EU 29.49
· European ranking
14 / 30
Up 2 positions compared with previous year
Germany: Income Inequality (Gini Index)
An editorial snapshot of country living conditions with trend, regional spread, and context links.
Latest value
· 2025
30.10 Index
EU 29.49 · +0.6 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
Germany performs less favourably than the European benchmark on Gini coefficient, although the difference is relatively small. The trend context points to recent departure from stability. The wider topic context is mixed, combining pressure signals and relative strengths.
European comparison in Germany
In Germany, Income inequality is close to the European benchmark, although slightly worse: 30.1 index points versus 29.5 index points in 2025, a gap of 0.6 index points.
Recent trend
In Germany, the medium-term pattern is broadly stable: the value moved from 30.5 in 2020 to 30.1 in 2025. The primary pattern was broadly stable, but the latest step, from 29.5 in 2024 to 30.1 in 2025, departs from that stability with a deterioration.
Reading within the topic
In Germany, 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 deterioration and warrant monitoring.