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Income inequality - Regions

<p style="text-align: justify;">This dataset provides indicators on income inequalities in large regions (TL2). Indicators include relative poverty rate, S80/S20 income ratio, home ownership rate and housing costs as a percentage of disposable income.</p> <p><strong>Data definition and source</strong></p> <ul> <li><strong>Relative poverty rate&nbsp;</strong>(by gender) is the share of people - as a percentage of the total population&nbsp;- living in households with a disposable income below the relative poverty line (50% of the national median disposable income).&nbsp;</li> <li><strong>S80/S20 ratio</strong>&nbsp;is the total income received by the 20% of the people with the highest income in a region divided by the total income received by the 20% of people with the lowest income in the same region.</li> <li><strong>Home ownership rate </strong>refers to the percentage of people who own the home where they live (own outright and with a morgage).</li> <li><strong>Housing costs as a percentage of disposable income</strong>&nbsp;considers the expenditure of households in housing - such as mortgages and rents - and maintenance of the house - including water, electricity, gas and other fuels, as well as furnishings, household equipment and routine maintenance of the house.</li> </ul> <p>Data sources are detailled in&nbsp;<a href="https://www.oecd.org/en/publications/oecd-regions-and-cities-at-a-glance-2024_f42db3bf-en/full-report/sources-and-data-description_1e03fb78.html#annex-d1e11923-5bd726c153">OECD Regions and Cities at a Glance 2024 - Annex B</a></p> <p><strong>Definition of regions</strong></p> <p style="text-align: justify;">Regions are subnational units below national boundaries. OECD countries have two regional levels: large regions (territorial level 2 or TL2) and small regions (territorial level 3 or TL3). For more information, see the OECD Territorial grid <a href="https://webfs-cfe.oecd.org/files/.Stat/region/OECD_territorial-grid_TL2024.pdf">(pdf)</a> and the OECD Territorial Correspondence Table <a href="https://webfs-cfe.oecd.org/files/.Stat/region/OECD%20Territorial%20correspondence%20-%20TL2024c.xlsx">(xlsx)</a>.&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Cite this dataset</strong></p> <p>OECD Regions, cities and local areas database (<a href="http://data-explorer.oecd.org/s/11w">Income inequalities - Regions</a>),&nbsp;<a href="\&quot;http://oe.cd/geostats\&quot;">http://oe.cd/geostats</a>.</p> <p>For questions and/or comments, please email <a href="mailto:RegionStat@oecd.org">RegionStat@oecd.org</a>.</p>