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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.
Economy Statistics > Income share held by third 20% (most recent) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
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
Norway :
17.24 %
2000
= 16
Netherlands :
17.24 %
1999
= 16
Bulgaria :
17.24 %
2003
# 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
= 27
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
Ireland :
16.31 %
2000
= 36
Belgium :
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
= 57
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
= 64
Jordan :
14.94 %
2003
# 66
Russia :
14.92 %
2002
# 67
Ghana :
14.86 %
1998
= 68
Malawi :
14.81 %
2004
= 68
Saint Lucia :
14.81 %
1995
= 70
Morocco :
14.8 %
1999
= 70
Tunisia :
14.8 %
2000
# 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
= 104
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.
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