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Engel curve

curve describing how household income varies with household expenditure
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Engel curve

Summary

Engel curve ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (63 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • Ernst Engel is named after Engel curve[2].
  • Engel curve's subclass of is recorded as economic curve[3].
  • Engel curve's Commons category is recorded as Engel curve[4].
  • Engel curve's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/027tx6[5].
  • Engel curve's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/Engel-curve[6].
  • Engel curve's STW Thesaurus for Economics ID is recorded as 29905-2[7].
  • Engel curve's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 81461097[8].
  • Engel curve's OpenAlex ID is recorded as C81461097[9].

Why It Matters

Engel curve ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (63 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[10] It is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[11]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . OpenAlex. Retrieved . docs.openalex.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [10] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [11] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Engel curve. Retrieved April 10, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/engel-curve
MLA “Engel curve.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 10 Apr. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/engel-curve.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_engel-curve_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Engel curve}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/engel-curve}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-10}}
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