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SOURCE
World Bank. 2002. World Development Indicators 2002. CD-ROM. Washington, DC
DEFINITION
Share of income or consumption (%). The distribution of income is typically more unequal than the distribution of consumption.
Economy Statistics > Income distribution > Richest 20% (most recent) by country
Showing latest available data.
| 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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