| # | Flag | 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 |