 | 27.5 | 27.3 | 27.0 | 27.7 |
Estonia | 31.9 | 32.5 | 32.9 | 35.6 | 34.8 | 32.7 | 31.6 | 30.6 | 30.5 | 30.5 | 30.6 | 31.9 |
Finland | 25.8 | 25.9 | 25.4 | 25.6 | 25.2 | 25.4 | 25.3 | 25.9 | 26.2 | 26.5 | 25.7 | 26.6 |
France | 30.8 | 30.5 | 30.1 | 29.2 | 29.2 | 29.3 | 28.8 | 28.5 | 29.2 | 29.2 | 29.3 | |
Germany | 29.0 | 28.3 | 29.7 | 30.7 | 30.1 | 29.5 | 29.1 | 31.1 | 29.7 | 30.5 | 31.2 | 28.8 |
Greece | 33.5 | 34.3 | 34.4 | 34.5 | 34.2 | 34.3 | 33.4 | 32.3 | 31.0 | 31.4 | 32.4 | 31.4 |
Hungary | 26.9 | 27.2 | 28.3 | 28.6 | 28.2 | 28.2 | 28.1 | 28.7 | 28.0 | 28.0 | 27.6 | 27.4 |
Ireland | 29.8 | 30.4 | 30.7 | 31.1 | 29.7 | 29.6 | 30.6 | 28.9 | 28.3 | 28.3 | 26.9 | |
Italy | 32.5 | 32.4 | 32.8 | 32.4 | 32.4 | 33.1 | 32.7 | 33.4 | 32.8 | 32.5 | 32.9 | |
Latvia | 35.1 | 35.7 | 35.2 | 35.5 | 35.4 | 34.5 | 34.5 | 35.6 | 35.2 | 34.5 | 35.7 | 34.3 |
Lithuania | 33.0 | 32.0 | 34.6 | 35.0 | 37.9 | 37.0 | 37.6 | 36.9 | 35.4 | 35.1 | 35.4 | |
Luxembourg | 27.2 | 28.0 | 30.4 | 28.7 | 28.5 | 29.6 | 29.2 | 31.3 | 32.3 | 31.2 | 29.6 | |
Malta | 27.2 | 27.1 | 28.0 | 27.7 | 28.1 | 28.6 | 28.2 | 28.7 | 28.0 | 30.3 | 31.2 | |
Netherlands | 25.8 | 25.4 | 25.1 | 26.2 | 26.7 | 26.9 | 27.1 | 27.4 | 26.8 | 28.2 | 26.4 | 26.3 |
Poland | 31.1 | 30.9 | 30.7 | 30.8 | 30.6 | 29.8 | 29.2 | 27.8 | 28.5 | 27.2 | 26.8 | 26.3 |
Portugal | 34.2 | 34.5 | 34.2 | 34.5 | 34.0 | 33.9 | 33.5 | 32.1 | 31.9 | 31.2 | 33.0 | |
Romania | 33.5 | 34.0 | 34.6 | 35.0 | 37.4 | 34.7 | 33.1 | 35.1 | 34.8 | 33.8 | 34.3 | |
Slovakia | 25.7 | 25.3 | 24.2 | 26.1 | 23.7 | 24.3 | 23.2 | 20.9 | 22.8 | 20.9 | 21.8 | |
Slovenia | 23.8 | 23.7 | 24.4 | 25.0 | 24.5 | 24.4 | 23.7 | 23.4 | 23.9 | 23.5 | 23.0 | |
Spain | 34.0 | 34.2 | 33.7 | 34.7 | 34.6 | 34.5 | 34.1 | 33.2 | 33.0 | 32.1 | 33.0 | 32.0 |
Sweden | 26.0 | 26.0 | 26.0 | 26.9 | 26.7 | 27.6 | 28.0 | 27.0 | 27.6 | 26.9 | 26.8 | |
Serbia [n 1] | — | — | 38.0 | 38.3 | 40.0 | 39.8 | 37.8 | 35.6 | 33.3 | 33.3 | 33.3 | |
Montenegro [n 2] [8] | — | — | 38.5 | 36.5 | 36.5 | 36.5 | 36.7 | 34.7 | 34.1 | 32.9 | ||
European Union | 30.5 | 30.4 | 30.6 | 30.9 | 30.8 | 30.6 | 30.3 | 30.4 | 30.2 | 30.0 | 30.1 | |
Eurozone (EA19) | 30.6 | 30.5 | 30.7 | 31.0 | 30.7 | 30.7 | 30.4 | 30.6 | 30.2 | 30.3 | 30.5 |
Note: Pink-coloured cells indicate a break in the time series. Blue-coloured cells indicate estimated values.
Source: Eurostat, “Gini coefficient of equivalised disposable income - EU-SILC survey” [9]
Country | Gini | Year |
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Australia | 0.00 | 2020 |
Austria | 0.00 | 2019 |
Belgium | 0.00 | 2019 |
Canada | 0.00 | 2020 |
Chile | 0.00 | 2017 |
Costa Rica | 0.00 | 2021 |
Czech Republic | 0.00 | 2019 |
Denmark | 0.00 | 2019 |
Estonia | 0.00 | 2019 |
Finland | 0.00 | 2020 |
France | 0.00 | 2019 |
Germany | 0.18 | 2019 |
Greece | 0.69 | 2019 |
Hungary | 0.9 | 2019 |
Iceland | 0.9 | 2017 |
Ireland | 0.00 | 2018 |
Israel | 0.9 | 2019 |
Italy | 0.00 | 2018 |
Japan | 0.1 | 2018 |
Latvia | 0.00 | 2020 |
Lithuania | 0.00 | 2019 |
Luxembourg | 0.00 | 2019 |
Mexico | 0.00 | 2020 |
Netherlands | 0.00 | 2020 |
New Zealand | 0.00 | 2020 |
Norway | 0.00 | 2020 |
Poland | 0.00 | 2018 |
Portugal | 0.00 | 2019 |
Slovakia | 0.00 | 2019 |
Slovenia | 1.00 | 2019 |
South Korea | 0.00 | 2020 |
Spain | 0.00 | 2019 |
Sweden | 0.00 | 2020 |
Switzerland | 0.00 | 2019 |
Turkey | 0.0 | 2019 |
United Kingdom | 0.00 | 2020 |
United States | 0.00 | 2021 |
Source: [10]
Country | Gini | Year |
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Australia | 0.318 | 2020 |
Austria | 0.274 | 2019 |
Belgium | 0.262 | 2019 |
Canada | 0.280 | 2020 |
Chile | 0.460 | 2017 |
Costa Rica | 0.487 | 2021 |
Czech Republic | 0.248 | 2019 |
Denmark | 0.268 | 2019 |
Estonia | 0.305 | 2019 |
Finland | 0.265 | 2020 |
France | 0.292 | 2019 |
Germany | 0.296 | 2019 |
Greece | 0.308 | 2019 |
Hungary | 0.286 | 2019 |
Iceland | 0.250 | 2017 |
Ireland | 0.292 | 2018 |
Israel | 0.342 | 2019 |
Italy | 0.330 | 2018 |
Japan | 0.334 | 2018 |
Latvia | 0.355 | 2020 |
Lithuania | 0.357 | 2019 |
Luxembourg | 0.305 | 2019 |
Mexico | 0.420 | 2020 |
Netherlands | 0.304 | 2020 |
New Zealand | 0.320 | 2020 |
Norway | 0.263 | 2020 |
Poland | 0.281 | 2018 |
Portugal | 0.310 | 2019 |
Slovakia | 0.222 | 2019 |
Slovenia | 0.246 | 2019 |
South Korea | 0.331 | 2020 |
Spain | 0.320 | 2019 |
Sweden | 0.276 | 2020 |
Switzerland | 0.316 | 2019 |
Turkey | 0.415 | 2019 |
United Kingdom | 0.355 | 2020 |
United States | 0.375 | 2021 |
Source: [11]
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