Income share of the richest 20% — all countries

Income share of the richest 20% — Angola

Income share of the richest 20% in Angola in 2018 — 55.6%. Ranked 91 in the world out of 93. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 0.5 pp.

2018 55.6% +7.1 pp vs 2008
World rank 91of 93
Period maximum 56.1%2000
Period minimum 48.5%2008

Trend over time

2000–2018 · % of income

Income share of the richest 20% — Angola, 2000–201848505254565820002002200420062008201020122014201620182000: 56.1%2008: 48.5%2018: 55.6%
Change over the period: −0.5 pp Annual average: -0.03 pp
Income share of the richest 20% — Angola, by year Angola All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2018 55.6
2008 48.5
2000 56.1

Middle Africa, 2018

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

TD Chad 45.2 AO Angola 55.6

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.