EU 4.81
· European ranking
15 / 34
No change compared with previous year
Switzerland: Income Inequality (Rich-Poor Gap)
An editorial snapshot of country living conditions with trend, regional spread, and context links.
Latest value
· 2024
4.81 Ratio
EU 4.81 · -0.0 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
Explore this indicator
Regional map
· 2024 · 7 regions
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Internal regions
Comparison of values across the country's regions for this indicator.
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1+12.27
5.40
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2+3.95
5.00
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3-0.21
4.80
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4-4.37
4.60
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5-8.52
4.40
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6-10.60
4.30
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7-18.92
3.90
More context on this indicator
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.