Income share of the richest 20% — all countries

Income share of the richest 20% — Croatia

Income share of the richest 20% in Croatia in 2023 — 38%. Ranked 14 in the world out of 57. Since 1988, the indicator has risen by 4.7 pp.

2023 38% +0 pp vs 2022
World rank 14of 57
Period maximum 42.2%2008
Period minimum 33.3%1988

Trend over time

1988–2023 · % of income

Income share of the richest 20% — Croatia, 1988–202332.53537.54042.519881992199620002004200820122016202020231988: 33.3%1998: 37.4%1999: 37.2%2000: 39.9%2001: 39.6%2004: 38.5%2008: 42.2%2009: 39.7%2010: 39.4%2011: 39.2%2012: 39.4%2013: 39%2014: 39.1%2015: 38.4%2016: 38.3%2017: 37.9%2018: 37.7%2019: 37%2020: 37.3%2021: 37.1%2022: 38%2023: 38%
Change over the period: +4.7 pp Annual average: 0.13 pp
Income share of the richest 20% — Croatia, by year Croatia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2023 38 +0 pp
2022 38 +0.9 pp
2021 37.1 −0.2 pp
2020 37.3 +0.3 pp
2019 37 −0.7 pp
2018 37.7 −0.2 pp
2017 37.9 −0.4 pp
2016 38.3 −0.1 pp
2015 38.4 −0.7 pp
2014 39.1 +0.1 pp
2013 39 −0.4 pp
2012 39.4 +0.2 pp
2011 39.2 −0.2 pp
2010 39.4 −0.3 pp
2009 39.7 −2.5 pp
2008 42.2
2004 38.5
2001 39.6 −0.3 pp
2000 39.9 +2.7 pp
1999 37.2 −0.2 pp
1998 37.4
1988 33.3

Southern Europe, 2023

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.