Income share of the richest 20% — all countries

Income share of the richest 20% — Djibouti

Income share of the richest 20% in Djibouti in 2017 — 47.6%. Ranked 62 in the world out of 78. Since 2002, the indicator has risen by 1.1 pp.

2017 47.6% −2.3 pp vs 2013
World rank 62of 78
Period maximum 50.3%2012
Period minimum 46.5%2002

Trend over time

2002–2017 · % of income

Income share of the richest 20% — Djibouti, 2002–20174647484950512002200420062008201020122014201620172002: 46.5%2012: 50.3%2013: 49.9%2017: 47.6%
Change over the period: +1.1 pp Annual average: 0.07 pp
Income share of the richest 20% — Djibouti, by year Djibouti All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2017 47.6
2013 49.9 −0.4 pp
2012 50.3
2002 46.5

Eastern Africa, 2017

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.