LIS Data Utilised Prominently in Recent United Nations Reports
In recent years, data from the Luxembourg Income Study (LIS) and Luxembourg Wealth Study (LWS) Databases have been extensively featured across multiple flagship United Nations publications.
The UNDP Human Development Report 2025 – A Matter of Choice: People and Possibilities in the Age of AI lists LIS among its official statistical references, underscoring the database’s global relevance. Similarly, UN Women’s World Survey on the Role of Women in Development 2024 draws on LIS data for several of its calculations.
At the regional level, the ESCWA Inequality Projection for Poverty Analysis (2024) cites LIS as an additional source for harmonized income distribution data. The UNICEF Report Card 18 – Child Poverty in the Midst of Wealth (2023) also references LIS as a key data source for its analyses.
Moreover, the ECLAC publication La distribución del ingreso y la riqueza: nuevas aproximaciones (2023) features a major chapter constructed directly from the LWS Database, with multiple figures and tables attributed to the “LIS Data Center, Luxembourg Wealth Study Database (LWS).”
Additionally, the ILO Working Paper 128 – Combating Inequalities: What Role for Universal Social Protection? (2024) draws upon LIS data to examine the role of social protection in reducing inequality.
Collectively, these reports highlight the central role of LIS and LWS data in advancing evidence-based policymaking and comparative research on inequality, poverty, and development across the globe.