De armste 20% van de EU-bevolking ontving slechts 8% van het totale inkomen (in 1994), de rijkste 20% daarentegen bijna 40%, dat is vijfmaal zoveel. ###>At EU level, the poorest 20% of the population received only 8% of total income in 1996, while the richest received almost 40%, i.e. five times more.