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 Inequality of income distribution S80/S20 (No.)
Characteristic Description
Name Inequality of income distribution S80/S20 (No.) by Sex and Age group; Annual
Regularity Annual
Source Statistics Portugal, Statistics on income and living conditions
First available period 2003
Last available period 2022
Dimensions
  • Data reference period
  • Geographic localization (Portugal)
  • Sex
  • Age group
Concepts
  • AGE GROUP:  The age interval in years to which a person belongs at the time of reference.
  • SEX:  Biological and physiological characteristics that define men and women.
  • REFERENCE PERIOD:  Period to which the information refers and which may be a specific day or a time interval (month, fiscal year, calendar year, among others).
Definition Rácio S80/S20 é um indicador de desigualdade na distribuição do rendimento, definido como o rácio entre a proporção do rendimento total recebido pelos 20% da população com maiores rendimentos e a parte do rendimento auferido pelos 20% de menores rendimentos.
Measure unit (symbol) Number (No.)
Power of 10  0
Observations The methodology for obtaining the disposable income, which is now including pensions from individual private plans, has changed in the current exercise, as introduced by Eurostat.. In consequence, all indicators were revised in order to take this new and more extensive version of the households¿ disposable income, with a retrospective impact to the whole series.
Last update date 27/06/2024


information presented in 24/11/2024