Income share of the richest 20% — all countries

Income share of the richest 20% — Finland

Income share of the richest 20% in Finland in 2023 — 36.7%. Ranked 7 in the world out of 57. Since 1987, the indicator has risen by 3.7 pp.

2023 36.7% −0.6 pp vs 2022
World rank 7of 57
Period maximum 37.6%2007
Period minimum 33%1987

Trend over time

1987–2023 · % of income

Income share of the richest 20% — Finland, 1987–20233234363819871991199519992003200720112015201920231987: 33%1991: 33.6%1995: 34.5%2000: 36.9%2003: 37.2%2004: 37.4%2005: 37.2%2006: 37.3%2007: 37.6%2008: 37.2%2009: 36.9%2010: 37%2011: 37.1%2012: 36.7%2013: 36.6%2014: 36.4%2015: 36.7%2016: 36.6%2017: 36.9%2018: 36.8%2019: 37.1%2020: 36.7%2021: 37.1%2022: 37.3%2023: 36.7%
Change over the period: +3.7 pp Annual average: 0.1 pp
Income share of the richest 20% — Finland, by year Finland All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2023 36.7 −0.6 pp
2022 37.3 +0.2 pp
2021 37.1 +0.4 pp
2020 36.7 −0.4 pp
2019 37.1 +0.3 pp
2018 36.8 −0.1 pp
2017 36.9 +0.3 pp
2016 36.6 −0.1 pp
2015 36.7 +0.3 pp
2014 36.4 −0.2 pp
2013 36.6 −0.1 pp
2012 36.7 −0.4 pp
2011 37.1 +0.1 pp
2010 37 +0.1 pp
2009 36.9 −0.3 pp
2008 37.2 −0.4 pp
2007 37.6 +0.3 pp
2006 37.3 +0.1 pp
2005 37.2 −0.2 pp
2004 37.4 +0.2 pp
2003 37.2
2000 36.9
1995 34.5
1991 33.6
1987 33

Northern Europe, 2023

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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.