Seeks to reduce inequality and poverty in over 30 low & middle income countries through rigorous tax and benefit incidence analysis. Publications & data available

Useful listing of the main sources for GINI data on income inequality. See also GINI Research.org

Household and person-level micro data on income, demography, employment, and expenditures from countries in Europe, North America, Latin America, Africa, Asia, and Australasia. Many covering from 1968 onwards. Also the Luxembourg Wealth Study.

Recent attempt to measure & rate the efforts of nations to tackle issues of inequality.

Respected database hosted by UNU-WIDER. Latest release has indicators for over 180 countries from about 1950 onwards.

International project based on research by Piketty, Atkinson and others, providing data for a growing number of countries (back to 19th century in cases). Formerly World Wealth & Income Database. Also important publication: World inequality report 2018

Campaigning organisation that seeks to end unjust debt and its root causes, in relation to personal debt in the UK and public debt in developing countries

Annual list, with filter by age, gender, industry, location

Credit Suisse effort looking at household wealth around the globe. Reports and databooks 2010-

UK survey, carried out annually by ONS since 2006, gathering information on households by level of assets, savings and debt; saving for retirement; how wealth is distributed among households or individuals; and factors that affect financial planning

Global survey by Knight Frank looking at the links between wealth and the property market, 2008-

Annual report compiled since 2007 by Capgemini on the economic situation for "high net worth individuals".

Data from the Bank for International Settlements for around 60 economies, mostly at national level but some city data

The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) was established in 2008 as a result of the financial crisis, and is responsible for the effective supervision of the Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae), the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac), and the Federal Home Loan Bank System. Hosts a number of datasets

IMF website devoted to housing economics.

Enormous compendium of sources & data (c.1800-) compiled by Alan Holman in 2005

Brave effort backed by IFC and Wharton School among others seeking to provide documentation and standardised data relating to housing markets and finance across the world for comparative purposes.

Database of large scale transnational land acquisitions (land grabs).

International collaborative effort to collect & disseminate land related data & information. Maintains land projects database, plus links to other sources

The LSE-Real Estate Economics and Finance (REEF) index is a micro-geographic mix-adjusted property price index. Its unique feature is that it reveals house price trends in about 35,000 lower-layer super output areas in England and Wales from 2010 to 2020.

House price index data, primarily covering OECD countries from c.1970-

Very active research program based at ISER (University of Essex), offering tax-benefit microsimulation models for the EU & the UK that enables researchers to calculate the effects of taxes/benefits on household incomes and work incentives for each country and for the EU

Historical summary tables for income tax (1948-) and national insurance (1975-). More detailed data is available from the HMRC annual Survey of Personal Incomes

Data available Online

Compiled by the European Commission covers all main taxes of EU member countries (personal income tax, corporate tax, VAT, harmonised excise duties, and main social security contributions.

Campaigning group promoting tax compliance & transparency, and opposing tax evasion & tax havens. New (2018-) Financial Secrecy Index. International research and advocacy in the field of tax and regulation, especially the harmful impacts of tax evasion, tax avoidance, tax competition and tax havens.

Dataset with average & marginal personal tax rates harmonised for countries around the world (1981-2005)