Income quintile share ratio S80/S20
Total equivalised disposable income received by the 20% of the population with the highest income divided by the total received by the 20% with the lowest income.
A value of 5 means the top fifth receives five times as much income as the bottom fifth. From the EU statistics on income and living conditions (EU-SILC). Income refers to the previous calendar year in most countries. Eurostat flags series breaks; they are stored as status break.
Key facts
- Income quintile share ratio S80/S20 in the European Union (27) was 4.62 ratio in 2025, according to Eurostat, European Commission.
- Bulgaria had the highest income quintile share ratio S80/S20 of 27 EU countries in 2025, at 6.94 ratio, and Belgium the lowest, at 3.25 ratio. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.
- Published for 28 places, with figures from 2003 to 2025.
Rankings
EU countries by income quintile share ratio S80/S20, 2025
Places with data
World, EU and euro area
Countries
- Germany
- France
- Italy
- Spain
- Poland
- Romania
- Netherlands
- Belgium
- Czechia
- Portugal
- Finland
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Latvia
- Cyprus
- Estonia
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