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Ledger row

Income of the richest fifth compared with the poorest fifth

The name at the source «Income quintile share ratio (S80/S20) by sex»

What this number is

The 20 % of the population with the highest income receive, in total, 4,86 times what the 20 % with the lowest income receive.

The gap narrowed from 2024. It is wider than the European Union average.

4,86 ratio

identifier racio-s80-s20-2025

Published by Eurostat (tessi180)

Series page

https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/tessi180/default/table?lang=en

Proof

Field returned

Income quintile share ratio (S80/S20) by sex — Ratio — Portugal — 2025: 4.86

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Request

https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/api/dissemination/statistics/1.0/data/tessi180?format=JSON&lang=EN&geo=PT&sex=T

The comparisons

Previous period
5,2source · Eurostat · 2024
European Union
4,62source · Eurostat
EU countries
All the countries

What was checked

Read at the source on
12.08.2026
Re-read on
05.10.2026, matches the source · weekly comparison with the source
Re-read on
28.09.2026, matches the source · weekly comparison with the source

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