Gini index in Germany
The Gini index for Germany was 33.7 (0 to 100) in 2022. The value for 2022 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1991.
Germany, 2022
33.7
Change from 2021
+0.1points
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2022
31.6 (0 to 100)
Gini index in Germany over time
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Germany
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Gini index, 0 to 100. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Germany |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 33.7 (0 to 100) |
| 2021 | 33.6 (0 to 100) |
| 2020 | 32.5 (0 to 100) |
| 2019 | 32.2 (0 to 100) |
| 2018 | 31.9 (0 to 100) |
| 2017 | 31.3 (0 to 100) |
| 2016 | 31.3 (0 to 100) |
| 2015 | 31.4 (0 to 100) |
| 2014 | 30.8 (0 to 100) |
| 2013 | 31.4 (0 to 100) |
| 2012 | 30.9 (0 to 100) |
| 2011 | 30.4 (0 to 100) |
| 2010 | 30.2 (0 to 100) |
| 2009 | 30.4 (0 to 100) |
| 2008 | 30.6 (0 to 100) |
| 2007 | 31.2 (0 to 100) |
| 2006 | 31.0 (0 to 100) |
| 2005 | 31.6 (0 to 100) |
| 2004 | 30.1 (0 to 100) |
| 2003 | 29.9 (0 to 100) |
| 2002 | 29.9 (0 to 100) |
| 2001 | 29.9 (0 to 100) |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +0.1 points from 33.6 (0 to 100) in 2021.
- Since 2012, when it was 30.9 (0 to 100), the figure has changed by +2.8 points.
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Income inequality (Gini)
30.1 (0 to 100)
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Income share held by the richest 10%
26.2%
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At-risk-of-poverty rate
16.1%
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Poverty or social exclusion rate
21.2%
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Income quintile share ratio (S80/S20)
4.68 times
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Severe material and social deprivation
5.6%
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