Luxembourg Income Study database and the Luxembourg Wealth Study database

Data source: LIS Cross-National Data Center in Luxembourg

LIS, formerly known as The Luxembourg Income Study, is a data archive and research center dedicated to cross-national analysis. LIS is home to two databases, the Luxembourg Income Study Database, and the Luxembourg Wealth Study Database. The Luxembourg Income Study Database (LIS), under constant expansion, is the largest available database of harmonised microdata collected from multiple countries over a period of decades. The newer Luxembourg Wealth Study Database (LWS), is the only cross-national wealth microdatabase in existence.

The data is updated quarterly, so the date in the 'Last Updated by Source' section reflects the update used by QoG for adding the data to the compilations.

Dataset type
Time-Series
Dataset level
Country
Last updated by source
2025-08-09

Citation

When using this dataset, please cite as:

• LIS Cross-National Data Center in Luxembourg. (2024). LIS inequality and poverty key figures. https://www.lisdatacenter.org/download-key-figures/

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Atkinson Index is a welfare-based measure of inequality, representing the percentage of total income that a given society would have to sacrifice in order to have (more) equally distributed incomes (m ...

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Atkinson Index is a welfare-based measure of inequality, representing the percentage of total income that a given society would have to sacrifice in order to have (more) equally distributed incomes (m ...

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Percentage of children living in single-mother families.

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This variable reports the percentage of single-mother families whose income falls below the poverty line as defined as half of the median of equivalised disposable household income. In combination wit ...

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This variable reports the percentage of two-parent families whose income falls below the poverty line as defined as half of the median of equivalised disposable household income. In combination with d ...

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This variable reflects the percentage of children whose household income is more than 150% of the median of equivalised disposable household income. Disposable Household Income refers to cash and ...

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This variable reflects the percentage of children whose household income falls between 50% and 75% of the median of equivalised disposable household income. Disposable Household Income refers to c ...

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This variable reflects the percentage of children whose household income falls between 75% and 150% of the median of equivalised disposable household income. Disposable Household Income refers to ...

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Gini Coefficient
QoG code: lis_gini

Gini Index measures the extent to which the distribution of the specified aggregate among individuals or households within an economy deviates from a perfectly equal distribution. The Gini index measu ...

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Mean Equivalized Income
QoG code: lis_meaneqi

The mean value of the Equivalized Income. Equivalised Disposable Household Income refers to cash and non-cash income from labour, income from capital, income from pensions (including private and publi ...

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Median Equivalized Income
QoG code: lis_medeqi

The median value of the Equivalized Income. Equivalised Disposable Household Income refers to cash and non-cash income from labour, income from capital, income from pensions (including private and pub ...

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Percentile Ratio (80/20)
QoG code: lis_pr8020

The 80/20 Percentile Ratio represents the income of individuals at the 80th percentile compared to one of individuals at the 20th percentile, based on disposable income.

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Percentile Ratio (90/10)
QoG code: lis_pr9010

The 90/10 Percentile Ratio represents the income of individuals at the 90th percentile compared to one of individuals at the 10th percentile, based on disposable income.

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Percentile Ratio (90/50)
QoG code: lis_pr9050

The 90/50 Percentile Ratio represents the income of individuals at the 90th percentile compared to one of individuals at the 50th percentile, based on disposable income.

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Relative Poverty Rate among Children at 40% of the Median is the percentage of the children population whose income falls below the poverty line as defined as 40 % of the median of equivalised disposa ...

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Relative Poverty Rate among Children at 50% of the Median is the percentage of the children population whose income falls below the poverty line as defined as half of the median of equivalised disposa ...

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Relative Poverty Rate among Children at 60% of the Median is the percentage of the children population whose income falls below the poverty line as defined as 60 % of the median of equivalised disposa ...

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Relative Poverty Rate among Elderly at 40% of the Median is the percentage of the elderly population whose income falls below the poverty line as defined as 40 % of the median of equivalised disposabl ...

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Relative Poverty Rate among Elderly at 50% of the Median is the percentage of the elderly population whose income falls below the poverty line as defined as half of the median of equivalised disposabl ...

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Relative Poverty Rate among Elderly at 60% of the Median is the percentage of the elderly population whose income falls below the poverty line as defined as 60 % of the median of equivalised disposabl ...

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Relative Poverty Rate at 40% of the Median is the percentage of the total population whose income falls below the poverty line as defined as 40 % of the median of equivalised disposable household inco ...

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Relative Poverty Rate at 50% of the Median is the percentage of the total population whose income falls below the poverty line as defined as half of the median of equivalised disposable or gross house ...

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Relative Poverty Rate at 60% of the Median is the percentage of the total population whose income falls below the poverty line as defined as 60 % of the median of equivalised disposable household inco ...

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