Income share of the richest 20% — all countries

Income share of the richest 20% — Azerbaijan

Income share of the richest 20% in Azerbaijan in 2005 — 37.8%. Ranked 8 in the world out of 81. Since 1995, the indicator has fallen by 4.2 pp.

2005 37.8% +0 pp vs 2004
World rank 8of 81
Period maximum 44.5%2001
Period minimum 36.7%2002

Trend over time

1995–2005 · % of income

Income share of the richest 20% — Azerbaijan, 1995–2005363840424446199519961997199819992000200120022003200420051995: 42%2001: 44.5%2002: 36.7%2003: 37.4%2004: 37.8%2005: 37.8%
Change over the period: −4.2 pp Annual average: -0.42 pp
Income share of the richest 20% — Azerbaijan, by year Azerbaijan All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2005 37.8 +0 pp
2004 37.8 +0.4 pp
2003 37.4 +0.7 pp
2002 36.7 −7.8 pp
2001 44.5
1995 42

Western Asia, 2005

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

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.