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 (2,305 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 has cause is recorded as human overpopulation[5].
  • income inequality's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Economic inequality[6].
  • income inequality's facet of is recorded as social polarization[7].
  • income inequality's described by source is recorded as Gujin Tushu Jicheng[8].
  • income inequality's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://economics.stackexchange.com/tags/inequality[9].
  • income inequality's studied by is recorded as sociology of inequalities[10].
  • income inequality's studied by is recorded as economics[11].
  • income inequality's handled, mitigated, or managed by is recorded as redistribution of wealth[12].
  • income inequality's relates to sustainable development goal, target or indicator is recorded as Target 10.1 of the Sustainable Development Goals[13].

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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 (2,305 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14] It is known by 56 alternative names across languages and contexts.[15]

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  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [15] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 26d ago · Ksn.kenny · 2026-09-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Encyclopædia britannica online id → money/income-inequality
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P1417]]: money/income-inequality"
  2. 10w ago · Andre Engels · 2026-07-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has cause → human overpopulation
    Econlib entry id → DistributionofIncome
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P8369]]: DistributionofIncome, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/94356069|Distribution of Income (#94356069)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/362"
  3. 12w ago · Wikimi-dhiann · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Facet of → social polarization
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ [[Property:P1269]]: [[Q5367036]]"
  4. 13w ago · Wikimi-dhiann · 2026-07-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Handled, mitigated, or managed by → redistribution of wealth
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P11738]]: [[Q1155757]]"
  5. 15w ago · GrandEscogriffe · 2026-06-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Topic's main category → Category:Economic inequality
    Subclass of → social inequality
    Facet of → social polarization
    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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