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Income Inequality (Rich-Poor Gap) regional ranking in Germany

Regional ranking in Germany for Income Inequality (Rich-Poor Gap).

Indicator: income_quintile_share_ratio_s80_s20 Year: 2025 Country: Germany Granularity: nuts2

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Eurostat indicator: Income quintile share ratio S80/S20

Regional ranking

Most affected regions in Germany

Regional comparison within the selected country.

Highest burden: Oberbayern (Germany) | Lowest burden: Chemnitz (Germany)

Editorial summary

Key takeaways

  • Regions included: 38
  • Year: 2025
  • Country: Germany
  • This page ranks 38 regions within Germany for the selected indicator in 2025.
  • Highest region: Oberbayern

Editorial detail

Editorial insights

deviation

Regional spread within Germany

The gap between the highest and lowest regional value is 2.2 points.

summary

Regional ranking within Germany

This page ranks 38 regions within Germany for the selected indicator in 2025.

ranking

Regional extremes in Germany

Oberbayern records the highest value (5.5), while Chemnitz records the lowest value (3.3).

Indicator: Income Inequality (Rich-Poor Gap)

Granularity: Regions

Context Showing regions in Germany.
  1. 1
    –

    Oberbayern

    +0.80

    5.50

    -0.10
  2. 2
    –

    Trier

    +0.70

    5.40

    +0.30
  3. 3
    –

    Darmstadt

    +0.50

    5.20

    +0.20
  4. 3
    ▲ 3

    Karlsruhe

    +0.50

    5.20

    +0.50
  5. 3
    –

    Köln

    +0.50

    5.20

    +0.20
  6. 6
    ▲ 7

    Berlin

    +0.30

    5.00

    +0.60
  7. 6
    ▼ 3

    Düsseldorf

    +0.30

    5.00

    +0.00
  8. 8
    ▲ 5

    Hamburg

    +0.20

    4.90

    +0.50
  9. 9
    ▲ 7

    Arnsberg

    —

    4.70

    +0.40
  10. 9
    ▼ 1

    Hannover

    —

    4.70

    +0.10
  11. 9
    ▼ 1

    Schleswig-Holstein

    —

    4.70

    +0.10
  12. 9
    ▲ 4

    Weser-Ems

    —

    4.70

    +0.30
  13. 13
    ▼ 2

    Bremen

    -0.10

    4.60

    +0.10
  14. 13
    ▲ 15

    Freiburg

    -0.10

    4.60

    +0.70
  15. 13
    ▼ 5

    Münster

    -0.10

    4.60

    +0.00
  16. 16
    ▲ 8

    Braunschweig

    -0.20

    4.50

    +0.50
  17. 16
    ▼ 5

    Mittelfranken

    -0.20

    4.50

    +0.00
  18. 16
    ▼ 10

    Rheinhessen-Pfalz

    -0.20

    4.50

    -0.20
  19. 16
    ▲ 3

    Stuttgart

    -0.20

    4.50

    +0.30
  20. 16
    ▲ 8

    Tübingen

    -0.20

    4.50

    +0.50
  21. 21
    ▼ 2

    Gießen

    -0.30

    4.40

    +0.20
  22. 22
    ▲ 6

    Leipzig

    -0.40

    4.30

    +0.40
  23. 23
    ▼ 7

    Detmold

    -0.50

    4.20

    -0.10
  24. 23
    ▲ 12

    Niederbayern

    -0.50

    4.20

    +0.60
  25. 23
    ▲ 8

    Unterfranken

    -0.50

    4.20

    +0.40

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. #1 Oberbayern 5.50
  2. #2 Trier 5.40
  3. #3 Darmstadt 5.20
  4. #3 Karlsruhe 5.20
  5. #3 Köln 5.20

Bottom 5 regions

2025 values

  1. #38 Chemnitz 3.30
  2. #37 Dresden 3.40
  3. #36 Brandenburg 3.70
  4. #35 Koblenz 3.80
  5. #29 Thüringen 4.00

By change (2025 vs 2024)

Largest increase vs previous year

2025 vs 2024

  1. #1 Freiburg +0.70
  2. #2 Berlin +0.60
  3. #3 Niederbayern +0.60
  4. #4 Karlsruhe +0.50
  5. #5 Hamburg +0.50

Largest decrease vs previous year

2025 vs 2024

  1. #1 Rheinhessen-Pfalz -0.20
  2. #2 Oberpfalz -0.20
  3. #3 Sachsen-Anhalt -0.20
  4. #4 Oberbayern -0.10
  5. #5 Detmold -0.10