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 Gini coefficient of gross monetary income per equivalent adult (%)
Characteristic Description
Name Gini coefficient of gross monetary income per equivalent adult (%); Annual
Regularity Annual
Source Statistics Portugal, Statistics on income and living conditions
First available period 2009
Last available period 2024
Dimensions
  • Data reference period
  • Place of residence (Portugal)
Concepts
  • PRIVATE HOUSEHOLD:  A group of people living at the same dwelling, with either "de jure" or "de facto" family relationships,occupying the all or part of a dwelling; or a single person that fully or partly accupies a dwelling.
  • RENDIMENTO BRUTO:  Rendimento recebido antes da dedução do imposto sobre o rendimento, dos impostos regulares sobre o património, das contribuições obrigatórias dos empregados para regimes de Segurança Social e das contribuições dos empregadores para a Segurança Social.
  • REFERENCE PERIOD:  Period to which the information refers and which may be a specific day or a time interval (month, fiscal year, calendar year, among others).
Definition Gini coefficient is an indicator of inequality in the distribution of income that aims to synthesize in a single value the asymmetry of that distribution. Assumes values between 0 (when all individuals have equal income) and 100 (when all income is concentrated on a single individual).
Measure unit (symbol) Percentage (%)
Power of 10  0
Observations
Last update date 16/01/2026


information presented in 4/3/2026