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Germany: Income quintile share ratio S80/S20

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Country: Germany Indicator: Income quintile share ratio S80/S20 Year: 2025

Country overview

Germany

Current reading for Income quintile share ratio S80/S20 in a European context.

Eurostat indicator: Income quintile share ratio S80/S20

Latest value

4.70 Ratio

European ranking

13 / 30

Worsened by 3 positions since the previous year

Compared with Europe

+0.2 puntos

Germany is 0.2 points above the European average.

EU: 4.53

Affected population

83.6M

Year: 2025

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Recent trend

Open trend

Latest: 4.68 Ratio Europe benchmark: 4.73 Ratio

Internal regions

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Indicator: Income quintile share ratio S80/S20

Granularity: Regions

  1. 1

    Oberbayern

    +17.00

    5.50

  2. 2

    Trier

    +14.90

    5.40

  3. 3

    Karlsruhe

    +10.60

    5.20

  4. 4

    Darmstadt

    +10.60

    5.20

  5. 5

    Köln

    +10.60

    5.20

  6. 6

    Düsseldorf

    +6.40

    5.00

  7. 7

    Berlin

    +6.40

    5.00

  8. 8

    Hamburg

    +4.30

    4.90

  9. 9

    Hannover

    —

    4.70

  10. 10

    Arnsberg

    —

    4.70

  11. 11

    Weser-Ems

    —

    4.70

  12. 12

    Schleswig-Holstein

    —

    4.70

  13. 13

    Freiburg

    -2.10

    4.60

  14. 14

    Münster

    -2.10

    4.60

  15. 15

    Bremen

    -2.10

    4.60

  16. 16

    Rheinhessen-Pfalz

    -4.30

    4.50

  17. 17

    Braunschweig

    -4.30

    4.50

  18. 18

    Stuttgart

    -4.30

    4.50

  19. 19

    Tübingen

    -4.30

    4.50

  20. 20

    Mittelfranken

    -4.30

    4.50

  21. 21

    Gießen

    -6.40

    4.40

  22. 22

    Leipzig

    -8.50

    4.30

  23. 23

    Detmold

    -10.60

    4.20

  24. 24

    Niederbayern

    -10.60

    4.20

  25. 25

    Unterfranken

    -10.60

    4.20

More context on this indicator

At a glance

Germany performs more favourably than the European benchmark on Income quintile share ratio S80/S20, although the difference is relatively small. The trend context points to recent reversal. The wider topic context is mixed, combining pressure signals and relative strengths. Regional evidence also shows internal variation.

European comparison in Germany

In Germany, S80/S20 ratio is close to the European benchmark and slightly better: 4.68 versus 4.73 in 2025, a gap of 0.05 in the ratio.

Recent trend

In Germany, the medium-term pattern shows improvement: the value moved from 4.87 in 2020 to 4.68 in 2025. The latest step, from 4.49 in 2024 to 4.68 in 2025, reverses the previous direction and shows recent deterioration.

Regional differences in Germany

In Germany, regional values for S80/S20 ratio are relatively close. Across 38 comparable regions, Oberbayern records the highest value (5.5) and Chemnitz the lowest (3.3), a gap of 2.2 in the ratio.

Reading within the topic

In Germany, Income & Purchasing Power shows a mixed picture: pressure signals and relative strengths coexist across this indicator and its related indicators compared with Europe. Material recent changes among related indicators lean towards deterioration and warrant monitoring.