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Income distribution (10.41)

Income distribution. By sex 2014
Catalonia Spain European Union-27
Men 6.5 6.9 5.3 (e) Estimated value
Women 6.4 6.7 5.1 (e) Estimated value
Total 6.4 6.8 5.2 (e) Estimated value
Units: Income inequality among the highest and lowest quintiles.
(e) Estimated value.

Last update: July 30, 2015. Revised series on May 4, 2023.

ECV

These statistics have a specific section with all the information available: Survey on Living Conditions (ECV).

Methodological note

The indicator is a measure of the inequality of income distribution. It is calculated as the ratio of total income received by the 20 % of the population with the highest income (the top quintile) to that received by the 20 % of the population with the lowest income (the bottom quintile).