Income share of the richest 20% — all countries

Income share of the richest 20% — Bosnia and Herzegovina

Income share of the richest 20% in Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2021 — 38.7%. Ranked 19 in the world out of 81. Since 2001, the indicator has fallen by 0.1 pp.

2021 38.7% −1.7 pp vs 2015
World rank 19of 81
Period maximum 41.8%2004
Period minimum 38.7%2021

Trend over time

2001–2021 · % of income

Income share of the richest 20% — Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2001–20213839404142200120032005200720092011201320152017201920212001: 38.8%2004: 41.8%2007: 41.4%2011: 40.7%2015: 40.4%2021: 38.7%
Change over the period: −0.1 pp Annual average: 0 pp
Income share of the richest 20% — Bosnia and Herzegovina, by year Bosnia and Herzegovina All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2021 38.7
2015 40.4
2011 40.7
2007 41.4
2004 41.8
2001 38.8

Southern Europe, 2021

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.