EU 4.73
· European ranking
9 / 30
Up 2 positions compared with previous year
Estonia: Income Inequality (Rich-Poor Gap)
An editorial snapshot of country living conditions with trend, regional spread, and context links.
Latest value
· 2025
5.07 Ratio
EU 4.73 · +0.3 pp vs Europe
What this indicator measures
Measures the ratio between the total equivalised disposable income received by the highest-income 20% of the population and that received by the lowest-income 20%. A ratio of 5 means the top fifth receives five times as much income as the bottom fifth.
Lower values generally represent a more favorable situation.
Data source: Eurostat Income quintile share ratio S80/S20 ilc_di11
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Internal regions
No regional breakdown available for this indicator.
More context on this indicator
At a glance
Estonia performs less favourably than the European benchmark on Income quintile share ratio S80/S20, with a moderate gap. The trend context points to confirmed stability. The wider topic context points to broader pressure.
European comparison in Estonia
In Estonia, S80/S20 ratio is noticeably worse than the European benchmark: 5.07 versus 4.73 in 2025, with a gap of 0.34 in the ratio.
Recent trend
In Estonia, the medium-term pattern is broadly stable: the value moved from 5.03 in 2020 to 5.07 in 2025. The latest value also changes little from 5.03 in 2024, confirming the stable reading.
Reading within the topic
In Estonia, the evidence for Income & Purchasing Power leans towards pressure compared with Europe; related indicators do not provide a sufficiently strong counter-signal. No material recent change is detected among related indicators.