Latvia has EU's second-highest income inequality

The established 'Gini coefficient' method measures how income is distributed within a country compared with a situation of a perfectly equal distribution. A value of 0 represents perfect equality, where everyone has the same income, while a value of 100 indicates complete inequality, where one person receives all the income.

In 2025, the EU’s Gini coefficient was 29.2, down slightly from 29.4 in 2024.

Across EU countries in 2025, the Gini coefficient ranged from 23...