Figure 5 Extent of income inequality and the role of the State (EU member states in 2017)
Income inequality (as measured by the gini-coefficient) is shown before and after social transfers in the EU28.
Data are ranked by value of coefficient before transfers. Transfers include state pensions.
Gini coefficient measures inequality. The coefficient approaches 100 when a society is perfectly unequal and approaches 0 when perfectly equal. The higher the value the greater the degree of inequality.