Income share of the richest 20% — all countries

Income share of the richest 20% — Belarus

Income share of the richest 20% in Belarus in 2020 — 34.8%. Ranked 3 in the world out of 70. Since 1993, the indicator has risen by 1.9 pp.

2020 34.8% −0.6 pp vs 2019
World rank 3of 70
Period maximum 40.1%1998
Period minimum 32.9%1993

Trend over time

1993–2020 · % of income

Income share of the richest 20% — Belarus, 1993–202032343638404219931996199920022005200820112014201720201993: 32.9%1995: 37.4%1998: 40.1%1999: 39.4%2000: 39.1%2001: 38.9%2002: 38.8%2003: 37.6%2004: 35.9%2005: 36.5%2006: 37.1%2007: 38.4%2008: 36.8%2009: 37%2010: 37.5%2011: 36.3%2012: 36.1%2013: 36.2%2014: 36.7%2015: 35.4%2016: 35.4%2017: 35.5%2018: 35.5%2019: 35.4%2020: 34.8%
Change over the period: +1.9 pp Annual average: 0.07 pp
Income share of the richest 20% — Belarus, by year Belarus All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2020 34.8 −0.6 pp
2019 35.4 −0.1 pp
2018 35.5 +0 pp
2017 35.5 +0.1 pp
2016 35.4 +0 pp
2015 35.4 −1.3 pp
2014 36.7 +0.5 pp
2013 36.2 +0.1 pp
2012 36.1 −0.2 pp
2011 36.3 −1.2 pp
2010 37.5 +0.5 pp
2009 37 +0.2 pp
2008 36.8 −1.6 pp
2007 38.4 +1.3 pp
2006 37.1 +0.6 pp
2005 36.5 +0.6 pp
2004 35.9 −1.7 pp
2003 37.6 −1.2 pp
2002 38.8 −0.1 pp
2001 38.9 −0.2 pp
2000 39.1 −0.3 pp
1999 39.4 −0.7 pp
1998 40.1
1995 37.4
1993 32.9

Eastern Europe, 2020

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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.