Gini coefficient (Source: SILC)Number| timegeo | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 |
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| EU (27 countries) | : | : | : | : | : | : | 30.6(s) | 30.2(s) | 30.6 | 30.7 | 30.4 | 30.5 |
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| EU (15 countries) | 29(s) | 29(s) | 29(s) | : | 30(s) | 30(s) | 29.9 | 29.5 | 30.2 | 30.6 | 30.3 | 30.5 |
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| New Member States (12) | : | : | : | : | : | 37.4(u) | 33.2 | 33.0 | 31.8 | 31.3 | 30.7 | 30.3 |
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| Euro area (changing composition) | : | : | : | : | : | : | 29.3 | 29.2 | 30.0 | 30.2 | 30.0 | 30.2 |
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| Euro area (17 countries) | : | : | : | : | : | : | 29.2 | 29.1 | 29.9 | 30.1 | 30.0 | 30.2 |
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| Euro area (16 countries) | : | : | : | : | : | : | 29.2 | 29.1 | 29.9 | 30.1 | 30.0 | 30.2 |
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| Belgium | 29 | 30 | 28 | : | 28.3(b) | 26.1 | 28.0 | 27.8 | 26.3 | 27.5 | 26.4 | 26.6 |
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| Bulgaria | : | 25 | 26 | 26 | 24 | 26 | 25 | 31.2(b) | 35.3 | 35.9 | 33.4 | 33.2 |
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| Czech Republic | : | : | 25 | : | : | : | 26.0(b) | 25.3 | 25.3 | 24.7 | 25.1 | 24.9 |
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| Denmark | 21 | : | 22 | : | 24.8(b) | 23.9 | 23.9 | 23.7 | 25.2 | 25.1 | 26.9 | 26.9 |
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| Germany | 25 | 25 | 25 | : | : | : | 26.1(b) | 26.8 | 30.4 | 30.2 | 29.1 | 29.3 |
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| Estonia | : | 36 | 35 | 35 | 34 | 37.4(b) | 34.1 | 33.1 | 33.4 | 30.9 | 31.4 | 31.3 |
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| Ireland | 32 | 30 | 29 | : | 30.6(b) | 31.5 | 31.9 | 31.9 | 31.3 | 29.9 | 28.8 | 33.2 |
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| Greece | 34 | 33 | 33 | : | 34.7(b) | 33.0 | 33.2 | 34.3 | 34.3 | 33.4 | 33.1 | 32.9 |
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| Spain | 33 | 32 | 33 | 31(b) | 31 | 30.7(b) | 31.8 | 31.2 | 31.3 | 31.3 | 32.3 | 33.9 |
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| France | 29 | 28 | 27(b) | 27 | 27 | 28.2(b) | 27.7 | 27.3 | 26.6 | 29.2(b) | 29.8 | 29.9 |
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| Italy | 30 | 29 | 29 | : | : | 33.2(b) | 32.8 | 32.1 | 32.3 | 31.0 | 31.5 | 31.2 |
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| Cyprus | : | : | : | : | 27 | : | 28.7(b) | 28.8 | 29.8 | 28.0 | 28.4 | 29.1 |
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| Latvia | : | 34 | : | : | : | : | 36.1(b) | 39.2 | 35.4 | 37.7 | 37.4 | 36.1 |
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| Lithuania | : | 31 | 31 | : | : | : | 36.3(b) | 35.0 | 33.8 | 34.0 | 35.5 | 36.9 |
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| Luxembourg | 27 | 26 | 27 | : | 27.6(b) | 26.5 | 26.5 | 27.8 | 27.4 | 27.7 | 29.2 | 27.9 |
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| Hungary | : | 26 | 25 | 24 | 27 | : | 27.6(b) | 33.3 | 25.6 | 25.2 | 24.7 | 24.1 |
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| Malta | : | 30 | : | : | : | : | 26.9(b) | 27.0 | 26.3 | 27.9 | 27.2 | 28.4 |
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| Netherlands | 26 | 29 | 27 | 27 | 27 | : | 26.9(b) | 26.4 | 27.6 | 27.6 | 27.2 | 25.5 |
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| Austria | 26 | 24 | 24 | : | 27.4(b) | 25.8 | 26.2 | 25.3 | 26.2 | 26.2 | 25.7 | 26.1 |
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| Poland | : | 30 | 30 | : | : | : | 35.6(b) | 33.3 | 32.2 | 32.0 | 31.4 | 31.1 |
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| Portugal | 36 | 36 | 37 | : | : | 37.8(b) | 38.1 | 37.7 | 36.8 | 35.8 | 35.4 | 33.7 |
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| Romania | : | 29 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 31 | 31 | 33 | 37.8(b) | 36.0 | 34.9 | 33.3 |
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| Slovenia | : | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | : | 23.8(b) | 23.7 | 23.2 | 23.4 | 22.7 | 23.8 |
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| Slovakia | : | : | : | : | : | : | 26.2(b) | 28.1 | 24.5 | 23.7 | 24.8 | 25.9 |
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| Finland | 24 | 24 | 27(b) | 26 | 26 | 25.5(b) | 26.0 | 25.9 | 26.2 | 26.3 | 25.9 | 25.4 |
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| Sweden | 22 | : | 24 | 23(b) | : | 23.0(b) | 23.4 | 24.0 | 23.4 | 24.0 | 24.8 | 24.1 |
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| United Kingdom | 32 | 32(b) | 35 | 35 | 34 | : | 34.6(b) | 32.5 | 32.6 | 33.9 | 32.4 | 33.0 |
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| Iceland | : | : | : | : | : | 24.1(b) | 25.1 | 26.3 | 28.0 | 27.3 | 29.6 | 25.7 |
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| Norway | : | : | : | : | 26.6(b) | 25.2 | 28.2 | 29.2 | 23.7 | 25.1 | 24.1 | 23.6 |
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| Switzerland | : | : | : | : | : | : | : | : | : | 32.0 | 30.2 | 29.5 |
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| Montenegro | : | : | : | : | : | : | : | : | : | : | : | : |
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| Croatia | : | : | : | : | 29 | 30 | 30 | 28 | 29 | 28 | 27 | 31.5(b) |
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| Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, the | : | : | : | : | : | : | : | : | : | : | : | : |
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| Turkey | : | : | : | 46 | 45 | 0 | : | 44.8 | : | : | : | : |
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| Serbia | : | : | : | : | : | : | : | : | : | : | : | : |
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:=Not availables=Eurostat estimateu=Unreliable or uncertain datab=Break in series |