Countries With the Highest Redistribution
Every country with a figure for redistribution, ranked from highest to lowest. The top three are Slovak Republic (48.3%), Belgium (47.7%) and Finland (47.2%). The middle country of the 45 has 33.1%.
What this measures
Reduction in the Gini coefficient from taxes and transfers, in % reduction in the Gini. Source: OECD. For this measure, no agreed better direction.
The Gini before taxes and payments minus the Gini after them, as a share of the first. It shows how much of the inequality produced by the market the government removes. It is built from the before-tax Gini above, so their pair is built from the same numbers and flagged. No "better" direction is set: a country may redistribute little because its market incomes are already equal.
The full ranking
Each country’s latest figure, from 2011–2024. The year beside each value says when it was measured.
| Rank | Country | Redistribution | Year | Region |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Slovak Republic | 48.3% | 2023 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 2 | Belgium | 47.7% | 2023 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 3 | Finland | 47.2% | 2023 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 4 | Czechia | 43.5% | 2023 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 5 | Slovenia | 42.4% | 2023 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 6 | France | 42.2% | 2023 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 7 | Poland | 41.9% | 2023 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 8 | Austria | 41.4% | 2023 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 9 | Ireland | 41.2% | 2023 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 10 | Norway | 39.5% | 2022 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 11 | Germany | 38.7% | 2022 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 12 | Romania | 38.1% | 2023 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 13 | Denmark | 37.5% | 2022 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 14 | Greece | 36.9% | 2023 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 15 | Portugal | 36.5% | 2023 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 16 | Italy | 36.2% | 2023 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 17 | Luxembourg | 35.7% | 2023 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 18 | Iceland | 35.7% | 2019 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 19 | Spain | 34.4% | 2023 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 20 | Netherlands | 34.2% | 2023 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 21 | Japan | 34.1% | 2021 | East Asia & Pacific |
| 22 | Estonia | 33.5% | 2023 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 23 | Sweden | 33.1% | 2023 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 24 | Croatia | 33.1% | 2023 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 25 | Lithuania | 29.7% | 2023 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 26 | United Kingdom | 29.7% | 2023 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 27 | Hungary | 29.4% | 2022 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 28 | Canada | 29.3% | 2023 | North America |
| 29 | New Zealand | 28.7% | 2022 | East Asia & Pacific |
| 30 | Latvia | 28.1% | 2023 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 31 | Australia | 27.7% | 2020 | East Asia & Pacific |
| 32 | Russian Federation | 27% | 2017 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 33 | Bulgaria | 26% | 2023 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 34 | Israel | 23.2% | 2022 | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan |
| 35 | United States | 22.1% | 2023 | North America |
| 36 | Switzerland | 21.2% | 2022 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 37 | Turkiye | 18.6% | 2022 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 38 | Korea, Rep. | 18.2% | 2022 | East Asia & Pacific |
| 39 | Brazil | 13.8% | 2022 | Latin America & Caribbean |
| 40 | South Africa | 12.8% | 2017 | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| 41 | Costa Rica | 12.6% | 2024 | Latin America & Caribbean |
| 42 | Chile | 8.68% | 2022 | Latin America & Caribbean |
| 43 | China | 6.22% | 2011 | East Asia & Pacific |
| 44 | Mexico | 3.77% | 2022 | Latin America & Caribbean |
| 45 | India | 2.67% | 2011 | South Asia |
More on redistribution
- Countries With the Lowest Redistribution
- Redistribution by country: trend over time and what it goes with
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- Countries With the Highest Market-income Gini
- Countries With the Highest Gini Index
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