Income share of the richest 20% — all countries

Income share of the richest 20% — Georgia

Income share of the richest 20% in Georgia in 2024 — 41.5%. Ranked 4 in the world out of 25. Since 1996, the indicator has fallen by 2.1 pp.

2024 41.5% −0.6 pp vs 2023
World rank 4of 25
Period maximum 46.6%1998
Period minimum 40.6%2022

Trend over time

1996–2024 · % of income

Income share of the richest 20% — Georgia, 1996–2024404244464819961999200220052008201120142017202020231996: 43.6%1997: 46.1%1998: 46.6%1999: 45.9%2000: 46.2%2001: 45.8%2002: 43.9%2003: 43.2%2004: 42.6%2005: 43.8%2006: 43.5%2007: 44.6%2008: 45%2009: 44.7%2010: 45.5%2011: 45.7%2012: 45.3%2013: 44.9%2014: 44.3%2015: 43.4%2016: 43.7%2017: 44.5%2018: 43.2%2019: 42.9%2020: 41.5%2021: 41.5%2022: 40.6%2023: 42.1%2024: 41.5%
Change over the period: −2.1 pp Annual average: -0.08 pp
Income share of the richest 20% — Georgia, by year Georgia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 41.5 −0.6 pp
2023 42.1 +1.5 pp
2022 40.6 −0.9 pp
2021 41.5 +0 pp
2020 41.5 −1.4 pp
2019 42.9 −0.3 pp
2018 43.2 −1.3 pp
2017 44.5 +0.8 pp
2016 43.7 +0.3 pp
2015 43.4 −0.9 pp
2014 44.3 −0.6 pp
2013 44.9 −0.4 pp
2012 45.3 −0.4 pp
2011 45.7 +0.2 pp
2010 45.5 +0.8 pp
2009 44.7 −0.3 pp
2008 45 +0.4 pp
2007 44.6 +1.1 pp
2006 43.5 −0.3 pp
2005 43.8 +1.2 pp
2004 42.6 −0.6 pp
2003 43.2 −0.7 pp
2002 43.9 −1.9 pp
2001 45.8 −0.4 pp
2000 46.2 +0.3 pp
1999 45.9 −0.7 pp
1998 46.6 +0.5 pp
1997 46.1 +2.5 pp
1996 43.6

Western Asia, 2024

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

AM Armenia 37.2 GE Georgia 41.5

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.