Table

Measures of income dispersion. Household equivalent income (EU-scale) between persons¹
	Total population				Total population excluding persons in student households
	Gini coefficient	Standard error of the Gini coefficient	P90/P10²	S80/S20³	Gini coefficient	Standard error of the Gini coefficient	P90/P10²	S80/S20³
¹Negative amounts have been set to zero.
²Percentile ratio of the 9th and the 1st decile cut-offs.
³The ratio of the share of income held by the top 20 per cent of the distribution and the bottom 20 per cent of the distribution.
1989	0.228	0.004	2.7	3.2	0.226	0.004	2.6	3.2
1990	0.217	0.002	2.6	3.1	0.214	0.002	2.6	3.0
1991	0.219	0.003	2.6	3.1	0.217	0.003	2.6	3.0
1992	0.223	0.003	2.7	3.2	0.219	0.003	2.6	3.1
1993	0.229	0.004	2.6	3.2	0.226	0.004	2.6	3.2
1994	0.241	0.002	2.8	3.5	0.235	0.002	2.7	3.3
1995	0.236	0.003	2.7	3.4	0.231	0.003	2.6	3.2
1996	0.245	0.004	2.7	3.5	0.240	0.004	2.6	3.4
1997	0.249	0.004	2.7	3.5	0.243	0.004	2.6	3.4
1998	0.238	0.003	2.7	3.4	0.233	0.003	2.6	3.2
1999	0.242	0.004	2.7	3.4	0.236	0.004	2.6	3.3
2000	0.262	0.004	2.7	3.7	0.257	0.004	2.6	3.6
2001	0.229	0.002	2.6	3.2	0.223	0.002	2.5	3.1
2002	0.264	0.004	2.7	3.8	0.258	0.004	2.6	3.6
2003	0.274	0.003	2.8	3.9	0.267	0.003	2.7	3.7
2004	0.283	..	2.7	4.1	0.276	..	2.6	3.8
2005	0.327	..	2.8	4.8	0.319	..	2.7	4.5
2006	0.243	..	2.8	3.5	0.235	..	2.6	3.3
2007	0.252	..	2.8	3.7	0.244	..	2.7	3.5
2008	0.248	..	2.8	3.6	0.240	..	2.7	3.4
2009	0.241	..	2.8	3.5	0.231	..	2.6	3.3
2010	0.245	..	2.8	3.6	0.236	..	2.6	3.3
2011	0.247	..	2.8	3.6	0.237	..	2.7	3.4
2012	0.249	..	2.9	3.7	0.239	..	2.7	3.4