In the 2021/22 financial year, various measures of inequality in the United Kingdom increased when compared with previous years. Compared with ten years earlier, the S80/20 ratio has increased from 5.3 to 6.3, the P90/10 ratio from 4.1 to 4.5, and the Palma ratio has between 1.4 and 1.5.
Measures of income inequality in the United Kingdom from 1977 to 2021/22
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Office for National Statistics (UK). (January 25, 2023). Measures of income inequality in the United Kingdom from 1977 to 2021/22 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 03, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1232581/income-inequality-uk/
Office for National Statistics (UK). "Measures of income inequality in the United Kingdom from 1977 to 2021/22." Chart. January 25, 2023. Statista. Accessed May 03, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1232581/income-inequality-uk/
Office for National Statistics (UK). (2023). Measures of income inequality in the United Kingdom from 1977 to 2021/22. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 03, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1232581/income-inequality-uk/
Office for National Statistics (UK). "Measures of Income Inequality in The United Kingdom from 1977 to 2021/22." Statista, Statista Inc., 25 Jan 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1232581/income-inequality-uk/
Office for National Statistics (UK), Measures of income inequality in the United Kingdom from 1977 to 2021/22 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1232581/income-inequality-uk/ (last visited May 03, 2024)
Measures of income inequality in the United Kingdom from 1977 to 2021/22 [Graph], Office for National Statistics (UK), January 25, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1232581/income-inequality-uk/