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Income inequality (gini coefficient) (2018)0.275
[8/37 countries]
Poverty rate after taxes and transfers (% of those below 50% of the current median income) (2018)8.9%
[26/37 countries]
% of those who are dissatisfied with their earnings (2009)66.5%
[13/41 countries]
% of those who are dissatisfied with their earnings (1999)71.3%
[8/24 countries]
% of those who think that it is difficult for their household to make ends meet (2019)13.5%
[26/29 countries]
% of those who think that it is difficult for their household to make ends meet (2017)11.6%
[29/29 countries]
% of those who think that it will be difficult for their household to make ends meet for the next 12 months (2019)14.0%
[27/29 countries]
% of those who skip a meal because there is not enough money once a month or more (2019)4.0%
[24/29 countries]
% of men who say that they have a higher income than their partner (2012)67.4%
[23/41 countries]
% of men who say that they have a higher income than their partner (2002)67.3%
[21/33 countries]
% of women who say that they have a higher income than their partner (2012)20.4%
[14/41 countries]
% of women who say that they have a higher income than their partner (2002)19.5%
[8/33 countries]
% of those who say that both partners have about the same income (2012)16.6%
[27/41 countries]
% of those who say that both partners have about the same income (2002)17.5%
[13/33 countries]
% of those who think that the income distribution of their country is unfair (2019)70.9%
[21/29 countries]
% of those who think that differences in income in the country are too large (2019)69.5%
[26/29 countries]
% of those who think that differences in income in the country are too large (2017)68.6%
[27/30 countries]
% of those who think that differences in income in the country are too large (2009)73.1%
[33/41 countries]
% of those who think that differences in income in the country are too large (1999)71.1%
[19/25 countries]
% of those who contact people who are a lot poorer than them every day (2019)22.8%
[15/29 countries]
% of those who contact people who are a lot richer than them every day (2019)18.5%
[10/29 countries]
Extent of anger at differences in wealth (2019)4.53
[21/29 countries]
% of those who think that there is strong conflicts between poor people and rich people (2019)27.7%
[19/29 countries]
% of those who think that there is strong conflicts between poor people and rich people (2009)35.5%
[28/41 countries]
% of those who think that there is strong conflicts between poor people and rich people (1999)35.0%
[17/25 countries]
% of those who think that differences in peoplefs standard of living should be small for a society to be fair (2017)54.7%
[26/30 countries]
% of those who think that the government is responsible for reducing income inequality (5 choices) (2019)63.3%
[22/29 countries]
% of those who think that the government is responsible for reducing income inequality (5 choices) (2017)60.5%
[20/29 countries]
% of those who think that the government is responsible for reducing income inequality (5 choices) (2010)59.1%
[27/36 countries]
% of those who think that the government is responsible for reducing income inequality (5 choices) (2009)58.0%
[33/41 countries]
% of those who think that the government is responsible for reducing income inequality (5 choices) (1999)59.5%
[18/25 countries]
% of those who think that the government is responsible for reducing income inequality (4 choices) (2016)66.8%
[28/35 countries]
% of those who think that the government is tne most responsible for reducing income inequality (2019)58.1%
[20/28 countries]
% of those who think that private companies are tne most responsible for reducing income inequality (2019)11.8%
[18/28 countries]
% of those who think that trade unions are tne most responsible for reducing income inequality (2019)17.1%
[3/28 countries]
% of those who think that high income people are tne most responsible for reducing income inequality (2019)2.0%
[18/28 countries]
% of those who think that low income people are tne most responsible for reducing income inequality (2019)2.9%
[9/28 countries]
% of those who think that income differences do not need to be reduced (2019)8.1%
[5/28 countries]
% of those who think that politicians do not care about reducing the differences in income (2019)65.8%
[24/29 countries]
% of those who think that the government is successful in reducing the differences in income (2019)4.9%
[21/29 countries]
% of those who think that they should take care of themselves and their family first, before helping other people (2017)54.5%
[28/30 countries]
% of those who think that they should take care of themselves and their family first, before helping other people (2017)34.8%
[28/30 countries]
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