The Chartbook of Economic Inequality

● Earnings Dispersion ● Overall Income Inequality ● Poverty ● Top Income Shares ● Wealth Inequality

This Chartbook presents the empirical evidence about long-run changes in economic inequality. The chartbook covers 25 countries – often over the course of more than one hundred years. For each country a chart shows how different dimensions of economic inequality have changed over time. A detailed description of the data sources is given for each country.