How the numbers were computed

For the story The richest tenth's share of income.

Every number in the story is a Eurostat value or is computed from Eurostat values. Each value is named by dataset, Eurostat key and period. Each request is kept as received.

The ranking

Ranks

Rank by value, highest first. Equal values share a rank, and the next rank is skipped. France and Portugal, at 24.6% each, are both 6th, and Luxembourg is 8th.

27 values, one per country ilc_di01:A.D10.SHARE.EUR.<geo>@2025 (<geo> is the country code) · request r1

10.3 percentage points

Highest value − lowest value, in percentage points: 29.3 − 19.0 = 10.3. Rounded to each value rounded to 1 decimal as displayed, then subtracted.

29.3: Bulgaria, 2025 ilc_di01:A.D10.SHARE.EUR.BG@2025 · request r1
19.0: Slovakia, 2025 ilc_di01:A.D10.SHARE.EUR.SK@2025 · request r1

27 / 27

EU countries with a value for 2025: all 27 of the 27 EU member states.

27 values, one per country ilc_di01:A.D10.SHARE.EUR.<geo>@2025 (<geo> is the country code) · request r1

Eurostat values in the text

Requests

r1: Eurostat API query · retrieved 4 November 2026 · data updated 23 October 2026 · fingerprint: a7a7985c5a6693cb5554d6d1d97334c9274f1ed4abb4e99597b1131dfdd0661e