income inequality

distribution of income or wealth between different groups
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income inequality

Summary

income inequality ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,563 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • income inequality is a type of social inequality[2].
  • income inequality's Commons category is recorded as Economic inequality[3].
  • income inequality is the opposite of economic equality[4].
  • income inequality's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Economic inequality[5].
  • income inequality's facet of is recorded as social inequality[6].
  • income inequality's described by source is recorded as Gujin Tushu Jicheng[7].
  • income inequality's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://economics.stackexchange.com/tags/inequality[8].
  • income inequality's studied by is recorded as sociology of inequalities[9].
  • income inequality's studied by is recorded as economics[10].
  • income inequality's relates to sustainable development goal, target or indicator is recorded as Target 10.1 of the Sustainable Development Goals[11].

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Definition and Type

income inequality is a type of social inequality[2]. It is the opposite of economic equality[4].

Why It Matters

income inequality ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,563 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[12] It is known by 21 alternative names across languages and contexts.[13]

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  10. [11] . globalgoals.org. Retrieved . globalgoals.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

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  1. [1] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [12] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [13] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 8d ago · Wikimi-dhiann · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Facet of social inequality
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  2. 10d ago · Wikimi-dhiann · 2026-07-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  3. 26d ago · GrandEscogriffe · 2026-06-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Topic's main category Category:Economic inequality
    Subclass of social inequality
    Facet of social inequality
    Aliases
    + 7 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ [[Property:P18]]: Global Distribution of Wealth.svg, Moving to [[Q3154018]]"
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