Sunday, February 03, 2013

Inequality statistics

The percentage of income going those in the top incomes, in the U.S.
This web site allows the display by lists or graphs of information for most countries of the world, over a span of years.

http://topincomes.g-mond.parisschoolofeconomics.eu/#Country:United%20States

Latest available year: 2011

Top 1% income share 17.43 %
Top 0.01% income share 3.15 %
Top 1% income share-including capital gains 19.82 %
Top 0.01% income share-including capital gains 4.48 %
Top 1% average income 878,960 Real 2011 US Dollars
Top 0.01% average income 15,891,261 Real 2011 US Dollars
Top 1% average income-including capital gains 1,048,234 Real 2011 US Dollars
Top 0.01% average income-including capital gains 23,679,531 Real 2011 US Dollars


By doing a retrieval from the database, I got the following info:

Top 0.01% top average income in real 2011 U.S. dollars
1970 : 2,241,155
2011 : 15,891,261

Bottom 90% average income in real 2011 U.S. dollars
1970 : 32,463
2011 : 29,946

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