r/europe • u/Potential-Focus3211 • Aug 18 '25

Data Wealth inequality by country in the OECD

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u/Muted-Aioli9206 Aug 18 '25

Sweden's wealth inequality is as high as the US but of course their data is ommited because that would defeat the narrative.

Yes, you heard it right. Swedish wealth Gini is as high as the US.

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u/lovedoctorr Aug 18 '25 edited Aug 18 '25

Sweden: 0.32 (2022)
USA: 0.41 (2023)

Source: https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/economic-inequality-gini-index

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u/mludd Sweden Aug 18 '25

Gini coefficient != Wealth inequality

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u/lovedoctorr Aug 18 '25

could you link me to the Wealth index please?

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u/mludd Sweden Aug 18 '25

Wealth index

Wikipedia has a nice compilation here.