Growing Unequal? brings together a range of analyses on the distribution of economic resources in OECD countries. The evidence on income distribution and poverty covers, for the first time, all 30 OECD countries in the mid-2000s, while information on trends extending back to the mid-1980s is provided for around two-thirds of the countries.
The report also describes inequalities in a range of domains (such as household wealth, consumption patterns, in-kind public services) that are typically excluded from conventional discussion about the distribution of economic resources among individuals and households. Precisely how much inequality there is in a society is not determined randomly, nor is it beyond the power of governments to change, so long as they take note of the sort of up-to-date evidence included in this report.
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Did You Know ? (income inequality)
The gap between rich and poor and the number of people below the poverty line have both grown over the past two decades. The increase is widespread, affecting three-quarters of OECD countries. The scale of the change is moderate but significant.
[Table 11.1. Summary of changes in income inequality and poverty]
Income inequality increased significantly in the early 2000s in Canada, Germany, Norway and the United States. But incomes in Greece, Mexico and the United Kingdom became more equal.
[Figure 1.1. Gini coefficients of income inequality in OECD countries, mid-2000s]
[Figure 1.2. Trends in income inequality]
The rise in inequality is generally due to the rich improving their incomes relative both to low- and middle-income people.
[Table 1.1. and Table 1.2. Trends in real household income by quintiles, Gains and losses of income shares by income quintiles]
Income Distribution and Poverty data
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The Gapminder Graphs allow you to unveil the interactions between income Distribution and Poverty data over time.
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