EU 29.49
· European ranking
24 / 30
Up 1 positions compared with previous year
Netherlands: Income Inequality (Gini Index)
An editorial snapshot of country living conditions with trend, regional spread, and context links.
Latest value
· 2025
25.90 Index
EU 29.49 · -3.6 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
Netherlands performs more favourably than the European benchmark on Gini coefficient, with a large gap. The trend context points to recent stabilization. The wider topic context points to broader relative strength.
European comparison in Netherlands
In Netherlands, Income inequality stands clearly better than the European benchmark: 25.9 index points versus 29.5 index points in 2025, a large gap of 3.6 index points.
Recent trend
In the Netherlands, the medium-term pattern shows improvement: the value moved from 28.2 in 2020 to 25.9 in 2025. The latest value changes little from 25.9 in 2024, indicating a pause in the previous improvement.
Reading within the topic
In Netherlands, the evidence for Income & Purchasing Power leans towards relatively favourable performance compared with Europe, without a clear pressure signal dominating the picture. No material recent change is detected among related indicators.