Highest burden: Ciudad de Melilla (Spain) | Lowest burden: Bratislava Region (Slovakia)
Income Inequality (Rich-Poor Gap) regional ranking
Regional ranking for Income Inequality (Rich-Poor Gap) across Europe.
Indicator: income_quintile_share_ratio_s80_s20
Year: 2025
Granularity: nuts2
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Eurostat indicator: Income quintile share ratio S80/S20
Burden ranking
Regions most affected by income
Higher values indicate higher burden.
Highest burden: Ciudad de Melilla (Spain) | Lowest burden: Bratislava Region (Slovakia)
Editorial summary
Key takeaways
- Highest burden: Ciudad de Melilla (Spain) | Lowest burden: Bratislava Region (Slovakia)
- Income Inequality (Rich-Poor Gap) ranking uses nuts2 scope for year 2025.
- Top position: Ciudad de Melilla (14.10).
- Lower end: Bratislava Region (2.60).
- Current ranking includes 214 regions.
Editorial detail
Editorial insights
Indicator: Income Inequality (Rich-Poor Gap)
Granularity: Regions
-
1–
Ciudad de Melilla
14.10
+4.40 -
2–
Yugozapaden
7.50
-0.10 -
3▼ 1
Ciudad de Ceuta
7.00
-0.60 -
4▲ 10
Yugoiztochen
6.80
+0.90 -
5▲ 5
Latvia
6.70
+0.40 -
6▲ 6
Capital Region
6.40
+0.30 -
7▲ 32
Southern and Eastern Serbia
6.30
+1.20 -
8▲ 60
Anatoliki Makedonia, Thraki
6.20
+1.60 -
8▲ 6
Yuzhen tsentralen
6.20
+0.30 -
10▲ 1
Central and Western Lithuania
6.10
-0.10 -
11▼ 4
Severoiztochen
6.00
-0.40 -
12▼ 10
Calabria
5.90
-1.70 -
13▲ 7
Comunitat Valenciana
5.80
+0.10 -
13▲ 46
Notio Aigaio
5.80
+1.00 -
13▼ 8
Severozapaden
5.80
-1.20 -
16▼ 10
Sicilia
5.70
-1.20 -
17▼ 10
Campania
5.50
-0.90 -
17▲ 4
Oberbayern
5.50
-0.10 -
17▼ 5
Sardegna
5.50
-0.60 -
17▼ 3
Vienna
5.50
-0.40 -
17▼ 3
Vojvodina
5.50
-0.40 -
22▼ 1
Kentriki Makedonia
5.40
-0.20 -
22▲ 23
Stockholm
5.40
+0.40 -
22▲ 17
Trier
5.40
+0.30 -
22▼ 1
Área Metropolitana de Lisboa
5.40
-0.20 -
26▼ 2
Andalucía
5.30
-0.20 -
26▲ 19
Panonska Hrvatska
5.30
+0.30 -
28▲ 17
Darmstadt
5.20
+0.20 -
28▲ 33
Karlsruhe
5.20
+0.50 -
28▲ 17
Köln
5.20
+0.20 -
28▼ 21
Lazio
5.20
-1.20 -
28▲ 33
Severen tsentralen
5.20
+0.50 -
28▲ 3
Sud-Vest Oltenia
5.20
-0.10 -
34▲ 5
Castilla y León
5.10
+0.00 -
34▲ 11
Estonia
5.10
+0.10 -
34▲ 96
Liguria
5.10
+1.10 -
34▲ 135
Nordjylland
5.10
+1.50 -
34▼ 3
Peloponnisos
5.10
-0.20 -
39▼ 8
Attiki
5.00
-0.30 -
39▲ 49
Berlin
5.00
+0.60 -
39▼ 15
Canarias
5.00
-0.50 -
39▼ 15
Comunidad de Madrid
5.00
-0.50 -
39▲ 80
Dél-Alföld
5.00
+0.90 -
39▲ 6
Düsseldorf
5.00
+0.00 -
39▲ 16
Puglia
5.00
+0.10 -
39▼ 25
Região Autónoma dos Açores
5.00
-0.90 -
39▲ 6
Región de Murcia
5.00
+0.00 -
39▼ 15
Sud-Est
5.00
-0.50 -
39▲ 80
Vorarlberg
5.00
+0.90 -
50▲ 38
Hamburg
4.90
+0.50 -
50▲ 30
Principado de Asturias
4.90
+0.40 -
50▲ 30
Észak-Alföld
4.90
+0.40 -
53▲ 2
Belgrade Region
4.80
-0.10 -
53▼ 24
Comunidad Foral de Navarra
4.80
-0.60 -
53▼ 8
Hovedstaden
4.80
-0.20 -
53▲ 15
La Rioja
4.80
+0.20 -
57▲ 39
Arnsberg
4.70
+0.40 -
57▼ 2
Castilla-La Mancha
4.70
-0.20 -
57▲ 11
Cataluña
4.70
+0.10 -
57▲ 11
Hannover
4.70
+0.10 -
57▼ 22
Norte
4.70
-0.50 -
57▲ 39
Região Autónoma da Madeira
4.70
+0.40 -
57▲ 11
Schleswig-Holstein
4.70
+0.10 -
57▲ 31
Weser-Ems
4.70
+0.30 -
65▼ 34
Alentejo
4.60
-0.70 -
65▼ 26
Algarve
4.60
-0.50 -
65▲ 15
Bremen
4.60
+0.10 -
65▲ 23
Cyprus
4.60
+0.20 -
65▲ 75
Freiburg
4.60
+0.70 -
65▲ 41
Ionia Nisia
4.60
+0.40 -
65▼ 4
Luxembourg
4.60
-0.10 -
65▲ 3
Münster
4.60
+0.00 -
65▲ 54
Piemonte
4.60
+0.50 -
65▼ 10
Região Autónoma da Madeira
4.60
-0.30 -
65▲ 15
Região Autónoma dos Açores
4.60
+0.10 -
65▲ 54
Észak-Magyarország
4.60
+0.50 -
65▲ 65
Östra Mellansverige
4.60
+0.60 -
65▲ 3
Šumadija and Western Serbia
4.60
+0.00 -
79▲ 51
Braunschweig
4.50
+0.50 -
79▲ 17
Dytiki Ellada
4.50
+0.20 -
79▲ 1
Extremadura
4.50
+0.00 -
79▲ 27
Galicia
4.50
+0.30 -
79▲ 9
Illes Balears
4.50
+0.10 -
79▲ 78
Ipeiros
4.50
+0.80 -
79▼ 40
Malta
4.50
-0.60 -
79▲ 1
Mittelfranken
4.50
+0.00 -
79▼ 18
País Vasco
4.50
-0.20 -
79▼ 18
Rheinhessen-Pfalz
4.50
-0.20 -
79▲ 27
Stuttgart
4.50
+0.30 -
79▼ 11
Sydsverige
4.50
-0.10 -
79▲ 51
Tübingen
4.50
+0.50 -
92▼ 24
Budapest
4.40
-0.20 -
92▲ 14
Centru
4.40
+0.20 -
92▲ 14
Gießen
4.40
+0.20 -
92▲ 38
Kriti
4.40
+0.40 -
92▼ 12
Toscana
4.40
-0.10 -
92▲ 14
Västsverige
4.40
+0.20 -
98▼ 30
Cantabria
4.30
-0.30 -
98▲ 49
Carinthia
4.30
+0.50 -
98▼ 37
Centro (PT)
4.30
-0.40 -
98▼ 30
Grad Zagreb
4.30
-0.30 -
98▲ 21
Helsinki-Uusimaa
4.30
+0.20 -
98▲ 8
Jadranska Hrvatska
4.30
+0.10 -
98▲ 42
Leipzig
4.30
+0.40 -
98▼ 63
Lombardia
4.30
-0.90 -
98▼ 10
Noord-Holland
4.30
-0.10 -
98▼ 10
Nord-Est
4.30
-0.10 -
98▼ 2
Sterea Ellada
4.30
+0.00 -
98▼ 53
Umbria
4.30
-0.70 -
110▲ 9
Abruzzo
4.20
+0.10 -
110▼ 14
Detmold
4.20
-0.10 -
110▲ 59
Niederbayern
4.20
+0.60 -
110▼ 30
Sjeverna Hrvatska
4.20
-0.30 -
110▲ 37
Unterfranken
4.20
+0.40 -
110▼ 49
Warszawski stołeczny
4.20
-0.50 -
116▼ 20
Aragón
4.10
-0.20 -
116▼ 10
Dytiki Makedonia
4.10
-0.10 -
116▼ 20
Friuli-Venezia Giulia
4.10
-0.20 -
116▲ 41
Kassel
4.10
+0.40 -
116▲ 41
Norra Mellansverige
4.10
+0.40 -
116▼ 20
Oberpfalz
4.10
-0.20 -
116▼ 10
Saarland
4.10
-0.10 -
116▲ 24
Veneto
4.10
+0.20 -
124▼ 5
Dél-Dunántúl
4.00
-0.10 -
124▲ 16
Lüneburg
4.00
+0.10 -
124▲ 33
Marche
4.00
+0.30 -
124▲ 56
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
4.00
+0.50 -
124▼ 100
Molise
4.00
-1.50 -
124▲ 6
Oberfranken
4.00
+0.00 -
124▼ 5
Pest
4.00
-0.10 -
124▼ 18
Praha
4.00
-0.20 -
124▲ 56
Provincia Autonoma di Trento
4.00
+0.50 -
124▼ 18
Sachsen-Anhalt
4.00
-0.20 -
124▼ 5
Schwaben
4.00
-0.10 -
124▲ 6
Thüringen
4.00
+0.00 -
136▲ 4
Kujawsko-Pomorskie
3.90
+0.00 -
136▲ 11
Podlaskie
3.90
+0.10 -
136▲ 33
Småland med öarna
3.90
+0.30 -
136▲ 11
Styria
3.90
+0.10 -
136▲ 4
Thessalia
3.90
+0.00 -
136▲ 11
Zuid-Holland Centraal
3.90
+0.10 -
136▲ 33
Zuid-Holland Zuid
3.90
+0.30 -
143▲ 4
Eastern and Midland Ireland
3.80
+0.00 -
143▼ 13
Emilia-Romagna
3.80
-0.20 -
143▲ 14
Koblenz
3.80
+0.10 -
143▲ 4
Midtjylland
3.80
+0.00 -
143▲ 55
Northern and Western Ireland
3.80
+0.50 -
143▲ 4
Pomorskie
3.80
+0.00 -
143▲ 14
Salzburg
3.80
+0.10 -
143▲ 26
Southern Ireland
3.80
+0.20 -
143▲ 14
Sud-Muntenia
3.80
+0.10 -
143▲ 4
Upper Austria
3.80
+0.00 -
143▼ 37
Valle dAosta / Vallée dAoste
3.80
-0.40 -
154▲ 3
Brandenburg
3.70
+0.00 -
154▲ 50
Közép-Dunántúl
3.70
+0.50 -
154▲ 33
Limburg (NL)
3.70
+0.30 -
154▼ 58
Lower Austria
3.70
-0.60 -
154▲ 33
Lubelskie
3.70
+0.30 -
154▼ 48
Małopolskie
3.70
-0.50 -
154▼ 24
Nord-Vest
3.70
-0.30 -
154▼ 24
Oslo og Viken
3.70
-0.30 -
162▲ 25
Overijssel
3.60
+0.20 -
162▼ 5
Syddanmark
3.60
-0.10 -
162▲ 25
Zahodna Slovenija
3.60
+0.20 -
162▲ 7
Övre Norrland
3.60
+0.00 -
162▼ 15
Łódzkie
3.60
-0.20 -
167▼ 128
Basilicata
3.50
-1.60 -
167▼ 48
Dolnośląskie
3.50
-0.60 -
167▲ 2
Eastern Slovakia
3.50
-0.10 -
167▲ 20
Etelä-Suomi
3.50
+0.10 -
167▲ 2
Groningen
3.50
-0.10 -
167▲ 2
Mellersta Norrland
3.50
-0.10 -
167▲ 31
Noord-Brabant
3.50
+0.20 -
167▲ 2
Nyugat-Dunántúl
3.50
-0.10 -
167▲ 37
Pohjois- ja Itä-Suomi
3.50
+0.30 -
167▼ 10
Tyrol
3.50
-0.20 -
167▼ 132
Voreio Aigaio
3.50
-1.70 -
167▲ 20
Vzhodna Slovenija
3.50
+0.10 -
179▲ 8
Dresden
3.40
+0.00 -
179▲ 1
Friesland (NL)
3.40
-0.10 -
179▲ 40
Jihozápad
3.40
+0.50 -
179▲ 37
Severovýchod
3.40
+0.40 -
179▼ 22
Warmińsko-Mazurskie
3.40
-0.30 -
184▲ 20
Agder og Sør-Østlandet
3.30
+0.10 -
184▲ 32
Burgenland
3.30
+0.30 -
184▲ 14
Chemnitz
3.30
+0.00 -
184▲ 3
Gelderland
3.30
-0.10 -
184▲ 3
Lubuskie
3.30
-0.10 -
184▼ 4
Moravskoslezsko
3.30
-0.20 -
184▼ 15
Nord-Norge
3.30
-0.30 -
184▼ 4
Vest
3.30
-0.20 -
184▲ 14
Wielkopolskie
3.30
+0.00 -
184▼ 4
Zachodniopomorskie
3.30
-0.20 -
194▼ 14
Bucureşti-Ilfov
3.10
-0.40 -
194▲ 28
Drenthe
3.10
+0.50 -
194▲ 17
Jihovýchod
3.10
+0.00 -
194▲ 4
Mazowiecki regionalny
3.10
-0.20 -
194▲ 17
Podkarpackie
3.10
+0.00 -
194▼ 7
Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano / Bozen
3.10
-0.30 -
194▲ 17
Sjælland
3.10
+0.00 -
194▼ 37
Trøndelag
3.10
-0.60 -
194▲ 10
Vestlandet
3.10
-0.10 -
194▲ 17
Śląskie
3.10
+0.00 -
194▼ 7
Świętokrzyskie
3.10
-0.30 -
205▼ 1
Central Slovakia
3.00
-0.20 -
205▼ 1
Severozápad
3.00
-0.20 -
205▲ 11
Střední Morava
3.00
+0.00 -
205▼ 1
Střední Čechy
3.00
-0.20 -
205▲ 15
Western Slovakia
3.00
+0.20 -
210▼ 12
Innlandet
2.90
-0.40 -
210▲ 1
Opolskie
2.90
-0.20 -
212▼ 93
Flevoland
2.80
-1.30 -
212▲ 8
Zeeland
2.80
+0.00 -
214▲ 9
Bratislava Region
2.60
+0.10
Ranking highlights
2025 values. Changes compare 2025 vs 2024.
Income Inequality (Rich-Poor Gap)
Increase = worse
Decrease = better
By level in 2025
Top 5 regions
2025 values
- #1 Ciudad de Melilla 14.10
- #2 Yugozapaden 7.50
- #3 Ciudad de Ceuta 7.00
- #4 Yugoiztochen 6.80
- #5 Latvia 6.70
Bottom 5 regions
2025 values
- #214 Bratislava Region 2.60
- #212 Zeeland 2.80
- #212 Flevoland 2.80
- #210 Opolskie 2.90
- #210 Innlandet 2.90
By change (2025 vs 2024)
Largest increase vs previous year
2025 vs 2024
- #1 Ciudad de Melilla +4.40
- #2 Anatoliki Makedonia, Thraki +1.60
- #3 Nordjylland +1.50
- #4 Southern and Eastern Serbia +1.20
- #5 Liguria +1.10
Largest decrease vs previous year
2025 vs 2024
- #1 Calabria -1.70
- #2 Voreio Aigaio -1.70
- #3 Basilicata -1.60
- #4 Molise -1.50
- #5 Flevoland -1.30