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

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Rank   Countries  Amount 
# 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% 
= 20   Zimbabwe: 55.7% 
# 22   Gambia, The: 55.2% 
# 23   Malaysia: 54.3% 
# 24   Russia: 53.7% 
= 25   Dominican Republic: 53.3% 
= 25   Niger: 53.3% 
# 27   Venezuela: 53.2% 
# 28   Cameroon: 53.1% 
# 29   Panama: 52.8% 
# 30   Philippines: 52.3% 
= 31   Peru: 51.2% 
= 31   Kenya: 51.2% 
# 33   Costa Rica: 51% 
# 34   Armenia: 50.6% 
# 35   Ecuador: 49.7% 
= 36   Bolivia: 49.1% 
= 36   Uzbekistan: 49.1% 
# 38   Thailand: 48.4% 
= 39   Saint Lucia: 48.3% 
= 39   Uruguay: 48.3% 
# 41   Senegal: 48.2% 
# 42   Burundi: 48% 
# 43   Tunisia: 47.9% 
= 44   Ethiopia: 47.7% 
= 44   Turkey: 47.7% 
# 46   Cambodia: 47.6% 
# 47   Turkmenistan: 47.5% 
# 48   Guinea: 47.2% 
# 49   Guyana: 46.9% 
# 50   Ghana: 46.7% 
= 51   China: 46.6% 
= 51   Morocco: 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   Madagascar: 44.8% 
= 61   Nepal: 44.8% 
# 63   Vietnam: 44.5% 
# 64   Jordan: 44.4% 
= 65   Israel: 44.2% 
= 65   Cote d'Ivoire: 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% 
= 73   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% 
= 80   Pakistan: 41.1% 
# 82   Mongolia: 40.9% 
= 83   Lithuania: 40.3% 
= 83   Latvia: 40.3% 
= 83   Greece: 40.3% 
= 83   Switzerland: 40.3% 
= 83   Spain: 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% 
= 93   Korea, South: 39.3% 
# 95   Rwanda: 39.1% 
# 96   Egypt: 39% 
# 97   Germany: 38.5% 
= 98   Austria: 38% 
= 98   Croatia: 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   Finland: 35.8% 
= 107   Norway: 35.8% 
# 109   Japan: 35.6% 
= 110   Denmark: 34.5% 
= 110   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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