Income share of the poorest 20% in the United States in 2024 — 5.1%. Ranked 18 in the world out of 25. Since 1963, the indicator has fallen by 0.7 pp.
1963–2024 · % of income
| Year | % | Change, pp |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5.1 | +0.1 pp |
| 2023 | 5 | −0.1 pp |
| 2022 | 5.1 | −0.9 pp |
| 2021 | 6 | +0.4 pp |
| 2020 | 5.6 | +0.5 pp |
| 2019 | 5.1 | +0 pp |
| 2018 | 5.1 | +0 pp |
| 2017 | 5.1 | −0.1 pp |
| 2016 | 5.2 | −0.1 pp |
| 2015 | 5.3 | +0.1 pp |
| 2014 | 5.2 | −0.1 pp |
| 2013 | 5.3 | +0.1 pp |
| 2012 | 5.2 | +0 pp |
| 2011 | 5.2 | −0.1 pp |
| 2010 | 5.3 | −0.1 pp |
| 2009 | 5.4 | +0.2 pp |
| 2008 | 5.2 | +0 pp |
| 2007 | 5.2 | +0 pp |
| 2006 | 5.2 | +0 pp |
| 2005 | 5.2 | −0.1 pp |
| 2004 | 5.3 | +0.1 pp |
| 2003 | 5.2 | −0.1 pp |
| 2002 | 5.3 | −0.1 pp |
| 2001 | 5.4 | −0.1 pp |
| 2000 | 5.5 | +0 pp |
| 1999 | 5.5 | +0.1 pp |
| 1998 | 5.4 | +0 pp |
| 1997 | 5.4 | +0 pp |
| 1996 | 5.4 | −0.1 pp |
| 1995 | 5.5 | +0.1 pp |
| 1994 | 5.4 | +0.2 pp |
| 1993 | 5.2 | −0.3 pp |
| 1992 | 5.5 | −0.1 pp |
| 1991 | 5.6 | +0 pp |
| 1990 | 5.6 | +0 pp |
| 1989 | 5.6 | +0 pp |
| 1988 | 5.6 | +0 pp |
| 1987 | 5.6 | +0.1 pp |
| 1986 | 5.5 | −0.1 pp |
| 1985 | 5.6 | +0 pp |
| 1984 | 5.6 | +0.1 pp |
| 1983 | 5.5 | −0.3 pp |
| 1982 | 5.8 | −0.4 pp |
| 1981 | 6.2 | −0.2 pp |
| 1980 | 6.4 | +0 pp |
| 1979 | 6.4 | +0.2 pp |
| 1978 | 6.2 | +0.1 pp |
| 1977 | 6.1 | +0 pp |
| 1976 | 6.1 | +0.1 pp |
| 1975 | 6 | −0.1 pp |
| 1974 | 6.1 | +0.2 pp |
| 1973 | 5.9 | +0.1 pp |
| 1972 | 5.8 | −0.1 pp |
| 1971 | 5.9 | +0 pp |
| 1970 | 5.9 | −0.2 pp |
| 1969 | 6.1 | +0.1 pp |
| 1968 | 6 | +0.2 pp |
| 1967 | 5.8 | +0.1 pp |
| 1966 | 5.7 | −0.1 pp |
| 1965 | 5.8 | +0.1 pp |
| 1964 | 5.7 | −0.1 pp |
| 1963 | 5.8 | — |
The share of total income or consumption that goes to the poorest twenty percent of the population. Under complete equality it would be twenty percent; in the most equal countries it comes to about nine, in the most unequal to about three. The indicator reads more plainly than the Gini index: instead of collapsing the whole distribution into a single number, it says outright how much goes to those who get the least.
Important: There are no aggregates for country groups: the top and bottom quintiles of a group are not a union of national quintiles, and they cannot be computed from country shares. The same reason as with the Gini index.
Source: World Development Indicators (World Bank), license CC BY 4.0.
What part of all income in a country goes to its richest fifth of the population.
Labor Gini indexA measure of income inequality: 0 is complete equality, 100 is maximum inequality.
Labor Poverty at $3.65 a dayThe share of people living on less than $3.65 a day — the line for lower-middle-income countries.
Labor Unemployment rate (IMF)Unemployment as estimated by the IMF — with a forecast, for countries with reliable labor market statistics.
Labor Unemployment rateThe share of the labor force that is looking for work and available to start.
Labor Youth unemploymentThe unemployment rate at ages 15–24 — almost always two to three times the overall rate.
