European ranking
14 / 32
No change from the previous year
Switzerland: Income quintile share ratio S80/S20
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Country overview
Switzerland
Current reading for Income quintile share ratio S80/S20 in a European context.
Eurostat indicator: Income quintile share ratio S80/S20
Latest value
4.81 Ratio
Compared with Europe
+0.0 puntos
Switzerland is 0.0 points above the European average.
EU: 4.81
Affected population
9.0M
Year: 2024
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Indicator: Income quintile share ratio S80/S20
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At a glance
Switzerland 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 departure from stability. The wider topic context is mixed, combining pressure signals and relative strengths. Regional evidence also shows internal variation.
European comparison in Switzerland
In Switzerland, S80/S20 ratio is close to the European benchmark and slightly better: 4.81 versus 4.811 in 2024, a gap of 0.001 in the ratio.
Recent trend
In Switzerland, the medium-term pattern is broadly stable: the value moved from 4.75 in 2019 to 4.81 in 2024. The primary pattern was broadly stable, but the latest step, from 4.94 in 2023 to 4.81 in 2024, departs from that stability with an improvement.
Regional differences in Switzerland
In Switzerland, regional values for S80/S20 ratio are relatively close. Across 7 comparable regions, Zurich records the highest value (5.4) and Espace Mittelland the lowest (3.9), a gap of 1.5 in the ratio.
Reading within the topic
In Switzerland, 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 improvement.