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OECD Income (IDD) and Wealth (WDD) Distribution Databases

 

To benchmark and monitor economic inequality across countries, the OECD relies on two dedicated statistical databases: the OECD Income Distribution Database (IDD), which offers data on levels and trends in income inequality and poverty, and the OECD Wealth Distribution Database (WDD), which collects information on the distribution of household net wealth. OECD IDD is updated on a rolling basis, two to three times a year.  OECD WDD is updated every two or three years. If you wish to be informed by email when either database is updated, please contact Inequality.Contact@oecd.org.

OECD Income Distribution Database (IDD)


19 December 2023: New data are available for Chile and Costa Rica (income year 2022); the United States (income year 2022, provisional); the United Kingdom (income year 2021/22); Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Estonia, France, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Korea, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Poland, Portugal, Romania, the Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Spain (income year 2021); Chile, France, Germany, the Slovak Republic, Switzerland and Türkiye (income year 2020). Data have been revised for Latvia (income year 2021). See data:

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OECD Wealth Distribution Database (WDD)


Tuesday 6 July 2021:

- New Policy brief: Inequalities in Household Wealth and Financial Insecurity of Households  +  statistical annex

- Policy Webinar on Inequalities in Household Wealth and Financial Insecurity of Households, organised by the OECD and EC DG Employment: Agenda  and Replay

- Update of the OECD WDD. See current data:

  • Key indicators (Table in .xlsx) for latest years on wealth inequality, wealth shares, household indebtedness and asset poverty


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METHODs and concepts (IDD)

OTHER INTERNATIONAL DATABASES RELATED TO INCOME DISTRIBUTION

Quality reviews (IDD)

This quality review (December 2012) is in three main parts:
-Part I reports the results of a first self-assessment of different quality dimensions of the OECD Database on Household Income Distribution and Poverty (.pdf)
-Part II assesses the cross-country comparability of the OECD Earnings Distribution Database (.pdf)
-Part III provides detailed country data reviews on income distribution data, for the 34 OECD member countries. These country reviews compare the OECD benchmark series for income distribution and poverty reporting with alternative estimates which are available on a national or international basis -  each country separately (.pdf) including revised versions:

See also external Review of the OECD Income Distribution Database - The Journal of Economic Inequality - December 2015, Volume 13, Issue 4,  pp 579–602

THE new 2020 edition of the OECD "COMPARE YOUR INCOME" WEB TOOL    

How much do you earn compared with others in your country? Do you feel rich, poor, or just average? In only a few clicks, you can see where you fit in your country's income distribution. This new 2020 edition explores how your perceptions of income inequality impact your willingness to support redistribution initiatives, and allows you to have a say in what areas are most important to you for public spending.

 

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