Trends in household incomes at the bottom, the middle and the top, 1985 to 2014

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This chart shows trends in real disposable household incomes among G7 countries for households in the bottom 10 per cent, the bottom 40 per cent, the middle 40 to 90 per cent and the top 10 per cent from 1985 to 2014. It shows household incomes trended upward by 8 to 14 per cent across all households from 1985 to 1990. From 1990 to 1995, household incomes among the bottom 10 and 40 per cent thresholds trended downward by 6 per cent and 1 per cent, respectively, while those of the middle thresholds remained nearly unchanged and those of the top 10 per cent threshold increased by 3 per cent. While real disposable household incomes have gradually trended upwards across all thresholds since 1995, the increase in household incomes has increased most significantly for households in the top 10 per cent threshold (an increase of 20.8 per cent) and least significantly for households in the bottom 10 per cent (an increase of 5 per cent).

Year	Bottom 10%	Bottom 40%	Middle 40% to 90%	Top 10%
1985	100	100	100	100
1990	109	109	111	114
1995	103	108	111	116
2000	108	114	119	129
2005	111	118	123	135
2007	113	120	126	139
2008	113	120	126	138
2009	113	120	126	139
2010	110	119	125	137
2011	110	118	124	138
2012	107	117	123	137
2013	109	117	124	138
2014	108	118	124	137

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