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Economy Statistics > Income share held by fourth 20% (most recent) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
(top to bottom)
Date
#1 Sierra Leone
23.7 %
1989 ...
#2 Australia
23.57 %
1994 ...
#3 Netherlands
23.26 %
1999 ...
#4 Niger
23.13 %
1995 ...
#5 Korea, South
23.13 %
1998 ...
#6 Mongolia
23.1 %
2002 ...
#7 Germany
23.09 %
2000 ...
#8 Trinidad and Tobago
23.09 %
1992 ...
#9 Greece
23.04 %
2000 ...
#10 Israel
23.04 %
2001 ...
#11 Serbia and Montenegro
22.98 %
2003 ...
#12 Canada
22.95 %
2000 ...
#13 Denmark
22.92 %
1997 ...
#14 Ghana
22.92 %
1998 ...
#15 Austria
22.88 %
2000 ...
#16 Slovenia
22.86 %
1998 ...
#17 Slovakia
22.82 %
1996 ...
#18 France
22.8 %
1995 ...
#19 Kazakhstan
22.8 %
2003 ...
#20 Italy
22.75 %
2000 ...
#21 Belarus
22.71 %
2002 ...
#22 Algeria
22.7 %
1995 ...
#23 Sweden
22.7 %
2000 ...
#24 Luxembourg
22.69 %
2000 ...
#25 Romania
22.68 %
2003 ...
#26 Bosnia and Herzegovina
22.64 %
2001 ...
#27 Switzerland
22.63 %
2000 ...
#28 New Zealand
22.61 %
1997 ...
#29 Albania
22.61 %
2004 ...
#30 Croatia
22.59 %
2001 ...
#31 Yemen
22.54 %
1998 ...
#32 Spain
22.51 %
2000 ...
#33 Kyrgyzstan
22.51 %
2003 ...
#34 United Kingdom
22.47 %
1999 ...
#35 Estonia
22.42 %
2003 ...
#36 United States
22.41 %
2000 ...
#37 Tajikistan
22.4 %
2003 ...
#38 Hungary
22.38 %
2002 ...
#39 Ukraine
22.38 %
2003 ...
#40 Lithuania
22.34 %
2003 ...
#41 Mauritania
22.31 %
2000 ...
#42 Georgia
22.3 %
2003 ...
#43 Tanzania
22.29 %
2000 ...
#44 Mali
22.23 %
2001 ...
#45 Poland
22.22 %
2002 ...
#46 Macedonia, Republic of
22.18 %
2003 ...
#47 Finland
22.14 %
2000 ...
#48 Bulgaria
22.12 %
2003 ...
#49 Moldova
22.11 %
2003 ...
#50 Singapore
22.02 %
1998 ...
#51 Latvia
22 %
2003 ...
#52 Venezuela
21.99 %
2003 ...
#53 Norway
21.98 %
2000 ...
#54 Japan
21.98 %
1993 ...
#55 Ireland
21.93 %
2000 ...
#56 Portugal
21.91 %
1997 ...
#57 Russia
21.82 %
2002 ...
#58 Saint Lucia
21.75 %
1995 ...
#59 China
21.73 %
2004 ...
#60 Czech Republic
21.73 %
1996 ...
#61 Nigeria
21.71 %
2003 ...
#62 Tunisia
21.68 %
2000 ...
#63 Turkmenistan
21.52 %
1998 ...
#64 Uruguay
21.52 %
2003 ...
#65 Burundi
21.5 %
1998 ...
#66 Iran
21.49 %
1998 ...
#67 Benin
21.47 %
2003 ...
#68 Ethiopia
21.47 %
2000 ...
#69 Guyana
21.43 %
1999 ...
#70 Guinea
21.37 %
2003 ...
#71 Morocco
21.3 %
1999 ...
#72 Jordan
21.29 %
2003 ...
#73 Côte d'Ivoire
21.28 %
2002 ...
#74 Philippines
21.27 %
2003 ...
#75 Azerbaijan
21.23 %
2001 ...
#76 Costa Rica
21.16 %
2003 ...
#77 El Salvador
21.16 %
2002 ...
#78 Laos
21.13 %
2002 ...
#79 Nicaragua
21.09 %
2001 ...
#80 Pakistan
21.09 %
2002 ...
#81 Argentina
21.08 %
2004 ...
#82 Turkey
21.02 %
2003 ...
#83 Uzbekistan
21.01 %
2003 ...
#84 Bangladesh
21 %
2000 ...
#85 Indonesia
20.98 %
2002 ...
#86 Belgium
20.83 %
2000 ...
#87 Zambia
20.8 %
2004 ...
#88 Thailand
20.78 %
2002 ...
#89 Kenya
20.77 %
1997 ...
#90 Hong Kong
20.75 %
1996 ...
#91 Malawi
20.74 %
2004 ...
#92 Jamaica
20.64 %
2004 ...
#93 Armenia
20.58 %
2003 ...
#94 Senegal
20.55 %
2001 ...
#95 Burkina Faso
20.53 %
2003 ...
#96 Vietnam
20.48 %
2004 ...
#97 Madagascar
20.43 %
2001 ...
#98 Sri Lanka
20.41 %
2002 ...
#99 Cameroon
20.4 %
2001 ...
#100 Egypt
20.39 %
2000 ...
#101 India
20.37 %
2004 ...
#102 Malaysia
20.31 %
1997 ...
#103 Gambia, The
20.3 %
1998 ...
#104 Peru
19.71 %
2003 ...
#105 Mexico
19.69 %
2004 ...
#106 Honduras
19.62 %
2003 ...
#107 Cambodia
19.62 %
2004 ...
#108 Panama
19.6 %
2003 ...
#109 Guinea-Bissau
19.44 %
1993 ...
#110 Ecuador
19.41 %
1998 ...
#111 Rwanda
19.36 %
2000 ...
#112 Dominican Republic
19.35 %
2004 ...
#113 Zimbabwe
19.3 %
1996 ...
#114 Papua New Guinea
19.2 %
1996 ...
#115 Uganda
19.14 %
2002 ...
#116 Guatemala
18.96 %
2002 ...
#117 Swaziland
18.94 %
2001 ...
#118 Lesotho
18.78 %
1995 ...
#119 Bolivia
18.74 %
2002 ...
#120 Mozambique
18.73 %
2002 ...
#121 Brazil
18.67 %
2004 ...
#122 Paraguay
18.57 %
2003 ...
#123 Central African Republic
18.54 %
1993 ...
#124 Colombia
18.05 %
2003 ...
#125 Nepal
18.03 %
2004 ...
#126 South Africa
18 %
2000 ...
#127 Chile
17.8 %
2003 ...
#128 Haiti
17.66 %
2001 ...
#129 Botswana
16.03 %
1993 ...
#130 Namibia
11.51 %
1993 ...
Weighted average:
21.2 %
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.
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