countries differ widely in the dispersion of earnings among fulltime workers with chile the united states and portugal being the most unequal countries and belgium denmark and switzerland being the most equal ones figure inequality is higher in all countries when extending the analysis to parttime workers or the entire working age population ie also including the unemployed and the inactive reflecting the large income differentials between these groups and fulltime workers this effect is particularly large for countries where parttime workers make up a sizable share of total employment eg australia germany japan the united kingdom and where unemployment and inactivity rates are high eg belgium chile hungary italy