Income Distribution By Quintile Canada

New data are available for finland norway sweden and the united kingdom income year 2018 the slovak republic income year 2017 and switzerland income years 2016 and 2017.

Income distribution by quintile canada. Income distribution in canada in 2018 by income level in canadian dollars chart. The importance of employment income also varies by income group or decile. Statistics canada cansim tables 202 0707 and 202 0709. Figure 1 share of income held by the top 20 percent and gini coefficient of income inequality canada 1976 20011.

Canada income range percent of families description quintile 1 up to 40 000 21 1 poor near poor quintile 2 40 60 000 17 9 lower middle or modest income quintile 3 60 85 000 20 4 middle income quintile 4 85 125 000 21 4 upper middle income quintile 5 over 125 000 19 2 high income or well off. Download income quintiles pdf 17 78 kb download income quintiles xlsx 73 38 kb. Income limits and mean income for each quintile of household income 1967 through 2018. 1 income is measured after tax on an adult equivalent adjusted aea basis.

Note 6 employment income represented between 73 6 and 83 8 of total income for people in the top half top five deciles of the income distribution. 20 percent of families and is referred to as a quintile. The first quintile represents the bottom 20 percent of income earning families and the fifth quintile represents the top 20 percent 8 the income range for each quintile is shown in table 1. Figure 1 displays the share of total income in canada earned by families.

Average income in the highest quintile grew more than average income in the source. Average income and spending in singapore fy 2012 2013 by income quintile. Employment income is the major source of income for people in the middle and the top of the income distribution. Ie the share of income going to each quintile has varied only slightly.

Data have been revised for belgium and ireland income year 2017.