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.

Inequality in Latin America

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

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WORLD INEQUALITY DATABASE

Visit the widest open source database for global inequality data

Start

Climate inequality report 2023

Find the latest data and analysis on climate inequalities worldwide

Read

WORLD INEQUALITY REPORT 2022

Find the latest data and analysis on global inequalities worldwide

Read

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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POLITICAL CLEAVAGES AND SOCIAL INEQUALITIES

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

EXPLORE

REDUCING INEQUALITY IN EUROPE

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Explore concrete proposals to promote fiscal federalism and redistribution in Europe

Read the manifesto

GLOBAL TAXATION OF CAPITAL AND LABOR

Global Taxation of Capital and Labor

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

SEE

REALTIME INEQUALITY

RealTimeInequality

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

Discover

GENDER INEQUALITY

Gender Inequality

Discover the extent of gender inequalities in labor income

See

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

CHECK IT OUT

GLOBAL WEALTH TAX SIMULATOR

Global Wealth Tax Simulator

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

Design

INCOME & WEALTH COMPARATOR

Income comparator

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

COMPARE

INEQUALITY TRANSPARENCY INDEX

Inequality transparency index

Discover the extent of inequality data opacity per country

EXAMINE

MISSING PROFITS

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

DISCOVER

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)

SEE

RESEARCH TOOLS

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

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WORLD INEQUALITY REPORT 2018

2018 World Inequality Report

Read the first edition of the World Inequality Report (2018)

READ

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