World Data Atlas Topics Poverty and Equity

Income Share

Country (%)
South Africa 68.2 in 2014 WB + 1 other
Namibia 63.7 in 2015 WB + 1 other
Sao Tome and Principe 61.2 in 2017 WB + 1 other
Eswatini 60.3 in 2016 WB + 1 other
Botswana 58.5 in 2015 WB + 1 other
Belize 57.7 in 1999 WB + 1 other
Angola 55.6 in 2018 WB + 1 other
Saint Lucia 55.4 in 2016 WB + 1 other
Congo 53.7 in 2011 WB + 1 other
Guatemala 53.6 in 2014 WB + 1 other
Honduras 52.2 in 2019 WB + 1 other
Nicaragua 52 in 2014 WB + 1 other
Zimbabwe 51.1 in 2017 WB + 1 other
Rwanda 50.8 in 2016 WB + 1 other
Comoros 50.4 in 2014 WB + 1 other
Guyana 50.2 in 1998 WB + 1 other
Lesotho 49.8 in 2017 WB + 1 other
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 49.5 in 2006 WB + 1 other
Madagascar 49.4 in 2012 WB + 1 other
Cabo Verde 48.7 in 2015 WB + 1 other
Ghana 48.6 in 2016 WB + 1 other
Djibouti 47.6 in 2017 WB + 1 other
Turkmenistan 47.5 in 1998 WB + 1 other
Papua New Guinea 47.3 in 2009 WB + 1 other
Haiti 47.1 in 2012 WB + 1 other
Morocco 47 in 2013 WB + 1 other
Lao People’s Democratic Republic 46.4 in 2018 WB + 1 other
Tuvalu 46.4 in 2010 WB + 1 other
Samoa 46.3 in 2013 WB + 1 other
Micronesia (Federated States of) 46 in 2013 WB + 1 other
Trinidad and Tobago 45.9 in 1992 WB + 1 other
Yemen 44.7 in 2014 WB + 1 other
Mauritius 44.6 in 2017 WB + 1 other
Solomon Islands 44.6 in 2012 WB + 1 other
Gabon 44.4 in 2017 WB + 1 other
Sierra Leone 44.2 in 2018 WB + 1 other
Ethiopia 43 in 2015 WB + 1 other
Liberia 42.8 in 2016 WB + 1 other
Jordan 42.4 in 2010 WB + 1 other
Nigeria 42.4 in 2018 WB + 1 other
Sudan 42.4 in 2014 WB + 1 other
Tajikistan 41.7 in 2015 WB + 1 other
Nepal 41.5 in 2010 WB + 1 other
Japan 41.1 in 2013 WB + 1 other
Pakistan 41.1 in 2018 WB + 1 other
Palestine 41.1 in 2016 WB + 1 other
Bosnia and Herzegovina 40.7 in 2011 WB + 1 other
Lebanon 40 in 2011 WB + 1 other
Myanmar 40 in 2017 WB + 1 other
Republic of Korea 39.1 in 2016 WB + 1 other
Seychelles 39.1 in 2018 WB + 1 other
Iraq 38.5 in 2012 WB + 1 other
Timor-Leste 38.4 in 2014 WB + 1 other
Azerbaijan 37.8 in 2005 WB + 1 other
Algeria 37.2 in 2011 WB + 1 other
Iceland 35.9 in 2017 WB + 1 other
North Macedonia 24.8 in 2019 WB + 1 other
Montenegro 24 in 2021 WB + 1 other
Romania 24 in 2021 WB + 1 other
United Arab Emirates 23.9 in 2018 WB
Israel 23.7 in 2021 WB + 1 other
Spain 23.6 in 2021 WB + 1 other
Slovakia 23.4 in 2021 WB + 1 other
Uzbekistan 23.3 in 2022 WB + 1 other
Croatia 23.2 in 2021 WB + 1 other
Sweden 23.2 in 2021 WB + 1 other
Estonia 23.1 in 2021 WB + 1 other
Greece 23.1 in 2021 WB + 1 other
Luxembourg 23.1 in 2021 WB + 1 other
Syrian Arab Republic 23.1 in 2022 WB + 1 other
Albania 23 in 2020 WB + 1 other
Canada 23 in 2019 WB + 1 other
Vanuatu 23 in 2019 WB + 1 other
Austria 22.9 in 2021 WB + 1 other
Guinea 22.9 in 2018 WB + 1 other
Italy 22.9 in 2021 WB + 1 other
Mauritania 22.9 in 2019 WB + 1 other
United Kingdom 22.9 in 2021 WB + 1 other
Bhutan 22.8 in 2022 WB + 1 other
Argentina 22.7 in 2022 WB + 1 other
El Salvador 22.7 in 2022 WB + 1 other
Jamaica 22.7 in 2021 WB + 1 other
Latvia 22.7 in 2021 WB + 1 other
Tonga 22.7 in 2021 WB + 1 other
Mongolia 22.6 in 2022 WB + 1 other
Norway 22.6 in 2019 WB + 1 other
Poland 22.6 in 2021 WB + 1 other
Serbia 22.6 in 2021 WB + 1 other
Belarus 22.5 in 2020 WB + 1 other
Cameroon 22.5 in 2021 WB + 1 other
Fiji 22.5 in 2019 WB + 1 other
France 22.5 in 2021 WB + 1 other
Georgia 22.5 in 2021 WB + 1 other
India 22.5 in 2021 WB + 1 other
Kiribati 22.5 in 2019 WB + 1 other
Netherlands 22.5 in 2021 WB + 1 other
Thailand 22.5 in 2021 WB + 1 other
Armenia 22.4 in 2022 WB + 1 other
Australia 22.4 in 2018 WB + 1 other
Belgium 22.4 in 2021 WB + 1 other
Bolivia 22.4 in 2021 WB + 1 other
Guinea Bissau 22.4 in 2021 WB + 1 other
Iran 22.4 in 2022 WB + 1 other
Maldives 22.4 in 2019 WB + 1 other
Nauru 22.4 in 2012 WB
Slovenia 22.4 in 2021 WB + 1 other
Dominican Republic 22.3 in 2022 WB + 1 other
Finland 22.3 in 2021 WB + 1 other
Germany 22.3 in 2019 WB + 1 other
Malta 22.3 in 2020 WB + 1 other
Switzerland 22.3 in 2020 WB + 1 other
Benin 22.1 in 2021 WB + 1 other
Malaysia 22.1 in 2021 WB + 1 other
Republic of Moldova 22.1 in 2021 WB + 1 other
Ukraine 22.1 in 2020 WB + 1 other
United States of America 22.1 in 2021 WB + 1 other
Uruguay 22.1 in 2022 WB + 1 other
Czech Republic 22 in 2021 WB + 1 other
Hungary 22 in 2021 WB + 1 other
Marshall Islands 22 in 2019 WB
Peru 22 in 2022 WB + 1 other
Suriname 22 in 2022 WB + 1 other
Viet Nam 22 in 2022 WB + 1 other
Bulgaria 21.9 in 2021 WB + 1 other
Ireland 21.9 in 2021 WB + 1 other
Kyrgyzstan 21.9 in 2021 WB + 1 other
Tunisia 21.9 in 2021 WB + 1 other
Côte d'Ivoire 21.8 in 2021 WB + 1 other
Cyprus 21.8 in 2021 WB + 1 other
Denmark 21.8 in 2021 WB + 1 other
South Sudan 21.8 in 2016 WB + 1 other
China 21.7 in 2020 WB + 1 other
Gambia 21.7 in 2020 WB + 1 other
Lithuania 21.7 in 2021 WB + 1 other
Portugal 21.7 in 2021 WB + 1 other
Mali 21.6 in 2021 WB + 1 other
Senegal 21.6 in 2021 WB + 1 other
Togo 21.6 in 2021 WB + 1 other
Bangladesh 21.5 in 2022 WB + 1 other
Kazakhstan 21.5 in 2021 WB + 1 other
Burundi 21.4 in 2020 WB + 1 other
Central African Republic 21.4 in 2021 WB + 1 other
Russian Federation 21.4 in 2020 WB + 1 other
Chad 21.3 in 2022 WB + 1 other
Ecuador 21.3 in 2022 WB + 1 other
Panama 21.2 in 2023 WB + 1 other
Burkina Faso 21.1 in 2021 WB + 1 other
Costa Rica 21.1 in 2022 WB + 1 other
Malawi 21 in 2019 WB + 1 other
Turkey 21 in 2021 WB + 1 other
Grenada 20.9 in 2018 WB
Egypt 20.8 in 2019 WB + 1 other
Niger 20.8 in 2021 WB + 1 other
Paraguay 20.8 in 2022 WB + 1 other
Philippines 20.8 in 2021 WB + 1 other
Sri Lanka 20.8 in 2019 WB + 1 other
Mexico 20.7 in 2022 WB + 1 other
Indonesia 20.6 in 2023 WB + 1 other
Kenya 20.5 in 2021 WB + 1 other
Zambia 20.5 in 2022 WB + 1 other
United Republic of Tanzania 20.4 in 2018 WB + 1 other
Chile 20.3 in 2022 WB + 1 other
Uganda 20.3 in 2019 WB + 1 other
Democratic Republic of the Congo 20.2 in 2020 WB + 1 other
Brazil 19.5 in 2022 WB + 1 other
Colombia 18.8 in 2022 WB + 1 other
Mozambique 18.8 in 2019 WB + 1 other
Income Inequality