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Income share held by highest 20% — series 2

Name: Income share held by highest 20% — series 2
Creator: World Bank World Development Indicators
Keywords: economic, %, income, share, held, highest, series

Latest available country observation from World Bank World Development Indicators, through 2025. Countries can have different observation years; compare broad patterns rather than treating all values as one survey wave.

Source: World Bank World Development Indicators•170 countries

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Key Insights

Global Average

43.7%

Median: 43.0%

Countries Covered

170

with available data

Highest

Namibia

63.7%

Lowest

Slovakia

32.8%

Top 5 Countries

1Namibia63.7%

2Eswatini60.2%

3Botswana59.9%

4South Africa59.5%

5Colombia58.9%

By Region

South America50.8%(7 countries)

North America46.5%(4 countries)

Africa46.0%(9 countries)

Other44.9%(96 countries)

Asia41.9%(21 countries)

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (32.8%)High (63.7%)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 43.7%)

South America (7)

North America (4)

Africa (9)

Other (96)

Asia (21)

Oceania (1)

Europe (32)

Percentile Profile

The curve shows how values change from the lowest to the highest country. Steep sections reveal inequality or outliers.

0th percentile · lowest100th percentile · highest

About This Statistic

Methodology

Country values are taken from the latest observation available in the linked source series.

Full Data

Rank ↑	Country ↕	Value ↕
1	Namibia	63.7%
2	Eswatini	60.2%
3	Botswana	59.9%
4	South Africa	59.5%
5	Colombia	58.9%
6	Zambia	56.4%
7	Zimbabwe	56.1%
8	Angola	55.6%
9	Mozambique	55.5%
10	Brazil	55.4%
11	Panama	54.3%
12	Republic of the Congo	53.7%
13	Nicaragua	52.1%
14	Ecuador	51.5%
15	Democratic Republic of the Congo	51.1%
16	Costa Rica	50.9%
17	Guatemala	50.6%
18	Grenada	50.4%
19	Saint Lucia	50.3%
20	Paraguay	50.2%
21	Guyana	50.1%
22	Honduras	50.0%
23	Chile	49.9%
24	Lesotho	49.7%
25	Türkiye	49.7%
26	South Sudan	49.5%
27	Uganda	49.5%
28	Venezuela	49.5%
29	Central African Republic	49.2%
30	Mexico	48.9%
31	Cape Verde	48.7%
32	Ghana	48.6%
33	United Republic of Tanzania	48.1%
34	Cameroon	47.9%
35	Sao Tome and Principe	47.9%
36	Argentina	47.9%
37	Djibouti	47.6%
38	Rwanda	47.6%
39	Turkmenistan	47.4%
40	Papua New Guinea	47.3%
41	Haiti	47.1%
42	United States of America	47.1%
43	Morocco	47.0%
44	Malaysia	46.9%
45	Philippines	46.9%
46	Bolivia	46.7%
47	Tuvalu	46.4%
48	Samoa	46.4%
49	Kenya	46.3%
50	Belize	46.3%
51	Bulgaria	46.2%
52	Malawi	46.2%
53	Peru	46.2%
54	Trinidad and Tobago	46.1%
55	Uruguay	46.1%
56	Micronesia, Federated States of	46.0%
57	El Salvador	45.8%
58	Jamaica	45.8%
59	Sri Lanka	45.7%
60	Republic of The Gambia	45.6%
61	Suriname	45.6%
62	Dominican Republic	45.4%
63	Equatorial Guinea	45.4%
64	Burkina Faso	45.3%
65	Togo	45.2%
66	Burundi	45.0%
67	Chad	44.9%
68	Madagascar	44.7%
69	Yemen	44.7%
70	Mauritius	44.6%
71	Solomon Islands	44.6%
72	Gabon	44.4%
73	Sierra Leone	44.2%
74	Mali	43.9%
75	Senegal	43.9%
76	People's Republic of China	43.7%
77	Israel	43.5%
78	Islamic Republic of Iran	43.3%
79	Cote d'Ivoire	43.3%
80	Tajikistan	43.3%
81	Indonesia	43.2%
82	Marshall Islands	43.2%
83	Vietnam	43.2%
84	Lao People's Democratic Republic	43.1%
85	State of Palestine	43.0%
86	Lithuania	42.9%
87	Liberia	42.8%
88	Jordan	42.4%
89	Sudan	42.4%
90	Benin	42.3%
91	Lebanon	42.3%
92	Niger	42.2%
93	Pakistan	42.2%
94	Qatar	41.9%
95	Portugal	41.8%
96	Nigeria	41.6%
97	Guinea-Bissau	41.6%
98	Tunisia	41.6%
99	Georgia	41.5%
100	Latvia	41.5%
101	Switzerland	41.5%
102	Thailand	41.5%
103	Australia	41.3%
104	Barbados	41.2%
105	Italy	41.1%
106	Russian Federation	41.0%
107	Germany	40.9%
108	Greece	40.8%
109	Luxembourg	40.7%
110	Nauru	40.7%
111	Cyprus	40.6%
112	Montenegro	40.4%
113	South Korea	40.3%
114	Spain	40.2%
115	Bangladesh	40.1%
116	Mauritania	40.0%
117	United Kingdom	40.0%
118	Uzbekistan	40.0%
119	Myanmar	39.9%
120	Vanuatu	39.9%
121	Serbia	39.9%
122	Malta	39.8%
123	Mongolia	39.8%
124	Ethiopia	39.7%
125	France	39.7%
126	Canada	39.5%
127	Fiji	39.4%
128	Japan	39.4%
129	Comoros	39.3%
130	Estonia	39.3%
131	Kazakhstan	39.3%
132	Denmark	39.2%
133	Seychelles	39.1%
134	Nepal	39.0%
135	The Republic of North Macedonia	39.0%
136	Austria	39.0%
137	Iraq	38.9%
138	Bosnia and Herzegovina	38.7%
139	Egypt	38.6%
140	Hungary	38.5%
141	Maldives	38.5%
142	Timor-Leste	38.4%
143	Ireland	38.3%
144	Guinea	38.2%
145	Croatia	38.0%
146	Albania	38.0%
147	Azerbaijan	37.8%
148	Kyrgyzstan	37.3%
149	Poland	37.3%
150	Bhutan	37.3%
151	Sweden	37.2%
152	Algeria	37.2%
153	Armenia	37.2%
154	Moldova, Republic of	37.0%
155	Romania	36.9%
156	Finland	36.7%
157	Tonga	36.6%
158	Iceland	36.3%
159	Belgium	36.3%
160	India	36.1%
161	Ukraine	35.9%
162	Norway	35.8%
163	Czech Republic	35.5%
164	Netherlands	35.2%
165	Kiribati	35.1%
166	Syrian Arab Republic	35.1%
167	Belarus	34.8%
168	Slovenia	34.8%
169	United Arab Emirates	34.8%
170	Slovakia	32.8%

Showing 170 of 170 countries

Topics

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Data Source

This data comes from World Bank World Development Indicators (2025).

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