EU 29.49
· European ranking
29 / 30
Down 3 positions compared with previous year
Belgium: Income Inequality (Gini Index)
An editorial snapshot of country living conditions with trend, regional spread, and context links.
Latest value
· 2025
23.40 Index
EU 29.49 · -6.1 pp vs Europe
What this indicator measures
Measures inequality in the distribution of equivalised disposable income. A value of 0 represents complete equality and 100 represents maximum inequality.
Lower values generally represent a more favorable situation.
Data source: Eurostat Gini coefficient tessi190
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At a glance
Belgium performs more favourably than the European benchmark on Gini coefficient, with a large gap. The trend context points to confirmed improvement. The wider topic context points to broader relative strength.
European comparison in Belgium
In Belgium, Income inequality stands clearly better than the European benchmark: 23.4 index points versus 29.5 index points in 2025, a large gap of 6.1 index points.
Recent trend
In Belgium, the medium-term pattern shows improvement: the value moved from 25.3 in 2020 to 23.4 in 2025. The latest step, from 24.6 in 2024 to 23.4 in 2025, confirms the improvement. The recent signal is stronger than the primary one.
Reading within the topic
In Belgium, the evidence for Income & Purchasing Power leans towards relatively favourable performance compared with Europe, without a clear pressure signal dominating the picture. Material recent changes among related indicators lean towards improvement.