Inequality of income distribution

In 2024, Germany's inequality of income distribution increased by 1.1% compared to 2023, reaching 8.98.

Germany accounts for 96.4% of the EU-27 total of 9.32.

Germany ranks 14th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 8.2% (from 9.78 in 2019).

Source: Eurostat dataset tespm151, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.