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.

Dataset
Luxembourg Income Study database and the Luxembourg Wealth Study database
Type of variable
Continuous
Downloaded by QoG on
2025-11-05
Last updated by source
2025-08-09

Categories

Public Economy

Find this variable in

Standard Cross-section - 2026 Standard Time-series - 2026 Original dataset
Details of this variable in our compilation datasets
Dataset No. Countries
Standard cross-section 36
Standard time-series 52
Dataset Available for years
Standard time-series 1963-2024

Country coverage

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  • Australia
  • Austria
  • Belgium
  • Brazil
  • Bulgaria
  • Canada
  • Chile
  • China
  • Colombia
  • Cote d'Ivoire
  • Czech Republic
  • Denmark
  • Dominican Republic
  • Estonia
  • Finland
  • France (1963-)
  • Georgia
  • Germany
  • Greece
  • Guatemala
  • Hungary
  • Iceland
  • India
  • Ireland
  • Israel
  • Italy
  • Japan
  • Korea, South
  • Lithuania
  • Luxembourg
  • Mali
  • Mexico
  • Netherlands
  • Norway
  • Panama
  • Paraguay
  • Peru
  • Poland
  • Romania
  • Russia
  • Serbia
  • Slovakia
  • Slovenia
  • South Africa
  • Spain
  • Sweden
  • Switzerland
  • Taiwan
  • United Kingdom
  • United States
  • Uruguay
  • Vietnam

Year coverage

This variable has information from 1963 to 2024.