EU countries by gini index

Name: EU countries by gini index, 2024
Creator: Eurostat, European Commission
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Bulgaria had the highest gini index of 27 EU countries in 2024, at 38.4 index. Slovakia had the lowest, at 21.7 index. The median was 29.5 index and the figure for the European Union (27) was 29.4 index. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest38.4Bulgaria

Lowest21.7Slovakia

Median29.527 EU countries

European Union (27)29.4History

All EU countries, 2024

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

Full ranking

Rank	EU countries	2024 index	Change on 2023
1	Bulgaria	38.4	+1.2
2	Lithuania Provisional	35.3	-0.4
3	Latvia	34.2	+0.2
4	Italy	32.2	+0.7
5	Portugal	31.9	-1.8
6	Greece	31.8	0
7	Malta	31.3	-1.7
8	Spain	31.2	-0.3
9	Estonia	30.8	-1
10	Cyprus	30.1	+0.8
10	Luxembourg	30.1	-0.5
12	France	30	+0.3
13	Croatia Series break	29.8	+0.1
14	Germany	29.5	+0.1
15	Denmark	28.6	+0.4
16	Austria	28.4	+0.3
17	Hungary	28	-0.6
17	Romania	28	-3
19	Sweden	27.6	-1.9
20	Ireland	26.4	-1
21	Finland	26.1	-0.5
22	Poland	26	-1
23	Netherlands	25.9	-0.6
24	Belgium	24.6	+0.3
25	Slovenia	23.8	+0.4
26	Czechia	23.7	-0.7
27	Slovakia	21.7	+0.1

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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 38.4 index in 2024, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

Which EU country has the lowest gini index?

Slovakia, with 21.7 index in 2024.

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.