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Inequality
Measure		Value
Indicator		Housing			Income		Jobs				Community	Education			Environment		Civic engagement		Health		Life Satisfaction	Safety		Work-Life Balance
Indicator		Dwellings without basic facilities	Housing expenditure	Rooms per person	Household net adjusted disposable income	Household net wealth	Labour market insecurity	Employment rate	Long-term unemployment rate	Personal earnings	Quality of support network	Educational attainment	Student skills	Years in education	Air pollution	Water quality	Stakeholder engagement for developing regulations	Voter turnout	Life expectancy	Self-reported health	Life satisfaction	Feeling safe walking alone at night	Homicide rate	Employees working very long hours	Time devoted to leisure and personal care
Unit		Percentage	Percentage	Ratio	US Dollar	US Dollar	Percentage	Percentage	Percentage	US Dollar	Percentage	Percentage	Average score	Years	Micrograms per cubic metre	Percentage	Average score	Percentage	Years	Percentage	Average score	Percentage	Ratio	Percentage	Hours


Country
Australia		..	19.4	..	37 433	528 768	3.1	73	1	55 206	93	84	499	20	6.7	92	2.7	92	83	85	7.1	67	0.9	12.5	14.36
Austria		0.8	20.8	1.6	37 001	309 637	2.3	72	1.3	53 132	92	86	491	17	12.2	92	1.3	76	82	71	7.2	86	0.5	5.3	14.51
Belgium		0.7	20	2.1	34 884	447 607	2.4	65	2.3	54 327	90	80	500	19	12.8	79	2	88	82.1	74	6.8	56	1.1	4.3	15.52
Canada		0.2	22.9	2.6	34 421	478 240	3.8	70	0.5	55 342	93	92	517	17	7.1	90	2.9	68	82.1	89	7	78	1.2	3.3	14.57
Chile		9.4	18.4	1.9	..	135 787	7	56	..	26 729	88	67	438	17	23.4	62	1.3	47	80.6	60	6.2	41	2.4	7.7	..
Colombia		12.3	..	1	..	..	..	58	1.1	..	80	59	406	14	22.6	82	1.4	53	76.7	80	5.7	50	23.1	23.7	..
Costa Rica		2.3	17	1.2	16 517	..	..	55	1.5	..	82	43	415	..	17.5	87	1.8	66	80.5	73	6.3	47	10	22	..
Czech Republic		0.5	23.4	1.5	26 664	..	2.3	74	0.6	29 885	96	94	495	18	17	89	1.6	62	79.3	62	6.9	77	0.7	4.5	..
Denmark		0.5	23.3	1.9	33 774	149 864	4.5	74	0.9	58 430	95	82	501	19	10	93	2	85	81.5	70	7.5	85	0.5	1.1	..
Estonia		5.7	17	1.7	23 784	188 627	5.4	74	1.2	30 720	95	91	526	18	5.9	86	2.7	64	78.8	57	6.5	79	1.9	2.2	14.98
Finland		0.4	23.1	1.9	33 471	230 032	2.2	72	1.2	46 230	96	91	516	20	5.5	97	2.2	69	82.1	68	7.9	88	1.2	3.6	15.17
France		0.5	20.7	1.8	34 375	298 639	3.1	65	2.9	45 581	94	81	494	17	11.4	78	2.1	75	82.9	67	6.7	74	0.4	7.7	16.2
Germany		0.1	20	1.8	38 971	304 317	1.4	77	1.2	53 745	90	86	500	18	12	91	1.8	76	81.4	66	7.3	76	0.4	3.9	15.62
Greece		0.4	21.8	1.2	20 791	148 323	21.7	56	10.8	27 207	78	76	453	19	14.5	67	1.8	58	81.7	79	5.8	69	1	4.5	15.03
Hungary		3.5	19.9	1.4	21 026	150 296	3.8	70	1.2	25 409	94	86	479	16	16.7	81	1.2	70	76.4	58	6	74	0.9	1.5	15.08
Iceland		0	..	1.6	..	..	1	78	0.7	67 488	98	76	481	19	6.4	97	2.1	81	83.2	77	7.6	85	0.3	11.7	..
Ireland		0.2	20.6	2.1	29 488	370 341	2.6	68	1.2	49 474	96	85	505	18	7.8	80	1.3	63	82.8	84	7	76	0.5	4.7	14.54
Israel		..	..	1.2	..	..	4.6	67	0.2	39 322	95	88	465	16	19.7	77	2.5	67	82.9	74	7.2	80	1.5	14.1	..
Italy		0.6	22.5	1.4	29 431	295 020	8.6	58	4.8	37 769	89	63	477	17	15.9	77	2.5	73	83.6	73	6.5	73	0.5	3.3	16.47
Japan		6.4	21.8	1.9	28 872	294 735	2.7	77	0.8	38 515	89	..	520	16	13.7	87	1.4	53	84.4	37	6.1	77	0.2	..	14.1
Korea		2.5	14.7	1.5	24 590	362 340	2.9	66	0	41 960	80	89	520	17	27.3	82	2.9	77	83.3	34	5.8	82	0.8	..	14.83
Latvia		11.2	20.8	1.2	19 783	79 245	6.3	72	2.2	29 876	92	89	487	18	12.7	83	2.2	55	75.5	47	6.2	72	3.7	1.6	..
Lithuania		11.8	18.4	1.5	26 976	182 039	..	72	2.5	31 811	89	94	480	18	10.5	83	2.4	57	76.4	46	6.4	62	2.5	1	..
Luxembourg		0.1	20.7	2	44 773	941 162	2.2	67	1.7	65 854	91	74	477	15	10	85	1.7	90	82.7	72	7.4	87	0.2	2.8	..
Mexico		25.9	17.8	1.1	16 269	..	4	59	0.1	16 230	77	42	416	15	20.3	75	3.2	63	75.1	66	6	42	26.8	27	..
Netherlands		0.1	19.6	2	34 984	248 599	2.5	78	0.9	58 828	94	81	502	19	12.2	91	2.6	79	82.2	75	7.5	83	0.6	0.3	15.45
New Zealand		..	25	2.4	39 024	514 162	4.5	77	0.4	45 269	95	81	503	18	6	85	2.5	82	82.1	86	7.3	66	1.3	14	14.87
Norway		0	17.7	2.1	39 144	268 358	2.8	75	0.9	55 780	96	82	497	18	6.7	98	2.2	78	83	75	7.3	93	0.6	1.4	15.67
Poland		2.3	21.2	1.1	23 675	233 221	5	69	0.6	32 527	94	93	513	18	22.8	82	2.6	68	78	60	6.1	71	0.5	4.2	14.68
Portugal		0.9	19.6	1.7	24 877	255 303	8.1	69	2.3	28 410	87	55	492	17	8.3	89	1.5	49	81.8	50	5.8	83	0.7	5.6	..
Slovak Republic		1.5	27.4	1.1	21 149	171 425	8.8	68	3	23 619	95	92	469	16	18.5	81	3	66	77.8	65	6.5	76	0.8	4.2	..
Slovenia		0.2	18.2	1.6	25 250	233 286	5.9	71	1.9	41 445	95	90	504	18	17	93	2.5	53	81.6	67	6.5	91	0.4	5.6	..
Spain		0.3	21.7	1.9	27 155	366 534	15.8	62	5	37 922	93	63	..	18	10	76	1.8	72	83.9	75	6.5	80	0.7	2.5	15.75
Sweden		0	20.1	1.7	33 730	..	4.4	75	1	47 020	94	84	503	20	5.8	97	2	87	83.2	76	7.3	79	1.1	0.9	..
Switzerland		0	21.4	1.9	39 697	..	..	80	1.7	64 824	94	89	498	17	10.1	96	2.3	45	84	81	7.5	86	0.3	0.4	..
Türkiye		4.9	18.9	1	..	..	13	48	3.3	..	85	42	462	19	27.1	62	1.5	86	78.6	67	4.9	59	1	25	14.61
United Kingdom		0.5	23.2	2	33 049	524 422	3.3	75	0.9	47 147	93	82	503	17	10.1	82	3.1	68	81.3	73	6.8	78	0.2	10.8	14.94
United States		0.1	18.3	2.4	51 147	684 500	4.2	67	0.5	69 392	94	92	495	17	7.7	88	3.1	65	78.9	88	7	78	6	10.4	14.57
OECD - Total		3	20.5	1.7	30 490	323 960	5.1	66	1.3	49 165	91	79	488	18	14	84	2.1	69	81	68	6.7	74	2.6	10.2	15.07
Non-OECD Economies	Brazil	6.7	..	..	..	..	..	57	..	..	83	57	400	16	11.7	70	2.2	80	75.9	..	6.1	45	19	5.6	..
	Russia	13.8	17.4	1	19 546	..	..	70	1.1	..	89	95	481	16	11.8	62	..	68	73.2	43	5.5	64	4.8	0.1	..
	South Africa	35.9	18.1	..	9 338	..	..	39	17.9	..	89	48	..	..	28.5	72	..	66	64.2	..	4.9	40	13.7	15.4	..

Data extracted on 01 Oct 2023 23:00 UTC (GMT) from OECD.Stat

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