| Australia | | |
Income inequality (gini coefficient) - before tax and government transfers | 0.40 (2019) [22/37countries] | | |
Income inequality (gini coefficient) - after tax and government transfers | 0.31 (2019) [15/37countries] | | |
% of those who think that global poverty is a major threat to their country | 45.2% (2020) [12/14countries] | | |
% of those who are dissatisfied with their earnings | 51.2% (2009) [21/30countries] | | |
% of those who think that it is difficult for their household to make ends meet | 22.3% (2019) [9/20countries] | | |
% of those who think that it will be difficult for their household to make ends meet for the next 12 months | 25.9% (2019) [8/20countries] | | |
% of those who skip a meal because there is not enough money once a month or more | 6.5% (2019) [7/20countries] | | |
% of men who say that they have a higher income than their partner | 56.8% (2012) [28/31countries] | | |
% of women who say that they have a higher income than their partner | 14.6% (2012) [23/31countries] | | |
% of those who say that both partners have about the same income | 25.8% (2012) [4/31countries] | | |
% of those who think that the income distribution of their country is unfair | 59.0% (2019) [17/20countries] | | |
% of those who think that differences in income in the country are too large | 75.5% (2019) [12/20countries] | | |
% of those who are optimistic about reducing the gap between the rich and poor | 28.6% (2019) [8/21countries] | | |
% of those who contact people who are a lot poorer than them every day | 21.7% (2019) [10/20countries] | | |
% of those who contact people who are a lot richer than them every day | 16.3% (2019) [11/20countries] | | |
Extent of anger at differences in wealth | 4.42 (2019) [19/20countries] | | |
% of those who think that there is strong conflicts between poor people and rich people | 25.2% (2019) [14/20countries] | | |
% of those who think that most people are better off in a free market economy despite growing economic inequality | 72.7% (2019) [9/21countries] | | |
% of those who think that differences in peoplefs standard of living should be small for a society to be fair | 54.6% (2017) [19/21countries] | | |
% of those who think that the government is responsible for reducing income inequality (5 choices) | 52.9% (2020) [19/20countries] | | |
% of those who think that the government is responsible for reducing income inequality (4 choices) | 59.9% (2016) [23/25countries] | | |
% of those who think that the government is tne most responsible for reducing income inequality | 53.3% (2019) [14/19countries] | | |
% of those who think that private companies are tne most responsible for reducing income inequality | 24.7% (2019) [5/19countries] | | |
% of those who think that trade unions are tne most responsible for reducing income inequality | 4.5% (2019) [16/19countries] | | |
% of those who think that high income people are tne most responsible for reducing income inequality | 2.7% (2019) [12/19countries] | | |
% of those who think that low income people are tne most responsible for reducing income inequality | 5.4% (2019) [4/19countries] | | |
% of those who think that income differences do not need to be reduced | 9.3% (2019) [3/19countries] | | |
% of those who think that politicians do not care about reducing the differences in income | 73.6% (2019) [9/20countries] | | |
% of those who think that the government is successful in reducing the differences in income | 5.3% (2019) [12/20countries] | | |
% of those who think that they should take care of themselves and their family first, before helping other people | 75.7% (2017) [10/21countries] | | |