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| Indicator name |
S80/S50 income quintile share ratio |
| Type (EU indicator/ NAT - national indicator) |
EU |
| Periodicity |
Annual |
| Detailed definition |
This measures the ratio of (total share of income of the 20% richest in the income distribution of a Member State, based on net disposable household equivalised income) : (total share of income of the middle 20% in the income distribution of a Member State, whose income is calculated on the basis of net disposable household equivalised income). The indicator is to be calculated to two decimal places. |
| Breakdowns |
none |
| Comments/ Policy relevance |
Relevant to combatting poverty and social exclusion
Some weaknesses have been identified in the right- and left-tails of the distribution due to underreporting and sampling error. Sample size is robust for all EU Member States. |
| Source |
EU-SILC |
| SPC portfolio section |
Social inclusion – context |
| Key dimension |
Inequality |
| Context of use |
Relevant to assessing inequality, and combatting poverty and social exclusion |
| Further details and related documents |
This indicator is calculated on the basis of the microdata collected in the EU-SILC survey. Household income is summed from all sources (employment, social transfers), the OECD equivalisation scale is applied and income is attributed to each household member to create a distribution. Shares are calculated on the basis of this distribution. |
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