EU countries by gini index

Name: EU countries by gini index, 2020
Creator: Eurostat, European Commission
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Bulgaria had the highest gini index of 27 EU countries in 2020, at 40 index. Slovakia had the lowest, at 20.9 index. The median was 29.2 index and the figure for the European Union (27) was 30 index. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest40Bulgaria

Lowest20.9Slovakia

Median29.227 EU countries

European Union (27)30History

All EU countries, 2020

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

Full ranking

Rank	EU countries	2020 index	Change on 2019
1	Bulgaria	40	-0.8
2	Lithuania	35.1	-0.3
3	Latvia	34.5	-0.7
4	Romania	33.8	-1
5	Italy	32.5	-0.3
6	Spain	32.1	-0.9
7	Greece	31.4	+0.4
8	Luxembourg Series break	31.2	-1.1
8	Portugal	31.2	-0.7
10	Estonia	30.5	0
10	Germany Series break	30.5	+0.8
12	Malta	30.3	+2.3
13	Cyprus	29.3	-2.2
14	France Series break	29.2	0
15	Croatia	28.3	-0.9
16	Hungary	28.2	+1.4
16	Netherlands	28.2	+1.4
18	Ireland Series break	27.6	-0.4
19	Denmark Series break	27.3	-0.2
20	Poland	27.2	-1.3
21	Austria	27	-0.5
22	Sweden	26.9	-0.7
23	Finland	26.5	+0.3
24	Belgium	25.3	+0.2
25	Czechia	24.2	+0.2
26	Slovenia	23.5	-0.4
27	Slovakia	20.9	-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 index in 2020, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

Which EU country has the lowest gini index?

Slovakia, with 20.9 index in 2020.

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.