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Income quintile share ratio S80/S20 indicator overview

Explore editorial context for the indicator Income quintile share ratio S80/S20.

Page: Indicator overview Indicator: income_quintile_share_ratio_s80_s20 Year: 2025 Granularity: country

Indicator overview

Income quintile share ratio S80/S20

Topic: Income

Coverage

30

Countries in context.

Data year

2025

Inherited from current editorial navigation state.

Average value

4.74

-0.05 vs 2024

Best country

Belgium

3.25

Worst country

Turkey

8.93

Current focus

COUNTRY

Scope for ranking, trend and map links is synchronized.

Editorial summary

Key takeaways

  • Bulgaria records the highest value, at 6.9, compared with a European average of 4.5.
  • Czechia records the lowest value, at 3.3, compared with a European average of 4.5.
  • The European average was 4.5 in 2025, based on 22 countries with data.

Ranking highlights

2025 values. Changes compare 2025 vs 2024.

Income quintile share ratio S80/S20

Increase = worse Decrease = better

By level in 2025

Top 5 countries

2025 values

  1. #1 Turkey 8.93
  2. #2 Bulgaria 6.91
  3. #3 Latvia 6.68
  4. #4 Lithuania 6.51
  5. #5 Serbia 5.51

Bottom 5 countries

2025 values

  1. #30 Belgium 3.25
  2. #29 Slovakia 3.29
  3. #28 Czechia 3.30
  4. #27 Norway 3.40
  5. #26 Slovenia 3.58

By change (2025 vs 2024)

Largest increase vs previous year

2025 vs 2024

  1. #1 Latvia +0.40
  2. #2 Hungary +0.31
  3. #3 Sweden +0.26
  4. #4 Germany +0.21
  5. #5 Cyprus +0.20

Largest decrease vs previous year

2025 vs 2024

  1. #1 Malta -0.58
  2. #2 Italy -0.43
  3. #3 Portugal -0.30
  4. #4 Poland -0.25
  5. #5 Romania -0.22

Trend snapshot

Income quintile share ratio S80/S20 trend

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