LIS Database
The Luxembourg Income Study Database (LIS) is the largest available income database of harmonised microdata collected from about 50 countries in Europe, North America, Latin America, Africa, Asia, and Australasia spanning five decades.
Harmonized into a common framework (2019 Template LIS User Guide), LIS datasets contain household- and person-level data ( List of Variables, Printable version ) on labour income, capital income, pensions, public social benefits (excl. pensions) and private transfers, as well as taxes and contributions, demography, employment, and expenditures.
For generic codebook of the LIS Database variables’ names, definitions, codes, comments, see here.
For extensive documentation on the LIS Database, enter METIS
For users interested in knowing more about the changes between the 2011 and 2019 Template:
– a detailed list of changes between the 2011 and 2019 Template can be accessed here.
– the correspondence between old and new income and consumption LIS variables can be seen here.
– the correspondence between old and new other LIS variables can be seen here.
For users interested in accessing the pre-revised datasets (following the 2011 Template):
– in order to access those pre-revised files, choose the project “LISPRE” from LISSY.
– you can consult the old LIS variable list here.
List of LIS Datasets
Note: Year given is the income reference year, that is the year to which the income data pertain.
Countries | Hist. Data |
Wave I (~ 1980) |
Wave II (~ 1985) |
Wave III (~ 1990) |
Wave IV (~ 1995) |
Wave V (~ 2000) |
Wave VI (~ 2004) |
Wave VII (~ 2007) |
Wave VIII (~ 2010) |
Wave IX (~ 2013) |
Wave X (~ 2016) |
Wave XI (~ 2018) |
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Australia | AU81 | AU85 | AU89 | AU95 | AU01 | AU03 AU04 | AU08 | AU10 | AU14 | *AU16 | *AU18 | |
Austria | AT87 | AT94 AT95 AT97 | AT00 | AT04 | AT07 | AT10 | AT13 | AT16 | ||||
Belgium | BE85 | BE88 BE92 |
BE95 BE97 |
BE00 | BE03 BE04 BE05 |
BE06 BE07 BE08 |
BE09 BE10 BE11 |
BE12 BE13 BE14 |
BE15 BE16 BE17 | |||
Brazil | BR06 | BR09 BR11 |
BR13 | BR16 | ||||||||
Canada | CA71 CA75 |
CA81 | CA87 | CA91 | CA94 CA97 |
CA98 CA00 |
CA04 | CA07 | CA10 | CA12 CA13 CA14 | CA15 CA16 CA17 | |
Chile | CL90 CL92 | CL94 CL96 | CL98 CL00 | CL03 | CL06 | CL09 CL11 | CL13 | CL15 CL17 | ||||
China | CN02 | CN13 | ||||||||||
Colombia | CO04 | CO07 | CO10 | CO13 | CO16 | |||||||
Czech Rep | CZ92 | CZ96 | CZ02 | CZ04 | CZ07 | CZ10 | CZ13 | CZ16 | ||||
Denmark | DK87 | DK92 | DK95 | DK00 | DK04 | DK07 | DK10 | DK13 | DK16 | |||
Dominican Rep. | DO07 | |||||||||||
Egypt | EG12 | *EG18 | ||||||||||
Estonia | EE00 | EE04 | EE07 | EE10 | EE13 | EE16 | ||||||
Finland | FI87 | FI91 | FI95 | FI00 | FI04 | FI07 | FI10 | FI13 | FI16 | |||
France | FR78 | FR84 | FR89 | FR94 | FR00 | FR05 | FR10 | |||||
Germany | DE73 | DE78 DE81 |
DE83 DE84 DE87 |
DE89 DE91 | DE94 DE95 | DE98 DE00 DE01 DE02 | DE03 DE04 DE05 | DE06 DE07 DE08 | DE09 DE10 DE11 | DE12 DE13 DE14 | DE15 DE16 | |
Georgia | GE10 | GE13 | GE16 | |||||||||
Greece | GR95 | GR00 | GR04 | GR07 | GR10 | GR13 | GR16 | |||||
Guatemala | GT06 | GT11 | GT14 | |||||||||
Hungary | HU91 | HU94 | HU99 | HU05 | HU07 | HU09 | HU12 | HU15 | ||||
Iceland | IS04 | IS07 | IS10 | *IS14 | *IS15 *IS16 *IS17 | |||||||
India | IN04 | IN11 | ||||||||||
Ireland | IE87 | IE94 IE95 IE96 |
IE00 IE02 | IE03 IE04 IE05 | IE06 IE07 IE08 | IE09 IE10 IE11 | IE12 IE13 IE14 | IE15 IE16 IE17 | ||||
Israel | IL79 | IL86 | IL92 | IL97 | IL01 *IL02 | *IL03 *IL04 IL05 | *IL06 IL07 *IL08 | *IL09 IL10 *IL11 | IL12 *IL13 IL14 | *IL15 IL16 *IL17 | *IL18 | |
Italy | IT86 IT87 |
IT89 IT91 |
IT93 IT95 |
IT98 IT00 |
IT04 | IT08 | IT10 | IT14 | IT16 | |||
**Ivory Coast | CI02 | CI08 | CI15 | |||||||||
Japan | JP08 | JP10 | JP13 *JP14 | *JP15 *JP16 | ||||||||
Laos | *LA02 | *LA07 | *LA12 | |||||||||
Latvia | *LV13 *LV14 | *LV15 *LV16 *LV17 | *LV18 | |||||||||
Lithuania | LT09 LT10 LT11 | LT12 LT13 LT14 | LT15 LT16 LT17 | |||||||||
Luxembourg | LU85 | LU91 | LU94 LU97 |
LU00 | LU04 | LU07 | LU10 | LU13 | *LU16 | |||
**Mali | *ML11 | *ML13 *ML14 | *ML15 *ML16 *ML17 | *ML18 | ||||||||
Mexico | MX84 | MX89 MX92 |
MX94 MX96 |
MX98 MX00 MX02 |
MX04 | MX08 | MX10 | MX12 MX14 | MX16 | MX18 | ||
Netherlands | NL83 NL87 |
NL90 | NL93 | NL99 | NL04 | NL07 | NL10 | NL13 | *NL15 *NL16 | |||
Norway | NO79 | NO86 | NO91 | NO95 | NO00 | NO04 | NO07 | NO10 | NO13 | *NO16 | ||
Palestine | PS17 | |||||||||||
Panama | PA07 | PA10 | PA13 | PA16 | ||||||||
Paraguay | PY00 | PY04 | PY07 | PY10 | PY13 | PY16 | ||||||
Peru | PE04 | PE07 | PE10 | PE13 | PE16 | |||||||
Poland | PL86 | PL92 | PL95 | PL99 | PL04 | PL07 | PL10 | PL13 | PL16 | |||
Romania | RO95 RO97 |
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Russia | RU00 | RU04 | RU07 | RU10 RU11 | RU13 RU14 | RU15 RU16 RU17 | *RU18 | |||||
Serbia | RS06 | RS10 | RS13 | RS16 | ||||||||
Slovakia | SK92 | SK96 | SK04 | SK07 | SK10 | SK13 *SK14 | *SK15 *SK16 *SK17 | |||||
Slovenia | SI97 | SI99 | SI04 | SI07 | SI10 | SI12 | SI15 | |||||
South Africa | ZA08 | ZA10 | ZA12 | ZA15 ZA17 | ||||||||
South Korea | KR06 | KR08 | KR10 | KR12 KR14 | KR16 | |||||||
Spain | ES80 | ES85 | ES90 | ES95 | ES00 | ES04 | ES07 | ES10 | ES13 | ES16 | ||
Sweden | SE67 SE75 |
SE81 | SE87 | SE92 | SE95 | SE00 | SE05 | |||||
Switzerland | CH82 | CH92 | CH00 CH02 |
CH04 | CH06 CH07 CH08 | CH09 CH10 CH11 | CH12 CH13 CH14 | CH15 CH16 CH17 | ||||
Taiwan | TW81 | TW86 | TW91 | TW95 TW97 |
TW00 | TW05 | TW07 | TW10 | TW13 | TW16 | ||
United Kingdom | UK69 UK74 |
UK79 | UK86 | UK91 | UK94 UK95 |
UK99 UK00 UK01 UK02 | UK03 UK04 UK05 | UK06 UK07 UK08 | UK09 UK10 UK11 | UK12 UK13 UK14 | UK15 UK16 UK17 | *UK18 |
United States | US74 | US79 | US86 | US91 US92 | US93 US94 US95 US96 US97 |
US98 US99 US00 US01 US02 | US03 US04 US05 | US06 US07 US08 | US09 US10 US11 | US12 US13 US14 | US15 US16 US17 | US18 |
Uruguay | UY04 | UY07 | UY10 | UY13 | UY16 | |||||||
**Vietnam | *VN93 | *VN98 VN02 | *VN04 | *VN06 VN08 | *VN10 VN11 | VN13 |
* Forthcoming datasets are listed in red
** The inclusion of Ivory Coast, Mali and Vietnam was accomplished through the research agreements between the Agence Française de Développement (AFD) and LIS. LIS is grateful for this cooperation that allowed for these valuable additions.
For convenience, throughout our documentation, LIS uses short country/territory names – i.e., those that are commonly used in cross-national academia – in conjunction with standard two-letter ISO abbreviations. This convention does not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of LIS concerning the legal status of any country or territory. LIS recognizes that several supranational organizations designate country/territory names which may differ from the ones that LIS uses. Examples include:
United Nations
World Bank
International Labour Organization
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development