Gini index — all countries

Gini index — Sweden

Gini index in Sweden in 2023 — 29.3 index. Ranked 13 in the world out of 57. Since 1975, the indicator has risen by 20.6%.

2023 29.3 index −7.28% vs 2022
World rank 13of 57
Period maximum 31.6 index2022
Period minimum 22.9 index1981

Trend over time

1975–2023 · index, 0–100

Gini index — Sweden, 1975–202322.52527.53032.5197519801985199019952000200520102015202020231975: 24.3 index1981: 22.9 index1987: 23.1 index1992: 24.9 index1995: 25.2 index2000: 27 index2001: 26.5 index2002: 26.2 index2003: 25.3 index2004: 26.1 index2005: 26.8 index2006: 26.4 index2007: 27.1 index2008: 28.1 index2009: 27.3 index2010: 27.7 index2011: 27.6 index2012: 27.6 index2013: 28.8 index2014: 28.4 index2015: 29.2 index2016: 29.6 index2017: 28.8 index2018: 30 index2019: 29.3 index2020: 28.9 index2021: 29.8 index2022: 31.6 index2023: 29.3 index
Change over the period: +5 (+20.58%) Average annual rate: 0.39 %
Gini index — Sweden, by year Sweden All countries CSV XLSX
Year index Change Change, %
2023 29.3 −2.3 −7.28%
2022 31.6 +1.8 +6.04%
2021 29.8 +0.9 +3.11%
2020 28.9 −0.4 −1.37%
2019 29.3 −0.7 −2.33%
2018 30 +1.2 +4.17%
2017 28.8 −0.8 −2.7%
2016 29.6 +0.4 +1.37%
2015 29.2 +0.8 +2.82%
2014 28.4 −0.4 −1.39%
2013 28.8 +1.2 +4.35%
2012 27.6 +0 +0%
2011 27.6 −0.1 −0.36%
2010 27.7 +0.4 +1.47%
2009 27.3 −0.8 −2.85%
2008 28.1 +1 +3.69%
2007 27.1 +0.7 +2.65%
2006 26.4 −0.4 −1.49%
2005 26.8 +0.7 +2.68%
2004 26.1 +0.8 +3.16%
2003 25.3 −0.9 −3.44%
2002 26.2 −0.3 −1.13%
2001 26.5 −0.5 −1.85%
2000 27
1995 25.2
1992 24.9
1987 23.1
1981 22.9
1975 24.3

Northern Europe, 2023

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

About the indicator

The Gini index measures how far the distribution of income (or consumption) in a country departs from a perfectly even one. A value of 0 would mean everyone receives the same, 100 that all income goes to one person. Values below 30 are typical of Northern and Central Europe, values above 50 of a number of countries in Latin America and Southern Africa.

Important: There are no aggregates for country groups, and this is not a gap: the inequality of a group does not follow from country-level Gini values — it requires the income distribution of all its residents at once. The data rest on household surveys, are not available for every year, and the base may be either income or consumption.

Source: World Development Indicators (World Bank), license CC BY 4.0.