Income share held by highest 20% - Income distribution - Poverty - World 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.
Income share held by highest 20% - Income distribution - Poverty - World Development Indicators (Most Recent Data)

Rank

Country

Value

1Namibia (1993)78.25
2Seychelles (2007)69.77
3Comoros (2004)68.13
4Botswana (1994)65
5Micronesia (2000)63.98
6Haiti (2001)62.97
7Belize (1995)62.93
8South Africa (2000)62.65
9Angola (2000)61.86
10Colombia (2006)61.61
11Bolivia (2007)61.24
12Brazil (2007)58.73
13Ecuador (2007)58.51
14Honduras (2006)58.44
15Panama (2006)58.04
16Guatemala (2006)57.83
17Paraguay (2007)57.42
18Suriname (1999)57.4
19Nicaragua (2005)56.88
20Chile (2006)56.75
21Sao Tome and Principe (2001)56.46
22Mexico (2008)56.41
23Lesotho (2003)56.35
24Papua New Guinea (1996)56.35
25Cape Verde (2001)56.14
26Swaziland (2001)55.9
27Zimbabwe (1995)55.74
28Zambia (2004)55.18
29Peru (2007)54.85
30Costa Rica (2007)54.6
31Nepal (2004)54.24
32Ivory Coast (2002)54.11
33Dominican Republic (2007)53.82
34Madagascar (2005)53.49
35Mozambique (2003)53.29
36Republic of the Congo (2005)53.14
37Argentina (2006)53.04
38Bhutan (2003)53.01
39Kenya (2005)52.96
40Gambia (2003)52.84
41Rwanda (2000)52.78
42Uruguay (2007)52.11
43Cambodia (2007)52.05
44El Salvador (2007)52.01
45Qatar (2007)52
46Jamaica (2004)51.15
47Cameroon (2001)50.86
48Hong Kong (1996)50.75
49Democratic Republic of the Congo (2006)50.6
50Philippines (2006)50.41
51Niger (2005)50.32
52Russia (2007)50.18
53Guyana (1998)50.13
54Guinea (2003)49.71
55Central African Republic (2003)49.4
56Uganda (2005)49.33
57Sierra Leone (2003)49.29
58Thailand (2004)48.99
59Singapore (1998)48.97
60St. Lucia (1995)48.82
61Macedonia (2006)48.81
62Venezuela (2006)48.64
63Nigeria (2004)48.61
64Ghana (2006)48.31
65Sri Lanka (2002)47.97
66Gabon (2005)47.93
67Morocco (2007)47.88
68China (2005)47.81
69Turkmenistan (1998)47.23
70Tunisia (2000)47.15
71Burkina Faso (2003)47.07
72Togo (2006)47.06
73Turkey (2006)47.06
74Georgia (2005)46.66
75Chad (2003)46.56
76Djibouti (2002)46.52
77Malawi (2004)46.42
78Mali (2006)46.01
79Benin (2003)45.9
80Trinidad and Tobago (1992)45.89
81Senegal (2005)45.88
82Portugal (1997)45.87
83United States (2000)45.82
84Mauritania (2000)45.66
85Indonesia (2007)45.51
86Vietnam (2006)45.36
87Jordan (2006)45.35
88India (2005)45.34
89Yemen (2005)45.29
90Iran (2005)44.97
91Liberia (2007)44.95
92Israel (2001)44.93
93Moldova (2007)44.57
94Malaysia (2004)44.36
95Maldives (2004)44.35
96Uzbekistan (2003)44.19
97Mongolia (2008)44.02
98United Kingdom (1999)44.02
99New Zealand (1997)43.76
100Montenegro (2007)43.72
101Latvia (2007)43.26
102Bosnia and Herzegovina (2007)43.12
103Estonia (2004)43.01
104Guinea-Bissau (2002)43
105Lithuania (2004)42.75
106Burundi (2006)42.75
107Kyrgyzstan (2007)42.61
108Algeria (1995)42.42
109Poland (2005)42.38
110Tanzania (2000)42.31
111Ireland (2000)42.05
112Italy (2000)42.02
113Spain (2000)42
114Tajikistan (2004)41.87
115Greece (2000)41.49
116Egypt (2005)41.46
117Laos (2002)41.39
118Belgium (2000)41.38
119Switzerland (2000)41.33
120Australia (1994)41.32
121Timor-Leste (2007)41.29
122Albania (2005)40.93
123Bangladesh (2005)40.77
124Pakistan (2005)40.51
125Romania (2007)40.31
126France (1995)40.21
127Canada (2000)39.94
128Kazakhstan (2007)39.86
129Slovenia (2004)39.43
130Ethiopia (2005)39.36
131Armenia (2007)39.18
132Hungary (2004)38.73
133Netherlands (1999)38.68
134Bulgaria (2003)38.08
135Croatia (2005)37.94
136Austria (2000)37.79
137Belarus (2007)37.74
138Serbia (2008)37.47
139South Korea (1998)37.45
140North Korea (1998)37.45
141Norway (2000)37.23
142Ukraine (2008)37.04
143Germany (2000)36.88
144Finland (2000)36.7
145Sweden (2000)36.63
146Czech Republic (1996)36.24
147Denmark (1997)35.8
148Japan (1993)35.65
149Slovakia (1996)34.81
150Azerbaijan (2005)30.15
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