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Income share held by highest 20 percentage

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.Source:
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Country
Income share held by highest 20%Income share held by highest 20%Year
1
South Africa
68.2%
2014
2
Namibia
63.7%
2015
3
Zambia
61.3%
2015
4
Central African Republic
60.9%
2008
5
Suriname
60.2%
1999
6
Mozambique
59.5%
2014
7
Botswana
58.5%
2015
8
Lesotho
58.2%
2010
9
Brazil
57.8%
2017
10
Belize
57.7%
1999
11
Guinea-Bissau
56.7%
2010
12
Swaziland
56.7%
2009
13
Saint Lucia
55.4%
2016
14
Colombia
54.8%
2017
15
Honduras
54.6%
2017
16
Panama
54.2%
2017
17
Costa Rica
54%
2017
18
Paraguay
54%
2017
19
Republic of the Congo
53.7%
2011
20
Guatemala
53.6%
2014
21
Cape Verde
53.3%
2007
22
Seychelles
53%
2013
23
Chile
52.9%
2017
24
Benin
52.1%
2015
25
Nicaragua
52.1%
2014
26
Malawi
51.7%
2016
27
Cameroon
51.7%
2014
28
Jamaica
51.6%
2004
29
Dominican Republic
51.5%
2016
30
Rwanda
50.8%
2016
31
Venezuela
50.7%
2006
32
South Sudan
50.6%
2009
33
Comoros
50.4%
2013
34
Mexico
50.1%
2016
35
Ecuador
50.1%
2017
36
Uganda
49.8%
2016
37
Zimbabwe
49.7%
2011
38
Guyana
49.6%
1998
39
Madagascar
49.4%
2012
40
Nigeria
49%
2009
41
Chad
48.8%
2011
42
Ghana
48.6%
2016
43
Togo
48.6%
2015
44
Bolivia
48.5%
2017
45
Angola
48.5%
2008
46
Peru
48.4%
2017
47
Democratic Republic Of Congo
48.4%
2012
48
Turkey
48.3%
2016
49
Ivory Coast
47.8%
2015
50
Djibouti
47.6%
2017
51
Sri Lanka
47.6%
2016
52
Turkmenistan
47.5%
1998
53
Kenya
47.5%
2015
54
Papua New Guinea
47.3%
2009
55
Malaysia
47.3%
2015
56
Philippines
47.3%
2015
57
Haiti
47.1%
2012
58
Morocco
47%
2013
59
United States
46.9%
2016
60
Senegal
46.9%
2011
61
Ethiopia
46.7%
2015
62
Iran
46.7%
2016
63
Tuvalu
46.4%
2010
64
Samoa
46.4%
2013
65
Burundi
46.3%
2013
66
Federated States of Micronesia
46%
2013
67
Argentina
46%
2017
68
Trinidad and Tobago
45.9%
1992
69
Uruguay
45.8%
2017
70
Tanzania
45.8%
2011
71
Myanmar
45.7%
2015
72
Tonga
45.4%
2015
73
China
45.4%
2015
74
Russia
45.3%
2015
75
Indonesia
45.2%
2017
76
Maldives
45%
2009
77
Vanuatu
44.8%
2010
78
Yemen
44.7%
2014
79
El Salvador
44.7%
2017
80
Fiji
44.7%
2013
81
Solomon Islands
44.6%
2013
82
Laos
44.6%
2012
83
Georgia
44.5%
2017
84
Bhutan
44.4%
2017
85
India
44.4%
2011
86
Gabon
44.4%
2017
87
Burkina Faso
44.3%
2014
88
Israel
44.2%
2016
89
Lithuania
44.1%
2015
90
Thailand
44.1%
2017
91
Syria
44%
2004
92
Bulgaria
43.9%
2014
93
Kiribati
43.9%
2006
94
Mauritius
43.9%
2012
95
Gambia
43.6%
2015
96
Uzbekistan
43.4%
2003
97
Australia
43%
2014
98
Pakistan
42.8%
2015
99
Liberia
42.8%
2016
100
Portugal
42.7%
2015
101
Vietnam
42.5%
2016
102
Sudan
42.4%
2009
103
Niger
42.4%
2014
104
Sierra Leone
42.4%
2011
105
Jordan
42.4%
2010
106
Armenia
42.4%
2017
107
Spain
42.1%
2015
108
Cyprus
42.1%
2015
109
Greece
41.8%
2015
110
Tajikistan
41.7%
2015
111
Nepal
41.5%
2010
112
Guinea
41.5%
2012
113
Latvia
41.5%
2015
114
Egypt
41.5%
2015
115
Bangladesh
41.4%
2016
116
Italy
41.3%
2015
117
Mali
41.3%
2009
118
Republic of Macedonia
41.1%
2015
119
Luxembourg
41%
2015
120
Tunisia
40.9%
2015
121
France
40.9%
2015
122
Bosnia and Herzegovina
40.7%
2011
123
Canada
40.7%
2013
124
Romania
40.7%
2015
125
Mongolia
40.6%
2016
126
United Kingdom
40.6%
2015
127
Montenegro
40.5%
2014
128
Estonia
40.4%
2015
129
Mauritania
40.2%
2014
130
Republic of Ireland
40.2%
2015
131
Switzerland
40.2%
2015
132
Lebanon
40%
2011
133
Japan
39.7%
2008
134
Germany
39.7%
2015
135
Poland
39.5%
2016
136
São Tomé and Príncipe
39.5%
2010
137
South Korea
39%
2012
138
Kosovo
38.6%
2017
139
Iraq
38.5%
2012
140
Hungary
38.4%
2015
141
Austria
38.4%
2015
142
East Timor
38.4%
2014
143
Croatia
38.4%
2015
144
Malta
38.1%
2015
145
Azerbaijan
37.8%
2005
146
Albania
37.8%
2012
147
Denmark
37.7%
2015
148
Serbia
37.7%
2015
149
Sweden
37.6%
2015
150
Kazakhstan
37.4%
2017
151
Kyrgyzstan
37.4%
2017
152
Netherlands
37.3%
2015
153
Iceland
37.3%
2014
154
Algeria
37.2%
2011
155
Finland
36.7%
2015
156
Norway
36.5%
2015
157
Belgium
36.5%
2015
158
Moldova
36.1%
2017
159
Czech Republic
35.9%
2015
160
Belarus
35.5%
2017
161
Slovenia
35.1%
2015
162
Ukraine
35.1%
2016
163
Slovakia
35%
2015
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