Income-inequality.info – visualize world income inequality

In plain words

Income-inequality.info is a visualization tool that displays global income inequality data. Launched in 2019, it presents complex economic information through interactive graphics and charts. The platform is designed for researchers, policymakers, students, and anyone interested in understanding wealth distribution patterns across countries and populations. It transforms raw income statistics into accessible visual formats to help users grasp how economic resources are distributed worldwide.

written from the facts on this page · September 2026

From the sources

Income Inequality

Inequality is a broad multifaceted concept that is impossible to reduce to a single number or visualization; to understand it better, we must look at numerous perspectives (income, wealth, education, health, access to technology, and a multitude more). Below is just a single exploration: a snapshot in time comparing the distributions of individual incomes of people within countries and across the world. You can skip to the interactive visualization , but you will get a richer picture of the data by reading the essay first. In 2009 I came across a chart [1] that put the whole world in perspective. Here, a decade later, I recreate it with the most recent data I can find, from 2013 [2] [1]…from income-inequality.info

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