Countries with higher income inequality have smaller shares of adults who are middle income | Pew Research Center

April 20, 2017

1. The middle class is large in many Western European countries, but it is losing ground in places

Countries with higher income inequality have smaller shares of adults who are middle income

Countries with higher income inequality have smaller shares of adults who are middle income

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1. The middle class is large in many Western European countries, but it is losing ground in places
In Western European countries studied, up to eight-in-ten adults live in middle-income households; U.S. has among the highest lower- and upper-income shares
Countries with higher income inequality have smaller shares of adults who are middle income
In most countries, shrinking middle-income shares led to rising shares in lower- and upper-income tiers
Income status of adults improved the most in the Netherlands and Ireland