Income share of the richest 20% in Botswana in 2015 — 59.9%. Ranked 85 in the world out of 87. Since 1985, the indicator has risen by 1 pp.
1985–2015 · % of income
| Year | % | Change, pp |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 59.9 | — |
| 2009 | 61.7 | — |
| 2002 | 66.5 | — |
| 1993 | 64.3 | — |
| 1985 | 58.9 | — |
The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages
Botswana
59.9
Namibia
63.7
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.
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