Income share held by lowest 20%
Inequality in the distribution of income is reflected in the share of income or consumption accruing to a portion of the population ranked by income or consumption levels. The portions ranked lowest by personal income receive the smallest shares of total income. Data on the distribution of income or consumption come from nationally representative household surveys. Where the original data from the household survey were available, they have been used to directly calculate the income or consumption shares by quintile. Otherwise, shares have been estimated from the best available grouped data. The distribution data have been adjusted for household size, providing a more consistent measure of per capita income or consumption. The year reflects the year in which the underlying household survey data were collected or, when the data collection period bridged two calendar years, the year data collection started. Percentage shares by quintile may not sum to 100 because of rounding.
Definition:
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Food system outcome type: societal impacts
Category: IncomeDistributPovertyRisk
Unit(s) of measurement description:
% (percentage share of income)
Unit of measurement:
- Not specified
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