Income share held by highest 20% - Basic indicators - Basic Inds. and Nat. Accts - African Development Indicators

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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. Source: World Bank staff estimates based on primary household survey data obtained from government statistical agencies and World Bank country departments. Data for high-income economies are from the Luxembourg Income Study database. For more information and methodology, please see PovcalNet (http://iresearch.worldbank.org/PovcalNet/jsp/index.jsp).
Income share held by highest 20% - Basic indicators - Basic Inds. and Nat. Accts - African Development Indicators (Most Recent Data)

Rank

Country

Value
1Namibia (1993)78.25
2Comoros (2004)68.02
3Botswana (1995)65
4South Africa (2000)62.65
5Angola (2000)61.86
6Lesotho (2003)56.35
7Cape Verde (2001)55.9
8Swaziland (2001)55.9
9Zimbabwe (1995)55.74
10Zambia (2004)55.18
11Ivory Coast (2002)54.11
12Madagascar (2005)53.49
13Mozambique (2003)53.29
14Republic of the Congo (2005)53.14
15Kenya (2005)52.96
16Gambia (2003)52.84
17Rwanda (2000)52.57
18Cameroon (2001)50.86
19Democratic Republic of the Congo (2006)50.6
20Niger (2005)50.32
21Guinea (2003)49.71
22Central African Republic (2003)49.4
23Uganda (2005)49.33
24Sierra Leone (2003)49.29
25Nigeria (2004)48.61
26Ghana (2006)48.55
27Gabon (2005)47.93
28Morocco (2007)47.88
29Tunisia (2000)47.15
30Burkina Faso (2003)47.07
31Chad (2003)46.56
32Malawi (2004)46.53
33Djibouti (2002)46.47
34Mali (2006)46.01
35Benin (2003)45.9
36Senegal (2005)45.88
37Mauritania (2000)45.66
38Liberia (2007)44.95
39Guinea-Bissau (2002)43
40Burundi (2006)42.75
41Algeria (1995)42.42
42Togo (2006)42.4
43Tanzania (2000)42.31
44Egypt (2005)41.46
45Ethiopia (2005)39.36
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