"Figure 1: Income inequality fell slightly in financial year ending (FYE) 2021, but remains in line with the average over the decade before the coronavirus pandemic","" "Gini coefficients for measures of original, gross and disposable income, UK, 1977 to financial year ending 2021","" "","" "Notes","1. 2020/21 represents the financial year ending 2021, (April to March), and similarly for all other years expressed in this format. 2. Original income includes all sources of income from employment, private pensions, investments and other non-government sources. The receipt of cash benefits is then added to original income to estimate gross income. Finally, direct taxes are subtracted from gross income to estimate disposable income. 3. Estimates of income inequality from financial year ending (FYE) 2002 onwards have been adjusted for the under-coverage of top earners. 4. Estimates up to and including financial year ending (FYE) 2017 are sourced from the Living Costs and Food (LCF) survey. Estimates from FYE 2018 onwards are based on the Household Finances Survey, which the LCF is part of." "Unit","%" "","" "year","Orginal ","Gross","Disposable" "1977","36.8","27.7","25.5" "1978","37.1","27.6","25" "1979","37.2","27.6","25.4" "1980","38.3","28.8","26.7" "1981","40.3","29.8","27.4" "1982","41.7","29.9","27.6" "1983","43.3","31","28.3" "1984","43","30","27" "1985","44.8","32.5","29.6" "1986","45.2","32.8","30.1" "1987","46.2","34.2","31.5" "1988","45.8","35.1","33.3" "1989","44.9","34.4","32.7" "1990","46.7","36.6","34.9" "1991","46.6","36","33.9" "1992","48","35.9","33.4" "1993","49.5","36.5","33.7" "1994/95","48.5","35.7","32.5" "1995/96","48.3","35.6","32.3" "1996/97","48.5","36.2","33.2" "1997/98","48.2","36.4","33.4" "1998/99","49","37.4","34.4" "1999/00","49","37.8","35.1" "2000/01","47.9","36.9","34.3" "2001/02","50.5","39.9","35.9" "2002/03","49.7","38.9","34.8" "2003/04","49.4","38.4","34" "2004/05","49.9","38.8","34.3" "2005/06","51.4","40.3","35.9" "2006/07","52","41.4","37" "2007/08","53.5","43","38.6" "2008/09","52.2","40.7","35.6" "2009/10","53.4","41.2","36.6" "2010/11","51.4","39","34.1" "2011/12","51.7","39.1","33.8" "2012/13","52","39.6","34.4" "2013/14","52.1","40.6","35.3" "2014/15","51.3","39.8","34.7" "2015/16","51.6","40.3","35.1" "2016/17","49.4","38.5","33.4" "2017/18","51","40.1","35" "2018/19","50.9","40.9","36" "2019/20","49.7","40","35.4" "2020/21","48.6","39.1","34.4"