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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.
Economy Statistics > Income share held by fourth 20% (most recent) by country
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Countries
Amount
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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
Ghana :
22.92 %
1998 ...
#14
Denmark :
22.92 %
1997 ...
#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
Sweden :
22.7 %
2000 ...
#23
Algeria :
22.7 %
1995 ...
#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
Kyrgyzstan :
22.51 %
2003 ...
#33
Spain :
22.51 %
2000 ...
#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
Japan :
21.98 %
1993 ...
#54
Norway :
21.98 %
2000 ...
#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
Ethiopia :
21.47 %
2000 ...
#68
Benin :
21.47 %
2003 ...
#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
El Salvador :
21.16 %
2002 ...
#77
Costa Rica :
21.16 %
2003 ...
#78
Laos :
21.13 %
2002 ...
#79
Pakistan :
21.09 %
2002 ...
#80
Nicaragua :
21.09 %
2001 ...
#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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