Inequality: Income Is Not Wealth

Income is a flow of money over a period. Wealth is the value of assets minus liabilities at a particular point in time. Household income data cannot be relabelled as a wealth distribution.

Start with a clearly identified source

OpenDOSM: explore household-income and inequality series ↗

Method and limitations

Before building a visualisation, specify whether the unit is a person or household, whether the measure is gross or disposable, and the reference year. State survey coverage and define the index used. This edition does not publish wealth figures or a Gini chart without a verified dataset.