Income Inequality - Regions

This dataset provides statistics on income inequalities in subnational regions. Indicators include relative poverty rate and S80/S20 income ratio.

Data definition and source

• **Relative poverty rate **(by gender) is the share of people - as a percentage of the total population - living in households with a disposable income below the relative poverty line (50% of the national median disposable income).
• S80/S20 ratio is the total income received by the 20% of the people with the highest income in a region divided by the total income received by the 20% of people with the lowest income in the same region.

Data sources are detailled in OECD Regions and Cities at a Glance 2024 - Annex B

Definition of regions

Regions are subnational units below national boundaries. OECD countries have two regional levels: large regions (territorial level 2 or TL2) and small regions (territorial level 3 or TL3). The OECD regions are presented in the OECD Territorial grid (pdf) and in the OECD Territorial correspondence table (xlsx).

Cite this dataset

OECD Regions, cities and local areas database (Income inequalities - Regions), http://oe.cd/geostats.

Contact: RegionStat@oecd.org