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Gini coefficient of income inequality

30 European countries compared for 2025, eu average 28.6. Eurostat data.

First in the ranking

20.6

Belgium

EU average

28.6

27 member states

Median country

28.9

half above, half below

Range

20.6 to 45.6

Belgium - Türkiye

How to read it

Across 30 countries, the highest value is in Türkiye (45.6) and the lowest in Belgium (20.6).

Half of the countries are above 28.9 and half below.

The EU average is 28.6; 17 of 30 countries are above it.

For the EU as a whole, the value fell from 30.4 in 2014 to 28.6 in 2025.

Gini coefficient of equivalised disposable income by age · Gini coefficient (scale from 0 to 100)

Eurostat methods can differ from the World Bank data used elsewhere on the site - source and licence.

Income inequality over time

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Ranking of countries

2025

In chart
Belgium in chart	1	Belgium	20.6	−8.0
Norway in chart	2	Norway non-EU	21.3	−7.3
Slovenia in chart	3	Slovenia	22.6	−6.0
Netherlands in chart	4	Netherlands	23.1	−5.5
Denmark in chart	5	Denmark	23.3	−5.3
Czechia in chart	6	Czechia	24.1	−4.5
Poland in chart	7	Poland	24.6	−4.0
Slovakia in chart	8	Slovakia	25.3	−3.3
Sweden in chart	9	Sweden	25.5	−3.1
Finland in chart	10	Finland	25.6	−3.0
Austria in chart	11	Austria	25.8	−2.8
Croatia in chart	12	Croatia	26.2	−2.4
Ireland in chart	13	Ireland	26.3	−2.3
Luxembourg in chart	14	Luxembourg	28.7	+0.1
Romania in chart	15	Romania	28.8	+0.2
Hungary in chart	16	Hungary	28.9	+0.3
Portugal in chart	17	Portugal	29.2	+0.6
Italy in chart	18	Italy	29.3	+0.7
Germany in chart	19	Germany	29.3	+0.7
Malta in chart	20	Malta	29.8	+1.2
Estonia in chart	21	Estonia	29.8	+1.2
France in chart	22	France	30.7	+2.1
Greece in chart	23	Greece	31.5	+2.9
Latvia in chart	24	Latvia	31.5	+2.9
Cyprus in chart	25	Cyprus	31.8	+3.2
Serbia in chart	26	Serbia non-EU	32.5	+3.9
Spain in chart	27	Spain	33.1	+4.5
Lithuania in chart	28	Lithuania	33.2	+4.6
Bulgaria in chart	29	Bulgaria	41.4	+12.8
Türkiye in chart	30	Türkiye non-EU	45.6	+17.0

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