EU countries by gini index

Name: EU countries by gini index, 2019
Creator: Eurostat, European Commission
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Bulgaria had the highest gini index of 27 EU countries in 2019, at 40.8 index. Slovakia had the lowest, at 22.8 index. The median was 29.2 index and the figure for the European Union (27) was 30.1 index. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest40.8Bulgaria

Lowest22.8Slovakia

Median29.227 EU countries

European Union (27)30.1History

All EU countries, 2019

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

Full ranking

Rank	EU countries	2019 index	Change on 2018
1	Bulgaria	40.8	+1.2
2	Lithuania	35.4	-1.5
3	Latvia	35.2	-0.4
4	Romania	34.8	-0.3
5	Spain	33	-0.2
6	Italy	32.8	-0.6
7	Luxembourg	32.3	+1
8	Portugal	31.9	-0.2
9	Cyprus	31.5	+2.4
10	Greece	31	-1.3
11	Estonia	30.5	-0.1
12	Germany	29.7	-1.4
13	Croatia	29.2	-0.5
13	France	29.2	+0.7
15	Poland	28.5	+0.7
16	Ireland Series break	28	-0.9
16	Malta	28	-0.7
18	Sweden	27.6	+0.6
19	Austria	27.5	+0.7
19	Denmark	27.5	-0.3
21	Hungary Series break	26.8	-1.9
21	Netherlands	26.8	-0.6
23	Finland	26.2	+0.3
24	Belgium Series break	25.1	-0.6
25	Czechia	24	0
26	Slovenia	23.9	+0.5
27	Slovakia	22.8	+1.9

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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 40.8 index in 2019, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

Which EU country has the lowest gini index?

Slovakia, with 22.8 index in 2019.

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.