Income Quintile Share Ratio

Definition

The "income quintile share ratio" (also called the "S80/S20 ratio") is calculated as the ratio of the total income received by the 20% of the population with the highest income (= 1st or top quintile) to that income received by the 20% of the population with the lowest (= 5th or bottom quintile). In other words: The "income quintile share ratio" is nothing else than the annual income of the top 20% of the population expressed in the number of years the lowest 20% of the population have to work in order to archieve the same income result.

Example

Sources

The "Income Quintile Share Ratio" has been calculated by various source, e.g. by Eurostat. Examples for some relevant databases: Inequality of income distribution S80/S20 income quintile share ratio - EU-SILC survey
S80/S20 income quintile share ratio by sex and selected age group - EU-SILC survey
Inequality of income distribution

Related ATS topics

Income Distribution: GINI Index

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