Income share of the richest 20% — all countries

Income share of the richest 20% — Fiji

Income share of the richest 20% in Fiji in 2019 — 39.4%. Ranked 26 in the world out of 78. Since 2002, the indicator has fallen by 6 pp.

2019 39.4% −5.3 pp vs 2013
World rank 26of 78
Period maximum 47.8%2008
Period minimum 39.4%2019

Trend over time

2002–2019 · % of income

Income share of the richest 20% — Fiji, 2002–201937.54042.54547.55020022004200620082010201220142016201820192002: 45.4%2008: 47.8%2013: 44.7%2019: 39.4%
Change over the period: −6 pp Annual average: -0.35 pp
Income share of the richest 20% — Fiji, by year Fiji All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2019 39.4
2013 44.7
2008 47.8
2002 45.4

Melanesia, 2019

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

FJ Fiji 39.4 VU Vanuatu 39.9

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.