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Iceland: Gini coefficient

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Country: Iceland Indicator: Gini coefficient Year: 2020

Country overview

Iceland

Current reading for Gini coefficient in a European context.

Eurostat indicator: Gini coefficient

Latest value

24.00 Index

European ranking

33 / 35

Worsened by 1 positions since the previous year

Compared with Europe

-5.9 puntos

Iceland is 5.9 points below the European average.

EU: 29.94

Affected population

389.4K

Year: 2025

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Recent trend

Open trend

Latest: 24.00 Index Europe benchmark: 29.94 Index

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Indicator: Gini coefficient

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At a glance

Iceland performs more favourably than the European benchmark on Gini coefficient, with a large gap. The trend context points to recent reversal.

European comparison in Iceland

In Iceland, Income inequality stands clearly better than the European benchmark: 24.0 index points versus 29.9 index points in 2020, a large gap of 5.9 index points.

Recent trend

In Iceland, the medium-term pattern shows improvement: the value moved from 24.7 in 2015 to 24.0 in 2020. The latest step, from 23.7 in 2019 to 24.0 in 2020, reverses the previous direction and shows recent deterioration.