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C. 20/20 Ratio

It compares the ratio of the average income of the richest 20 per cent of the population to the average income of the poorest 20 per cent of the population. Used by the United Nations Development Programme Human Development Report (called “income quintile ratio”).

2.4. Rising Inequality?

Oxfam 2019 report titled- “Public Good or Private Wealth?” provides following data about the