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| Indicator name |
Income quintile ratio (S80/S20) |
| Code |
SI-C1 |
| Type (EU indicator/ NAT - national indicator) |
EU |
| Periodicity |
Annual |
| Detailed definition |
The ratio of total income received by the 20% of the country's population with the highest income (top quintile) to that received by the 20% of the country's population with the lowest income (lowest quintile). Income must be understood as equivalised disposable income. The indicator is to be calculated to two decimal places. |
| Breakdowns |
This indicator can be broken down into the S80/S50 and S50/S20. |
| 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 |
Eurostat – EU-SILC |
| Eurostat code |
tessi180 |
| Eurostat data table |
Income quintile share ratio (S80/S20)
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| SPC portfolio section |
Social inclusion – context |
| Key dimension |
Income inequalities. Used in: EPSR scoreboard (headline indicator), SPPM dashboard, JAF |
| Context of use |
Income inequalities. Relevant to assessing inequality, and combatting poverty and social exclusion. Used in: EPSR scoreboard (headline indicator), SPPM dashboard, JAF |
| 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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