EU 29.49
· European ranking
9 / 30
Up 2 positions compared with previous year
Estonia: Income Inequality (Gini Index)
An editorial snapshot of country living conditions with trend, regional spread, and context links.
Latest value
· 2025
30.90 Index
EU 29.49 · +1.4 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
Estonia performs less favourably than the European benchmark on Gini coefficient, with a moderate gap. The trend context points to confirmed stability. The wider topic context points to broader pressure.
European comparison in Estonia
In Estonia, Income inequality is noticeably worse than the European benchmark: 30.9 index points versus 29.5 index points in 2025, with a gap of 1.4 index points.
Recent trend
In Estonia, the medium-term pattern is broadly stable: the value moved from 30.5 in 2020 to 30.9 in 2025. The latest value also changes little from 30.8 in 2024, confirming the stable reading.
Reading within the topic
In Estonia, the evidence for Income & Purchasing Power leans towards pressure compared with Europe; related indicators do not provide a sufficiently strong counter-signal. No material recent change is detected among related indicators.