EU countries by gini index

Name: EU countries by gini index, 2016
Creator: Eurostat, European Commission
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Bulgaria had the highest gini index of 27 EU countries in 2016, at 37.7 index. Slovakia had the lowest, at 24.3 index. The median was 29.6 index and the figure for the European Union (27) was 30.6 index. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest37.7Bulgaria

Lowest24.3Slovakia

Median29.627 EU countries

European Union (27)30.6History

All EU countries, 2016

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index. Source: Eurostat. Retrieved 2026-10-07.

Full ranking

Rank	EU countries	2016 index	Change on 2015
1	Bulgaria Series break	37.7	+0.7
2	Lithuania	37	-0.9
3	Romania	34.7	-2.7
4	Latvia	34.5	-0.9
4	Spain	34.5	-0.1
6	Greece	34.3	+0.1
7	Portugal	33.9	-0.1
8	Italy	33.1	+0.7
9	Estonia	32.7	-2.1
10	Cyprus	32.1	-1.5
11	Croatia	29.8	-0.6
11	Poland	29.8	-0.8
13	Ireland	29.6	-0.1
13	Luxembourg Series break	29.6	+1.1
15	Germany	29.5	-0.6
16	France	29.3	+0.1
17	Malta	28.6	+0.5
18	Hungary	28.2	0
19	Denmark	27.7	+0.3
20	Sweden	27.6	+0.9
21	Austria	27.2	0
22	Netherlands Series break	26.9	+0.2
23	Belgium	26.3	+0.1
24	Finland	25.4	+0.2
25	Czechia	25.1	+0.1
26	Slovenia	24.4	-0.1
27	Slovakia	24.3	+0.6

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About this ranking

Income inequality on a 0 to 100 scale, where 0 is perfect equality.

Eurostat, equivalised disposable income after social transfers (EU-SILC), for the EU and its countries. For other countries use gini_index_world_bank, which is measured on a different basis.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the EU countries are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

Eurostat. Gini coefficient of equivalised disposable income (ilc_di12). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/ilc_di12/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-07.

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Questions

Which EU country has the highest gini index?

Bulgaria, with 37.7 index in 2016, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

Which EU country has the lowest gini index?

Slovakia, with 24.3 index in 2016.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: Eurostat, European Commission, Gini coefficient of equivalised disposable income (ilc_di12). Retrieved 2026-10-07.