Income share of the richest 20% — all countries

Income share of the richest 20% — Albania

Income share of the richest 20% in Albania in 2020 — 38%. Ranked 17 in the world out of 70. Since 1996, the indicator has risen by 2 pp.

2020 38% −0.8 pp vs 2019
World rank 17of 70
Period maximum 41.7%2014
Period minimum 36%1996

Trend over time

1996–2020 · % of income

Income share of the richest 20% — Albania, 1996–2020363840421996199920022005200820112014201720201996: 36%2002: 40.3%2005: 39.2%2008: 39%2012: 37.8%2014: 41.7%2015: 40.6%2016: 41.2%2017: 40.7%2018: 38.2%2019: 38.8%2020: 38%
Change over the period: +2 pp Annual average: 0.08 pp
Income share of the richest 20% — Albania, by year Albania All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2020 38 −0.8 pp
2019 38.8 +0.6 pp
2018 38.2 −2.5 pp
2017 40.7 −0.5 pp
2016 41.2 +0.6 pp
2015 40.6 −1.1 pp
2014 41.7
2012 37.8
2008 39
2005 39.2
2002 40.3
1996 36

About the indicator

The share of total income or consumption that goes to the richest twenty percent of the population. Under complete equality it would be twenty percent; in the most unequal countries of Latin America and Southern Africa it comes to more than sixty. The ratio of this share to the share of the poorest quintile — the quintile ratio, S80/S20 — was historically the first measure of inequality, and it speaks more clearly than the Gini index about the gap between the poles.

Important: There are no aggregates for country groups for the same reason as with the Gini index: the quintile of a group is not a union of national quintiles. Household surveys systematically understate the incomes of the richest, so real inequality is higher than measured.

Source: World Development Indicators (World Bank), license CC BY 4.0.