European ranking
11 / 32
Improved by 1 positions since the previous year
Switzerland: Gini coefficient
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Country overview
Switzerland
Current reading for Gini coefficient in a European context.
Eurostat indicator: Gini coefficient
Latest value
31.00 Index
Compared with Europe
+1.4 puntos
Switzerland is 1.4 points above the European average.
EU: 29.58
Affected population
9.1M
Year: 2025
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Indicator: Gini coefficient
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At a glance
Switzerland performs less favourably than the European benchmark on Gini coefficient, with a moderate gap. The trend context points to recent departure from stability. The wider topic context is mixed, combining pressure signals and relative strengths.
European comparison in Switzerland
In Switzerland, Income inequality is noticeably worse than the European benchmark: 31.0 index points versus 29.6 index points in 2024, with a gap of 1.4 index points.
Recent trend
In Switzerland, the medium-term pattern is broadly stable: the value moved from 30.6 in 2019 to 31.0 in 2024. The primary pattern was broadly stable, but the latest step, from 31.5 in 2023 to 31.0 in 2024, departs from that stability with an improvement.
Reading within the topic
In Switzerland, Income & Purchasing Power shows a mixed picture: pressure signals and relative strengths coexist across this indicator and its related indicators compared with Europe. Material recent changes among related indicators lean towards improvement.