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UK income inequality (Gini coefficient)

Income inequality in the UK was 32.9% in the financial year ending 2024, measured by the Gini coefficient of household disposable income, down from 33.1% a year earlier and a peak of 38.6% in 2008, according to the ONS (Household income inequality, UK: financial year ending 2024, published 2 May 2025).

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SourceONS, Household income inequality, UK: financial year ending 2024

PeriodUK, 1977 to financial year ending 2024

Line chart of the Gini coefficient of equivalised household disposable income in the UK from 1977 to the financial year ending 2024. It was 25.5% in 1977, peaked at 38.6% in 2008 and was 32.9% in 2024.

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