Income distribution and poverty

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Over the past few years, income inequality levels have remained at historically high levels. Across OECD countries, the average Gini coefficient of disposable household income reached 0.318 in 2014, compared to 0.315 in 2010. This is the highest value on record, since the mid-1980s.
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Country
Gini Coefficient, 2015
Relative Income Poverty, %, 2015
Top 20% vs. bottom 20%, 2015
Australia AUS 0.337* 12.8* 5.7*
Austria AUT 0.274* 9* 4.1*
Belgium BEL 0.266* 9.1* 3.9*
Canada CAN 0.313* 12.6* 5.2*
Switzerland CHE 0.297* 9.9* 4.6*
Chile CHL 0.454 16.1 10
Czech Republic CZE 0.257* 5.9* 3.7*
Germany DEU 0.289* 9.5* 4.4*
Denmark DNK 0.256* 5.5* 3.6*
Spain ESP 0.344* 15.3* 6.6*
Estonia EST 0.346* 15.5* 6.2*
Finland FIN 0.26 6.3 3.7
France FRA 0.297* 8.2* 4.5*
United Kingdom GBR 0.36 10.9 6.1
Greece GRC 0.339* 14.8* 6.4*
Hungary HUN 0.288* 10.1* 4.5*
Ireland IRL 0.298* 9.2* 4.6*
Iceland ISL 0.246* 6.5* 3.6*
Israel ISR 0.36 19.5 7.1
Italy ITA 0.326* 13.7* 5.9*
Japan JPN 0.33* 16.1* 6.1*
Korea KOR 0.295 13.8 –
Lithuania LTU 0.381* 15.7* 7.4*
Luxembourg LUX 0.284* 8.1* 4.2*
Latvia LVA 0.35* 16.2* 6.4*
Mexico MEX 0.459* 16.7* 10.4*
Netherlands NLD 0.303 7.9 4.6
Norway NOR 0.257* 8.1* 3.9*
New Zealand NZL 0.349* 10.9* 5.8*
Poland POL 0.298* 10.4* 4.7*
Portugal PRT 0.338* 13.5* 5.9*
Russia RUS 0.376* – –
Slovak Republic SVK 0.247* 8.7* 3.7*
Slovenia SVN 0.251* 9.4* 3.7*
Sweden SWE 0.274* 9* 4.1*
Turkey TUR 0.398* 17.3* 7.7*
United States USA 0.39 16.8 8.3