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Gini index

Gini index of income inequality on a scale of 0–100 from the World Bank. Provides a long historical record for Poland and Germany and sparser coverage for the US.

28.5%Poland · 2023

World Bank Open DataPublished by source: 2026-07-13
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Saved data version: retrieved 2026-09-15, ID 792bc0830925Warehouse version at build: v45
Data coverage
  • Poland: 1985–2023; observations: 34; missing years: 5 (1988, 1990, 1991, 1994, 1997)

Missing years are counted between the first and last observations. A missing value is not zero.

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34 rows for Poland

Time range:
25.027.530.032.535.037.540.01985199020002010202028.5
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Poland

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Poland

25.1→28.5

Total change
+3.4 pp
Period
1985–2023

Poland: 25.1 (1985) → 28.5 (2023). Difference: +3.4 pp. Peak value of 38.0 in 2004; lowest value of 25.1 in 1985.

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Gini index — Poland
YearCountryValue
2023Poland28.5%
2022Poland28.9%
2021Poland28.5%
2020Poland28.5%
2019Poland28.8%
2018Poland30.2%
2017Poland29.7%
2016Poland31.2%
2015Poland31.8%
2014Poland32.8%
2013Poland33.1%
2012Poland33%
2011Poland33.2%
2010Poland33.2%
2009Poland33.4%
2008Poland33.5%
2007Poland34%
2006Poland34.7%
2005Poland35.8%
2004Poland38%
Source
World Bank Open Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0
Published by source
2026-07-13
Retrieved
2026-09-15
Indicator code in source
SI.POV.GINI
Unit of measure
percent
Data version
v45

Cite

Longseries, “Gini index”. World Bank Open Data (SI.POV.GINI), 1963–2024, Brazil, China, Czechia, Germany, Spain, France, United Kingdom, India, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Poland, Sweden, United States. Retrieved 2026-09-15. CC BY 4.0. Data version v45. Data SHA-256: 792bc0830925d1fd3483656910ddace18a62f2007374efedb7b9de5d5d7070ee. https://longseries.com/en/d/gini/

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Latest values

Extremes among countries with the same observation year: for 2023: highest — Italy; lowest — Czechia

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14 places — sorted by value, highest first
Country
Brazil202450.3%50.3%
United States202441.8%41.8%
China202236%36%
Highest value in the comparable yearItaly202334.3%34.3%
Germany202233.7%33.7%
Spain202333.4%33.4%
United Kingdom202132.4%32.4%
Japan202032.3%32.3%
Remaining locations (6)

About this series

Gini index, 0–100. World Bank. This copy is mainly PL, DE, US — the world line is often empty.

Indicator definition

Gini index of income inequality on a scale of 0–100 from the World Bank. World Bank Gini index (SI.POV.GINI). Years without surveys are left blank rather than estimated. Compare with Eurostat data Gini (Eurostat).

How to read the data

Do not average with Gini (Eurostat). Two official sources, two income definitions. Keep the pair in the citation.

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