EU 29.49
· European ranking
25 / 30
Down 1 positions compared with previous year
Poland: Income Inequality (Gini Index)
An editorial snapshot of country living conditions with trend, regional spread, and context links.
Latest value
· 2025
24.90 Index
EU 29.49 · -4.6 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
Poland 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 is mixed, combining pressure signals and relative strengths.
European comparison in Poland
In Poland, Income inequality stands clearly better than the European benchmark: 24.9 index points versus 29.5 index points in 2025, a large gap of 4.6 index points.
Recent trend
In Poland, the medium-term pattern shows improvement: the value moved from 27.2 in 2020 to 24.9 in 2025. The latest step, from 26.0 in 2024 to 24.9 in 2025, confirms the improvement. The recent signal is stronger than the primary one.
Reading within the topic
In Poland, 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.