Inequality may refer to:

Economics

* Attention inequality, unequal distribution of attention across users, groups of people, issues in etc. in attention economy *

Economic inequality There are wide varieties of economic inequality, most notably income inequality measured using the distribution of income (the amount of money people are paid) and wealth inequality measured using the distribution of wealth (the amount of w ...

, difference in economic well-being between population groups * Spatial inequality, the unequal distribution of income and resources across geographical regions *

Income inequality metrics Income inequality metrics or income distribution metrics are used by social scientists to measure the distribution of income and economic inequality among the participants in a particular economy, such as that of a specific country or of the world ...

, used to measure income and economic inequality among participants in a particular economy *

International inequality International inequality refers to inequality between countries, as compared to global inequality, which is inequality between people across countries. International inequality research has primarily been concentrated on the rise of internati ...

, economic differences between countries

Healthcare

Health equity Health equity arises from access to the social determinants of health, specifically from wealth, power and prestige. Individuals who have consistently been deprived of these three determinants are significantly disadvantaged from health inequitie ...

, the study of differences in the quality of health and healthcare across different populations

Mathematics

Inequality (mathematics) In mathematics, an inequality is a relation which makes a non-equal comparison between two numbers or other mathematical expressions. It is used most often to compare two numbers on the number line by their size. There are several different ...

, a relation between two values when they are different

Social sciences

Educational inequality Educational inequality is the unequal distribution of academic resources, including but not limited to; school funding, qualified and experienced teachers, books, and technologies, to socially excluded communities. These communities tend to be his ...

, the unequal distribution of academic resources to socially excluded communities *

Gender inequality Gender inequality is the social phenomenon in which men and women are not treated equally. The treatment may arise from distinctions regarding biology, psychology, or cultural norms prevalent in the society. Some of these distinctions are empir ...

, unequal treatment or perceptions of individuals due to their gender *

Participation inequality In social sciences, participation inequality consists of difference between levels of participation of various groups in certain activities. Common examples include: * differing levels of participation in democratic, electoral politics, by social cl ...

, the phenomenon in which a small percentage of people contributes the majority of information to the total outcome *

Racial inequality Social inequality occurs when resources in a given society are distributed unevenly, typically through norms of allocation, that engender specific patterns along lines of socially defined categories of persons. It posses and creates gender c ...

, hierarchical social distinctions between racial and ethnic categories within a society *

Social inequality Social inequality occurs when resources in a given society are distributed unevenly, typically through norms of allocation, that engender specific patterns along lines of socially defined categories of persons. It posses and creates gender c ...

, unequal opportunities and rewards for different social positions or statuses within a group

Economics

Healthcare

Mathematics

Social sciences

See also