Projects

Explore and learn about the extent of socio-economic inequality with the research projects, data platforms and visualization tools developed by the World Inequality Lab.

WORLD INEQUALITY DATABASE

Visit the widest open source database for global inequality data

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POLITICAL CLEAVAGES AND SOCIAL INEQUALITIES

Who votes for whom? Explore the socioeconomic indicators of support for political parties.

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Elections and social inequalities in France, 1789-2022

How are votes and wealth distributed across the country and over time? Explore the maps and the data from the book

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Climate inequality report 2023

Find the latest data and analysis on climate inequalities worldwide

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WORLD INEQUALITY REPORT 2022

Find the latest data and analysis on global inequalities worldwide

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Inequality in Latin America

Explore and download data on the distribution of income, taxes, and transfers in Latin America.

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REDUCING INEQUALITY IN EUROPE

Explore concrete proposals to promote fiscal federalism and redistribution in Europe

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GLOBAL TAXATION OF CAPITAL AND LABOR

How has globalization affected the taxation of labor and capital incomes?

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REALTIME INEQUALITY

Who Benefits from Income and Wealth Growth in the United States?

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GENDER INEQUALITY

Discover the extent of gender inequalities in labor income

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WISE HORIZONS

Join a new stakeholder platform to accelerate the transition to a future based on Wellbeing, Inclusion and Sustainability

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CARBON INEQUALITY DATA

Explore the inequality of carbon footprint across the global population

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GLOBAL WEALTH TAX SIMULATOR

Design your own wealth tax and measure the revenue that can be generated

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INCOME & WEALTH COMPARATOR

Use our income and wealth comparator to see where you stand on the income distribution scale

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INEQUALITY TRANSPARENCY INDEX

Discover the extent of inequality data opacity per country

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MISSING PROFITS

Discover how much profits each country loses or attracts because of tax avoidance

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TAX JUSTICE NOW

How is it that US billionaires pay less tax than their secretaries?

SEE HOW

SOUTH AFRICA WEALTH TAX SIMULATOR

Estimate how much tax revenue could be collected from a progressive wealth tax on the richest 1%

ESTIMATE

DISTRIBUTIONAL NATIONAL ACCOUNTS METHODOLOGY

Understand the concepts, data sources and methods used in the World Inequality Database (WID)

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RESEARCH TOOLS

Generate your own datasets with the research tools developed by our team