Slovenia had the greatest income distribution equality between 2010 and 2018, according to the Gini Index of 2020. During this time period, the Gini coefficient amounted to 24.2 percent in the European country. Other countries with low Gini coefficients were Czechia, Belarus, and Slovakia.
Leading countries with the greatest income distribution equality in 2018, based on the Gini coefficient
* Data refers to the latest available numbers from the respective country.
For some countries, which were among the 20 countries with the greatest income distribution equality in prior years, no data was available in the recent report. The income Gini coefficient measures the deviation of the distribution of income (or consumption) among individuals of households within a country from a perfectly equal distribution. A value of 0 represents absolute equality, a value of 100 absolute inequality.
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