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Taiwan’s Top-to-Bottom Household Income Ratio Was 6.14× in 2024

DGBAS reports a 6.14× household quintile ratio and 0.341 Gini coefficient.

What the Data Shows

Taiwan’s household inequality ratio gives a compact reading of income distribution. In 2024, the highest household quintile held 40.46% of disposable income while the lowest held 6.59%, producing a 6.14× ratio and a 0.341 Gini coefficient. The same DGBAS table keeps the quintile shares and inequality indices on one survey basis.

Data table

Top/bottom ratio 6.14× Household disposable income
Gini 0.341 DGBAS
Top quintile 40.46% income share
Bottom quintile 6.59% income share
Middle quintile 17.19% income share
Per-capita ratio 3.92× DGBAS

Data notes & caveats

Household inequality values are based on disposable income by household quintile. Per-capita inequality indices differ from household indices and are not the headline metric here.

Methodology

Uses DGBAS Survey of Family Income and Expenditure, 2024, table for household disposable-income quintile shares and inequality indices. The ratio is the highest quintile share divided by the lowest quintile share.