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Economy Statistics > Income share held by third 20% (most recent) by country

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Rank   Countries  Amount  (top to bottom)    Date  
#1   Slovakia: 18.74 %   1996 ...
#2   Denmark: 18.2 %   1997 ...
#3   Slovenia: 18.08 %   1998 ...
#4   Korea, South: 17.95 %   1998 ...
#5   Bosnia and Herzegovina: 17.91 %   2001 ...
#6   Germany: 17.79 %   2000 ...
#7   Czech Republic: 17.65 %   1996 ...
#8   Hungary: 17.63 %   2002 ...
#9   Japan: 17.58 %   1993 ...
#10   Sweden: 17.57 %   2000 ...
#11   Finland: 17.47 %   2000 ...
#12   Austria: 17.44 %   2000 ...
#13   Serbia and Montenegro: 17.32 %   2003 ...
#14   Ukraine: 17.3 %   2003 ...
#15   Belarus: 17.29 %   2002 ...
#16   Bulgaria: 17.24 %   2003 ...
#17   Netherlands: 17.24 %   1999 ...
#18   Norway: 17.24 %   2000 ...
#19   Australia: 17.2 %   1994 ...
#20   France: 17.19 %   1995 ...
#21   Canada: 17.18 %   2000 ...
#22   Romania: 17.14 %   2003 ...
#23   Luxembourg: 17.1 %   2000 ...
#24   Albania: 17.04 %   2004 ...
#25   Greece: 16.84 %   2000 ...
#26   Mongolia: 16.79 %   2002 ...
#27   Ethiopia: 16.76 %   2000 ...
#28   Croatia: 16.76 %   2001 ...
#29   Italy: 16.75 %   2000 ...
#30   Yemen: 16.69 %   1998 ...
#31   Tajikistan: 16.5 %   2003 ...
#32   Moldova: 16.46 %   2003 ...
#33   Spain: 16.43 %   2000 ...
#34   Kyrgyzstan: 16.4 %   2003 ...
#35   Kazakhstan: 16.39 %   2003 ...
#36   Belgium: 16.31 %   2000 ...
#37   Ireland: 16.31 %   2000 ...
#38   Switzerland: 16.29 %   2000 ...
#39   Pakistan: 16.27 %   2002 ...
#40   Estonia: 16.26 %   2003 ...
#41   Poland: 16.11 %   2002 ...
#42   Algeria: 16.1 %   1995 ...
#43   Tanzania: 16.08 %   2000 ...
#44   Lithuania: 16.04 %   2003 ...
#45   United Kingdom: 15.96 %   1999 ...
#46   Israel: 15.86 %   2001 ...
#47   New Zealand: 15.81 %   1997 ...
#48   Armenia: 15.74 %   2003 ...
#49   United States: 15.66 %   2000 ...
#50   Laos: 15.62 %   2002 ...
#51   Bangladesh: 15.6 %   2000 ...
#52   Latvia: 15.52 %   2003 ...
#53   Macedonia, Republic of: 15.48 %   2003 ...
#54   Portugal: 15.45 %   1997 ...
#55   Benin: 15.44 %   2003 ...
#56   Indonesia: 15.41 %   2002 ...
#57   Egypt: 15.38 %   2000 ...
#58   Uzbekistan: 15.38 %   2003 ...
#59   Trinidad and Tobago: 15.33 %   1992 ...
#60   Georgia: 15.32 %   2003 ...
#61   Azerbaijan: 15.31 %   2001 ...
#62   Mauritania: 15.24 %   2000 ...
#63   Burundi: 15.09 %   1998 ...
#64   India: 14.94 %   2004 ...
#65   Jordan: 14.94 %   2003 ...
#66   Russia: 14.92 %   2002 ...
#67   Ghana: 14.86 %   1998 ...
#68   Malawi: 14.81 %   2004 ...
#69   Saint Lucia: 14.81 %   1995 ...
#70   Tunisia: 14.8 %   2000 ...
#71   Morocco: 14.8 %   1999 ...
#72   Guinea: 14.75 %   2003 ...
#73   Mali: 14.74 %   2001 ...
#74   Turkmenistan: 14.73 %   1998 ...
#75   Vietnam: 14.72 %   2004 ...
#76   Singapore: 14.55 %   1998 ...
#77   Guyana: 14.53 %   1999 ...
#78   Burkina Faso: 14.5 %   2003 ...
#79   Nigeria: 14.48 %   2003 ...
#80   Kenya: 14.29 %   1997 ...
#81   Turkey: 14.23 %   2003 ...
#82   Senegal: 14.22 %   2001 ...
#83   Sri Lanka: 14.2 %   2002 ...
#84   Nicaragua: 14.18 %   2001 ...
#85   Iran: 14.09 %   1998 ...
#86   Uruguay: 13.99 %   2003 ...
#87   Thailand: 13.97 %   2002 ...
#88   Venezuela: 13.94 %   2003 ...
#89   Niger: 13.92 %   1995 ...
#90   Hong Kong: 13.85 %   1996 ...
#91   Cambodia: 13.74 %   2004 ...
#92   Cameroon: 13.7 %   2001 ...
#93   China: 13.68 %   2004 ...
#94   Côte d'Ivoire: 13.67 %   2002 ...
#95   Philippines: 13.57 %   2003 ...
#96   Uganda: 13.23 %   2002 ...
#97   Jamaica: 13.22 %   2004 ...
#98   Rwanda: 13.15 %   2000 ...
#99   Guinea-Bissau: 13.12 %   1993 ...
#100   Costa Rica: 13.06 %   2003 ...
#101   Mozambique: 13.03 %   2002 ...
#102   Malaysia: 12.85 %   1997 ...
#103   Argentina: 12.82 %   2004 ...
#104   El Salvador: 12.77 %   2002 ...
#105   Gambia, The: 12.77 %   1998 ...
#106   Madagascar: 12.7 %   2001 ...
#107   Mexico: 12.64 %   2004 ...
#108   Zambia: 12.62 %   2004 ...
#109   Nepal: 12.36 %   2004 ...
#110   Swaziland: 12.27 %   2001 ...
#111   Zimbabwe: 12.19 %   1996 ...
#112   Peru: 12.18 %   2003 ...
#113   Dominican Republic: 12.14 %   2004 ...
#114   Papua New Guinea: 11.9 %   1996 ...
#115   Ecuador: 11.71 %   1998 ...
#116   Guatemala: 11.58 %   2002 ...
#117   Honduras: 11.57 %   2003 ...
#118   Panama: 11.41 %   2003 ...
#119   Chile: 11.14 %   2003 ...
#120   Brazil: 10.96 %   2004 ...
#121   Bolivia: 10.87 %   2002 ...
#122   Paraguay: 10.85 %   2003 ...
#123   Colombia: 10.6 %   2003 ...
#124   Haiti: 10.36 %   2001 ...
#125   South Africa: 10.04 %   2000 ...
#126   Sierra Leone: 9.8 %   1989 ...
#127   Botswana: 9.71 %   1993 ...
#128   Central African Republic: 9.56 %   1993 ...
#129   Lesotho: 8.94 %   1995 ...
#130   Namibia: 5.41 %   1993 ...
Weighted average: 14.7 %   


DEFINITION: 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 Development Indicators database

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