As of 2021, France was the major economy in Europe with the hgihest share of national income taken home by the bottom 50 percent of earners. The country has seen a gradual increase in the share taken by the poorest 50 percent since the 1990s, with this share increasing from roughly 20 percent to over 23 percent in 2021. In stark contrast, Russia is the country which has seen the greatest decrease in the share of income taken by the bottom half. With the end of communist rule in 1991, the income of the poorest Russians nosedived from around 28 percent of national income, to less than 10 percent in 1996. Since then, the bottom half's share in Russia has increased, being approximately 16 percent in 2021.
Pre-tax share of national income taken by the bottom 50 percent of earners in major European economies from 1980 to 2021
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World Inequality Lab. (September 13, 2023). Pre-tax share of national income taken by the bottom 50 percent of earners in major European economies from 1980 to 2021 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 10, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1413133/income-inequality-europe-bottom-fifty-percent/
World Inequality Lab. "Pre-tax share of national income taken by the bottom 50 percent of earners in major European economies from 1980 to 2021." Chart. September 13, 2023. Statista. Accessed November 10, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1413133/income-inequality-europe-bottom-fifty-percent/
World Inequality Lab. (2023). Pre-tax share of national income taken by the bottom 50 percent of earners in major European economies from 1980 to 2021. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: November 10, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1413133/income-inequality-europe-bottom-fifty-percent/
World Inequality Lab. "Pre-tax Share of National Income Taken by The Bottom 50 Percent of Earners in Major European Economies from 1980 to 2021." Statista, Statista Inc., 13 Sep 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1413133/income-inequality-europe-bottom-fifty-percent/
World Inequality Lab, Pre-tax share of national income taken by the bottom 50 percent of earners in major European economies from 1980 to 2021 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1413133/income-inequality-europe-bottom-fifty-percent/ (last visited November 10, 2024)
Pre-tax share of national income taken by the bottom 50 percent of earners in major European economies from 1980 to 2021 [Graph], World Inequality Lab, September 13, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1413133/income-inequality-europe-bottom-fifty-percent/