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Economy Statistics > Income distribution > Richest 20% (most recent) by country

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Rank   Countries  Amount  (top to bottom)   
#1   Central African Republic: 65% 
#2   South Africa: 64.8% 
#3   Swaziland: 64.4% 
#4   Brazil: 64.1% 
#5   Nicaragua: 63.6% 
#6   Sierra Leone: 63.4% 
#7   Chile: 61% 
#8   Colombia: 60.9% 
#9   Paraguay: 60.7% 
#10   Guatemala: 60.6% 
#11   Burkina Faso: 60.4% 
#12   Lesotho: 60.1% 
#13   Honduras: 59.4% 
#14   Guinea-Bissau: 58.9% 
#15   Mexico: 57.4% 
#16   Zambia: 56.6% 
#17   Papua New Guinea: 56.5% 
#18   El Salvador: 56.4% 
#19   Mali: 56.2% 
#20   Nigeria: 55.7% 
#21   Zimbabwe: 55.7% 
#22   Gambia, The: 55.2% 
#23   Malaysia: 54.3% 
#24   Russia: 53.7% 
#25   Dominican Republic: 53.3% 
#26   Niger: 53.3% 
#27   Venezuela: 53.2% 
#28   Cameroon: 53.1% 
#29   Panama: 52.8% 
#30   Philippines: 52.3% 
#31   Peru: 51.2% 
#32   Kenya: 51.2% 
#33   Costa Rica: 51% 
#34   Armenia: 50.6% 
#35   Ecuador: 49.7% 
#36   Uzbekistan: 49.1% 
#37   Bolivia: 49.1% 
#38   Thailand: 48.4% 
#39   Saint Lucia: 48.3% 
#40   Uruguay: 48.3% 
#41   Senegal: 48.2% 
#42   Burundi: 48% 
#43   Tunisia: 47.9% 
#44   Turkey: 47.7% 
#45   Ethiopia: 47.7% 
#46   Cambodia: 47.6% 
#47   Turkmenistan: 47.5% 
#48   Guinea: 47.2% 
#49   Guyana: 46.9% 
#50   Ghana: 46.7% 
#51   Morocco: 46.6% 
#52   China: 46.6% 
#53   Mozambique: 46.5% 
#54   United States: 46.4% 
#55   India: 46.1% 
#56   Jamaica: 46% 
#57   Trinidad and Tobago: 45.9% 
#58   Estonia: 45.1% 
#59   Laos: 45% 
#60   Uganda: 44.9% 
#61   Nepal: 44.8% 
#62   Madagascar: 44.8% 
#63   Vietnam: 44.5% 
#64   Jordan: 44.4% 
#65   Cote d'Ivoire: 44.2% 
#66   Israel: 44.2% 
#67   Mauritania: 44.1% 
#68   Georgia: 43.6% 
#69   Portugal: 43.4% 
#70   Azerbaijan: 43.3% 
#71   United Kingdom: 43.2% 
#72   Ireland: 42.9% 
#73   Bangladesh: 42.8% 
#74   Sri Lanka: 42.8% 
#75   Algeria: 42.6% 
#76   Kyrgyzstan: 42.5% 
#77   Kazakhstan: 42.3% 
#78   Australia: 41.3% 
#79   Yemen: 41.2% 
#80   Indonesia: 41.1% 
#81   Pakistan: 41.1% 
#82   Mongolia: 40.9% 
#83   Greece: 40.3% 
#84   Lithuania: 40.3% 
#85   Spain: 40.3% 
#86   Switzerland: 40.3% 
#87   Latvia: 40.3% 
#88   France: 40.2% 
#89   Netherlands: 40.1% 
#90   Tajikistan: 40% 
#91   Poland: 39.7% 
#92   Romania: 39.4% 
#93   Canada: 39.3% 
#94   Korea, South: 39.3% 
#95   Rwanda: 39.1% 
#96   Egypt: 39% 
#97   Germany: 38.5% 
#98   Croatia: 38% 
#99   Austria: 38% 
#100   Ukraine: 37.8% 
#101   Slovenia: 37.7% 
#102   Belgium: 37.3% 
#103   Bulgaria: 36.8% 
#104   Luxembourg: 36.5% 
#105   Italy: 36.3% 
#106   Czech Republic: 35.9% 
#107   Norway: 35.8% 
#108   Finland: 35.8% 
#109   Japan: 35.6% 
#110   Denmark: 34.5% 
#111   Sweden: 34.5% 
#112   Hungary: 34.4% 
#113   Belarus: 33.3% 
#114   Slovakia: 31.4% 
Weighted average: 46.7%  


DEFINITION: Share of income or consumption (%). The distribution of income is typically more unequal than the distribution of consumption.

SOURCE: World Bank. 2002. World Development Indicators 2002. CD-ROM. Washington, DC

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