Income Inequality - Income share held by highest 20%

विषय दरिद्रता Income Inequality

Percentage share of income or consumption is the share that accrues to subgroups of population indicated by deciles or quintiles. Percentage shares by quintile may not sum to 100 because of rounding.

Income share held by highest 20% (%)

	1970	1990	2000	2005	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
Costa Rica		49.60	52.10	52.80	53.60	53.90	53.60	54.20	53.90	53.90	54.00	54.00	53.30	53.70	54.40	54.10	52.70	52.10	51.10
Indonesia		40.60	39.90	39.40	42.90	46.00	45.40	47.00	46.70	46.30	44.60	44.10	44.00	43.20	43.30	43.50	44.00	44.60	43.60
Australia					42.00				41.90		40.80		41.50
China		40.80		47.10	49.00	48.10	47.80	46.30	45.80	45.40	45.30	45.90	45.40	45.30	44.70	43.60
Fiji								44.70						39.40
Japan					38.60	39.80	39.40	38.40	38.70	38.20	38.80	38.90	39.60	39.50	39.00
Kiribati														37.40
Republic of Korea					39.10		38.70		38.60		41.50	41.20	40.40	40.20	39.90	40.00
Lao People’s Democratic Republic							44.10						46.40
Malaysia						49.60		47.70		47.30			47.30			46.90
Marshall Islands														43.20
Micronesia (Federated States of)				48.70				46.00
Mongolia					41.10	42.00	41.70		40.30		40.60		40.90				39.80
Myanmar										45.70		39.90
Nauru							40.70
Philippines			53.70				52.70			51.00			49.20			48.00		46.90
Samoa								46.40
Solomon Islands				52.00			44.60
Thailand		52.20	49.70		46.50	45.10	46.30	45.10	44.50	43.70	44.40	43.90	44.00	42.80	42.70	42.70	42.20	41.50
Timor-Leste									38.40
Tonga			44.10							41.70						36.60
Tuvalu					46.40
Vanuatu					44.50									39.90
Viet Nam					46.30		43.00		42.20		42.50		42.90		43.90		43.20
Albania				39.20			37.80		41.70	40.60	41.20	40.70	38.20	38.80	38.00
Armenia				44.70	39.40	38.60	38.70	39.40	40.10	40.70	40.20	42.40	43.00	39.20	35.50	37.70	37.30	36.90
Austria			37.40	37.50	38.40	38.70	38.40	38.90	38.70	38.40	38.60	37.80	38.70	38.20	37.80	38.40	38.90
Azerbaijan				37.80
Belarus			39.10	36.50	37.50	36.30	36.10	36.20	36.70	35.40	35.40	35.50	35.50	35.40	34.80
Belgium			41.40	38.20	37.20	36.80	36.40	36.40	36.90	36.50	36.40	36.30	36.40	36.50	35.50	36.00	36.10
Bosnia and Herzegovina						40.70
Bulgaria					42.20	41.10	42.70	42.80	43.90	44.30	46.30	46.60	47.60	46.60	47.40	45.60	45.10
Croatia			39.90		39.40	39.20	39.40	39.00	39.10	38.40	38.30	37.90	37.70	37.00	37.30	37.10	38.00
Cyprus				39.30	40.40	41.30	42.70	45.10	43.60	42.10	41.40	40.20	41.40	40.10	40.60	40.10	40.40
Czech Republic				36.70	36.40	36.20	36.10	36.40	36.00	35.90	35.80	35.40	35.50	35.70	36.50	36.30	36.00
Denmark			33.90	35.10	36.70	36.80	37.30	37.90	37.70	37.70	37.60	38.00	37.70	37.30	37.00	37.80	38.40
Estonia			43.10	41.30	39.70	40.20	40.70	42.40	42.10	40.40	39.10	38.30	38.30	38.90	39.00	39.90	40.00
Finland			36.60	37.20	37.00	37.10	36.70	36.60	36.40	36.70	36.60	36.90	36.80	37.10	36.70	37.10	37.30
France	44.10	39.90	40.20	38.50	41.80	41.40	41.30	40.90	40.60	40.90	40.20	40.00	40.80	39.20	38.80	39.40	39.20
Georgia			46.20	43.80	45.50	45.70	45.30	44.90	44.30	43.40	43.70	44.50	43.20	42.90	41.50	41.50	40.60	42.10
Germany			37.50	39.80	38.60	39.00	39.10	39.50	38.70	39.40	39.10	39.00	39.70	39.50	40.00
Greece			40.80	41.70	41.00	41.00	42.10	42.20	41.80	41.80	41.30	41.10	40.10	40.10	40.50	40.10	40.70
Hungary			36.90	42.20	37.70	37.60	38.60	39.40	38.70	38.40	38.40	38.50	37.70	37.80	37.80	38.10	38.30
Iceland				38.50	36.00	36.20	36.30	35.30	37.30	36.40	36.70	35.90	35.80
Ireland			40.80	41.80	40.20	40.70	41.10	41.30	40.10	40.20	41.20	40.00	39.70	39.20	38.30	38.50	38.90
Italy			41.30	40.70	41.40	41.70	41.70	41.40	41.00	41.40	41.40	42.10	41.50	41.10	41.70	41.50	40.50
Kazakhstan				46.10	37.70	37.60	37.70	37.00	37.00	36.90	37.20	37.40	37.90	38.10	38.80	39.30
Kyrgyzstan			40.10	41.30	39.20	37.70	37.30	38.30	37.00	38.80	37.20	37.40	37.80	39.50	38.50	38.50	36.40
Latvia				45.40	41.70	42.80	42.30	42.60	42.20	41.50	41.50	42.40	42.30	42.00	42.90	41.50	41.10
Lithuania			39.70	42.60	40.30	39.90	42.00	42.50	44.10	44.10	45.00	43.90	42.80	42.80	43.80	44.10	43.70
Luxembourg		36.90	38.40	39.40	38.80	39.90	41.70	39.70	39.10	40.30	39.20	41.40	42.20	41.40	40.50	40.00	41.10
North Macedonia			40.90	45.40	44.00	43.80	43.10	41.80	40.90	41.10	40.00	39.70	38.80	39.00
Republic of Moldova			43.80	43.70	40.30	39.30	38.40	37.80	36.60	36.90	36.60	36.10	36.00	36.20		36.00	36.30
Montenegro				39.00	37.20	39.30	45.30	44.00	43.80	44.30	43.90	42.20	42.20	41.60	41.40	40.40
Netherlands		39.30		38.00	36.90	37.00	36.90	37.20	37.70	37.40	37.20	37.60	37.20	38.00	35.40	35.20
Norway			36.80	39.70	35.20	34.80	35.20	35.70	35.90	36.50	37.20	36.00	36.60	36.70	37.20	38.10	36.20
Poland			41.00	42.40	40.70	40.60	40.40	40.50	40.30	39.30	39.40	38.20	38.60	37.60	37.30	37.30	37.60
Portugal				46.10	43.40	43.80	43.20	43.10	42.60	42.70	42.60	41.60	41.40	40.90	42.10	42.60	43.90
Romania			37.90	38.40	41.10	41.20	41.80	41.60	40.70	40.70	39.60	41.00	41.20	40.40	40.00	39.90	38.30
Russian Federation			43.70	47.70	46.60	47.00	47.80	48.00	43.40	42.90	43.20	42.30	42.30	42.70	41.30	42.40
Serbia				43.70	37.90		44.90	44.30	44.80	44.90	43.50	41.40	41.00	41.10	41.70	40.30	39.80
Slovakia				38.30	36.10	35.40	34.90	36.40	34.50	35.00	33.90	32.60	33.80	32.80	33.30	33.30	32.40
Slovenia				34.60	34.80	34.80	35.20	35.60	35.40	35.10	34.70	34.40	34.90	34.60	34.40	34.60	34.70
Spain		39.60	41.00	39.60	41.70	41.80	41.60	41.90	41.90	42.10	41.70	41.00	41.00	40.60	41.00	40.40	40.40
Sweden			36.20	35.60	36.60	36.30	36.40	37.00	37.00	37.60	37.80	37.10	37.80	37.50	37.20	37.70	39.10
Switzerland			40.90		40.40	39.70	39.80	40.50	40.50	40.20	40.80	40.60	40.80	41.60	41.50	41.50
Tajikistan										41.70
Turkey				48.30	45.20	46.50	46.60	46.60	47.70	49.20	48.30	49.40	48.30	49.60	48.80	50.10	50.50
Ukraine				38.00	35.20	34.90	35.00	35.10	34.60	35.60	35.10	36.00	36.10	36.50	35.90
United Kingdom	37.30	42.60	45.50	42.50	41.20	40.60	40.60	40.20	40.50	40.50	40.30	39.80	40.80	39.90	40.00	39.70
Uzbekistan			43.60													40.20	38.60	41.30
Argentina			55.10	52.10	48.60	47.90	46.60	46.20	47.00		47.50	46.70	46.90	48.30	47.70	47.80	46.60	47.80
Barbados											41.20
Belize													46.30
Bolivia		48.20	64.10	61.90		50.60	50.60	51.90	52.30	51.10	49.40	49.00	47.50	47.30	49.00	46.70	46.70	47.70
Brazil		64.60		60.70		57.50	58.10	57.50	56.90	56.70	58.00	57.80	58.30	57.80	54.70	57.50	56.90	56.60
Chile		62.50	58.00			53.40		53.60		52.10		52.00			53.30		49.90
Colombia			62.10	59.00	59.20	58.20	57.30	57.30	57.20	55.80	55.50	54.80	55.40	56.10	57.90	59.80	59.60	58.70
Dominican Republic			56.20	55.30	52.90	53.20	52.00	53.60	50.20	51.10	51.50	48.90	50.10	48.60	46.50	45.70	44.00	44.90
Ecuador			60.70	57.50	53.90	51.00	51.10	52.20	50.60	51.30	50.50	50.10	51.00	51.00	52.30	51.30	50.90	49.80
El Salvador			55.70	53.20	49.40	48.70	48.20	49.60	48.00	47.20	46.40	44.70	45.20	45.60		45.00	44.80	45.80
Grenada													50.40
Guatemala			59.10						53.60									50.60
Haiti							47.10
Honduras		59.90		62.90	57.10	56.70	57.40	54.30	54.50	53.80	53.90	53.70	53.00	52.20				50.80
Jamaica		47.90											43.10			45.80
Mexico			58.20	55.80	53.20		55.20		54.80		52.90		52.10		50.70		49.80
Nicaragua				54.60					52.10
Panama			60.10	57.70	56.00	55.80	56.10	56.00	54.80	55.30	54.80	54.20	53.60	54.40		55.60		53.50
Paraguay		47.10		56.30	55.60	56.70	52.50	53.10	55.60	52.70	53.10	53.90	51.50	51.10	49.30	48.90	50.30	50.00
Peru			53.20	54.70	50.30	49.50	49.30	48.90	48.30	48.70	48.80	48.40	47.90	47.20	49.10	46.30	46.50	46.60
Saint Lucia										50.30
Suriname																	45.60
Uruguay			48.60	50.20	50.10	48.00	45.80	46.40	46.10	46.10	45.80	45.70	45.90	45.90	46.20	46.80	46.70	46.90
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)				52.90
Algeria						37.20
Djibouti							50.30	49.90				47.60
Egypt		41.10			40.10		38.60			41.50		41.00		41.30		38.60
Iran		49.40		49.60		42.20	42.20	41.90	42.40	42.90	43.50	44.00	44.70	43.80	43.20	42.80	42.20	43.30
Iraq							38.50											38.90
Israel				46.80	46.90	45.80	45.70	44.60	44.40	44.50	43.90	42.90	43.40	43.10	42.90	43.00
Jordan					42.40
Lebanon						39.90
Malta					37.60	37.80	38.00	37.80	37.80	38.10	37.90	38.00	37.40	39.40	39.70	40.20	42.20
Morocco		46.10	47.80					47.00
Qatar												41.90
Syrian Arab Republic																	35.90
Tunisia		46.40	47.30	44.70	45.30					40.90						41.60
United Arab Emirates								38.20					34.80
फिलिस्तीन				42.30	43.20	42.50					41.10							43.00
Yemen				43.20					44.70
Canada		38.50	40.40	40.50	40.60	39.90	40.20	40.30	40.10	40.50	39.80	40.30	39.70	39.10	38.10
United States of America	42.40	43.60	45.60	46.50	45.40	46.30	46.20	46.10	47.00	46.70	46.50	46.40	46.90	47.00	45.50	45.70	46.80	46.80
Bangladesh			42.70	42.50	41.50						41.40						42.00
Bhutan							46.00					44.40					37.30
India						38.80											36.10
Maldives											39.80			38.50
Nepal					41.50												39.00
Pakistan		41.80		41.10	38.90	39.80		39.40		41.00			39.60
Sri Lanka		41.70					46.60				47.20			45.70
Angola			56.10										55.60
Benin						50.70				52.10			45.50			42.30
Botswana										59.90
Burkina Faso									44.30				50.30			45.30
Burundi								46.30							45.00
केप वर्दे										48.70
Cameroon									51.70							47.90
Central African Republic																49.20
Chad						48.80							45.20				44.90
Comoros									50.30
Congo				53.20		53.70
Côte d'Ivoire										47.70			44.70			43.30
Democratic Republic of the Congo							48.40								51.10
Equatorial Guinea																	45.40
Ethiopia					41.70					43.00						39.70
Gabon				48.70								44.40
Ghana				48.60			48.30				48.60
Guinea							41.50						38.20
Guinea Bissau					56.70								43.00			41.60
Kenya				52.10						47.50					44.10	46.60
Lesotho												49.70
Liberia									41.30		42.80
Madagascar				47.50	49.50		49.40
Malawi					51.80						51.70			46.20
Mali													43.80			43.90
Mauritania			45.70						40.20					40.00
Mauritius							46.20					44.60
Mozambique									59.50					56.00
Namibia										63.70
Niger				50.90		40.70			42.40				45.60			42.20
Nigeria					42.90		42.80			43.10			42.40
Rwanda			54.90	58.00	54.10			52.20			50.80
Sao Tome and Principe			40.20		39.50							47.90
Senegal				45.70		46.90							45.90			43.90
Seychelles								53.00					39.10
Sierra Leone						42.40							44.20
South Africa			62.70	71.00	68.90				68.20
South Sudan											49.50
Sudan									42.40
इस्वातिनी			59.50								60.20
United Republic of Tanzania			44.70			45.80							48.10
Gambia					49.80					43.60					45.60
Togo						51.60				48.60			49.10			45.20
Uganda				49.80			48.30				49.80			49.50
Zambia					57.50					60.20							56.40
Zimbabwe						49.70						51.10

Income share held by highest 20% (%)

Knoema

Legal