Income share held by second 20% by country
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.
Countries reporting
121
Highest
15.3%
Slovakia
Lowest
6.7%
Botswana
Median
12.1%
Years covered
63
1963–2025
Data points
2,305
What the numbers show
Income share held by second 20% is currently reported for 121 countries. The highest value is 15.3% in Slovakia; the lowest is 6.7% in Botswana.
The median across all reporting countries is 12.1%, and the mean is 11.8%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2.
Over the past decade 85 countries rose and 29 fell. The largest increase was in Guinea-Bissau (up 43.4%), and the largest decrease in Montenegro (down 7.6%).
Income share held by second 20%: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Slovakia | 15.3% | 2023 | up 8.5% | flat |
| 2 | Czechia | 14.7% | 2023 | up 1.4% | flat |
| 3 | Netherlands | 14.6% | 2021 | up 5.8% | flat |
| 3 | Slovenia | 14.6% | 2023 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 5 | Belarus | 14.5% | 2020 | up 8.2% | rising |
| 6 | Belgium | 14.4% | 2023 | up 2.1% | flat |
| 6 | Norway | 14.4% | 2023 | up 1.4% | flat |
| 8 | Iceland | 14.3% | 2019 | up 3.6% | flat |
| 8 | Ukraine | 14.3% | 2020 | unchanged | rising |
| 10 | India | 14.2% | 2022 | up 6.0% | flat |
| 11 | Syria | 14.1% | 2022 | up 36.9% | rising |
| 12 | Finland | 14.0% | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 13 | Armenia | 13.9% | 2024 | up 9.4% | rising |
| 13 | Azerbaijan | 13.9% | 2005 | up 15.8% | rising |
| 13 | Moldova | 13.9% | 2023 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 13 | Poland | 13.9% | 2023 | up 12.1% | flat |
| 17 | Romania | 13.8% | 2023 | up 21.1% | falling |
| 17 | Sweden | 13.8% | 2023 | down 1.4% | falling |
| 19 | Kyrgyzstan | 13.6% | 2024 | down 1.4% | rising |
| 20 | Bhutan | 13.5% | 2022 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 20 | Denmark | 13.5% | 2023 | down 2.2% | falling |
| 20 | Egypt | 13.5% | 2021 | up 3.1% | flat |
| 23 | Croatia | 13.4% | 2023 | up 4.7% | flat |
| 23 | Ireland | 13.4% | 2023 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 25 | Albania | 13.2% | 2020 | up 0.8% | falling |
| 25 | Austria | 13.2% | 2023 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 25 | Hungary | 13.2% | 2017 | down 4.3% | falling |
| 28 | Guinea | 13.1% | 2018 | up 22.4% | rising |
| 28 | Kazakhstan | 13.1% | 2021 | down 2.2% | rising |
| 28 | Nepal | 13.1% | 2022 | up 8.3% | flat |
| 31 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 13.0% | 2021 | up 6.6% | flat |
| 31 | Canada | 13.0% | 2022 | up 4.8% | flat |
| 31 | Estonia | 13.0% | 2023 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 31 | Japan | 13.0% | 2020 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 31 | Malta | 13.0% | 2023 | down 4.4% | falling |
| 36 | France | 12.9% | 2023 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 37 | Bangladesh | 12.8% | 2022 | up 2.4% | falling |
| 37 | Germany | 12.8% | 2022 | down 0.8% | falling |
| 37 | Ethiopia | 12.8% | 2021 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 40 | Cyprus | 12.7% | 2023 | up 11.4% | flat |
| 40 | Serbia | 12.7% | 2023 | up 15.5% | flat |
| 42 | Spain | 12.6% | 2023 | up 7.7% | flat |
| 42 | Greece | 12.6% | 2023 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 42 | Mongolia | 12.6% | 2022 | up 5.0% | flat |
| 42 | Uzbekistan | 12.6% | 2025 | — | rising |
| 46 | United Kingdom | 12.5% | 2021 | up 1.6% | falling |
| 46 | Mauritania | 12.5% | 2019 | up 10.6% | rising |
| 46 | Portugal | 12.5% | 2023 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 49 | Australia | 12.4% | 2020 | up 5.1% | flat |
| 49 | South Korea | 12.4% | 2021 | down 3.9% | falling |
| 49 | Latvia | 12.4% | 2023 | up 1.6% | falling |
| 49 | Niger | 12.4% | 2021 | down 2.4% | rising |
| 53 | Switzerland | 12.3% | 2022 | down 3.1% | flat |
| 53 | Italy | 12.3% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 53 | North Macedonia | 12.3% | 2019 | up 20.6% | rising |
| 53 | Pakistan | 12.3% | 2024 | down 6.8% | flat |
| 53 | Tunisia | 12.3% | 2021 | up 12.8% | rising |
| 58 | Georgia | 12.2% | 2024 | up 8.9% | rising |
| 59 | Jordan | 12.1% | 2010 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 59 | Montenegro | 12.1% | 2021 | down 7.6% | falling |
| 59 | Russia | 12.1% | 2023 | up 17.5% | rising |
| 62 | Laos | 12.0% | 2024 | up 3.4% | falling |
| 62 | Luxembourg | 12.0% | 2023 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 62 | Nigeria | 12.0% | 2022 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 62 | Thailand | 12.0% | 2024 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 66 | Benin | 11.9% | 2021 | up 24.0% | rising |
| 66 | Guinea-Bissau | 11.9% | 2021 | up 43.4% | rising |
| 66 | Indonesia | 11.9% | 2025 | up 8.2% | falling |
| 66 | Lithuania | 11.9% | 2023 | down 0.8% | falling |
| 70 | Vietnam | 11.8% | 2022 | up 1.7% | flat |
| 71 | Iran | 11.7% | 2023 | down 2.5% | rising |
| 72 | Cote d'Ivoire | 11.6% | 2021 | up 17.2% | rising |
| 73 | Madagascar | 11.5% | 2021 | up 12.7% | rising |
| 73 | Mali | 11.5% | 2021 | down 5.0% | rising |
| 73 | Senegal | 11.5% | 2021 | up 11.7% | rising |
| 73 | Tajikistan | 11.5% | 2024 | down 4.2% | falling |
| 77 | China | 11.4% | 2022 | up 17.5% | falling |
| 78 | Bulgaria | 11.3% | 2023 | down 7.4% | falling |
| 78 | Palestine | 11.3% | 2023 | down 5.0% | flat |
| 80 | Burundi | 11.2% | 2020 | up 1.8% | flat |
| 80 | Burkina Faso | 11.2% | 2021 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 82 | Sri Lanka | 11.1% | 2019 | down 4.3% | falling |
| 83 | Malawi | 11.0% | 2019 | up 18.3% | rising |
| 83 | Togo | 11.0% | 2021 | up 26.4% | rising |
| 85 | Gambia | 10.9% | 2020 | up 11.2% | rising |
| 85 | Kenya | 10.9% | 2022 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 85 | Rwanda | 10.9% | 2023 | up 13.5% | rising |
| 88 | Israel | 10.8% | 2022 | up 9.1% | flat |
| 88 | El Salvador | 10.8% | 2023 | up 10.2% | rising |
| 90 | Dominican Republic | 10.7% | 2024 | up 15.1% | rising |
| 90 | Morocco | 10.7% | 2013 | up 3.9% | falling |
| 90 | Philippines | 10.7% | 2023 | up 23.0% | flat |
| 93 | Peru | 10.6% | 2024 | up 8.2% | rising |
| 94 | Belize | 10.5% | 2018 | — | rising |
| 94 | Tanzania | 10.5% | 2018 | down 0.9% | falling |
| 94 | Uruguay | 10.5% | 2024 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 97 | Bolivia | 10.4% | 2024 | up 18.2% | rising |
| 98 | Jamaica | 10.3% | 2021 | — | flat |
| 99 | Malaysia | 10.2% | 2021 | up 8.5% | rising |
| 100 | Mexico | 10.0% | 2024 | up 16.3% | rising |
| 100 | Uganda | 10.0% | 2019 | up 2.0% | flat |
| 100 | United States | 10.0% | 2024 | down 1.0% | falling |
| 103 | Chile | 9.9% | 2024 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 104 | Argentina | 9.7% | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 104 | Paraguay | 9.7% | 2024 | up 16.9% | rising |
| 104 | Turkey | 9.7% | 2023 | down 7.6% | falling |
| 107 | Cameroon | 9.6% | 2021 | up 12.9% | falling |
| 107 | Ghana | 9.6% | 2016 | down 3.0% | falling |
| 107 | Venezuela | 9.6% | 2006 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 110 | Guatemala | 9.3% | 2023 | up 8.1% | rising |
| 111 | Nicaragua | 9.2% | 2014 | up 8.2% | rising |
| 112 | Costa Rica | 9.0% | 2025 | up 7.1% | falling |
| 112 | Honduras | 9.0% | 2024 | up 16.9% | rising |
| 114 | Ecuador | 8.9% | 2025 | down 2.2% | rising |
| 115 | Mozambique | 8.6% | 2022 | up 13.2% | flat |
| 116 | Brazil | 8.1% | 2024 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 117 | Panama | 8.0% | 2024 | down 1.2% | rising |
| 118 | Zambia | 7.3% | 2022 | down 2.7% | rising |
| 119 | Colombia | 7.1% | 2024 | down 1.4% | flat |
| 120 | South Africa | 6.9% | 2022 | up 32.7% | rising |
| 121 | Botswana | 6.7% | 2015 | up 26.4% | flat |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Kosovo 11.1%
About this data
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.