Inequality in Europe: ratio of top 20 percent's income to bottom 20 percent 2011-2022

Published by Statista Research Department, Feb 13, 2024

The ratio of the income of the top 20 percent of the income distribution to that of the bottom 20 percent has fallen been on a downward trend in the European Union since 2015. From its recent high of 5.22 in 2015, the ratio has now fallen to 4.74 in 2022.

Ratio of the income of the top 20 percent of high earners to the income of the bottom 20 percent of earners in the European Union from 2011 to 2022

Characteristic	P80:p20 income inequality ratio
2022	4.74
2021	4.99
2020	4.89
2019	4.99
2018	5.05
2017	5.03
2016	5.16
2015	5.22
2014	5.22
2013	5.05
2012	4.98
2011	4.99

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Release date

September 2023

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Region

Europe, EU

Survey time period

2011 to 2022

Supplementary notes

The p80:p20 income inequality ratio is defined as "the ratio of total income received by the 20 percent of the population with the highest income (top quintile) to that received by the 20 percent of the population with the lowest income (lowest quintile). Income must be understood as equivalised disposable income".

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