In the 2021/22 financial year, various measures of inequality in the United Kingdom increased when compared with previous years. Compared with ten years earlier, the S80/20 ratio has increased from 5.3 to 6.3, the P90/10 ratio from 4.1 to 4.5, and the Palma ratio has between 1.4 and 1.5.
Measures of income inequality in the United Kingdom from 1977 to 2021/22
The source adds the following information regarding the different inequality measures:
S80/S20 ratio: Ratio of the total income received by the richest 20% of people to that received by the poorest 20%.
P90/P10 ratio: Ratio of the income of the person at the bottom of the top 10% with that of the person at the top of the bottom 10%
Palma ratio Ratio of the income share of the richest 10% of people with that of the poorest 40% of people.
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Office for National Statistics (UK). (January 25, 2023). Measures of income inequality in the United Kingdom from 1977 to 2021/22 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved September 29, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1232581/income-inequality-uk/
Office for National Statistics (UK). "Measures of income inequality in the United Kingdom from 1977 to 2021/22." Chart. January 25, 2023. Statista. Accessed September 29, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1232581/income-inequality-uk/
Office for National Statistics (UK). (2023). Measures of income inequality in the United Kingdom from 1977 to 2021/22. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: September 29, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1232581/income-inequality-uk/
Office for National Statistics (UK). "Measures of Income Inequality in The United Kingdom from 1977 to 2021/22." Statista, Statista Inc., 25 Jan 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1232581/income-inequality-uk/
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