Income share of the richest 20% — all countries

Income share of the richest 20% — Israel

Income share of the richest 20% in Israel in 2022 — 43.5%. Ranked 45 in the world out of 73. Since 1979, the indicator has risen by 0.6 pp.

2022 43.5% +0.2 pp vs 2021
World rank 45of 73
Period maximum 47.3%2010
Period minimum 42.4%1992

Trend over time

1979–2022 · % of income

Income share of the richest 20% — Israel, 1979–20224244464819791984198919941999200420092014201920221979: 42.9%1986: 43%1992: 42.4%1997: 44.3%2001: 44.9%2002: 45.1%2003: 45.9%2004: 46.2%2005: 47.2%2006: 46.4%2007: 46.1%2008: 46.6%2009: 47%2010: 47.3%2011: 46.2%2012: 46%2013: 45%2014: 44.8%2015: 44.8%2016: 44.2%2017: 43.3%2018: 43.8%2019: 43.5%2020: 43.2%2021: 43.3%2022: 43.5%
Change over the period: +0.6 pp Annual average: 0.01 pp
Income share of the richest 20% — Israel, by year Israel All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2022 43.5 +0.2 pp
2021 43.3 +0.1 pp
2020 43.2 −0.3 pp
2019 43.5 −0.3 pp
2018 43.8 +0.5 pp
2017 43.3 −0.9 pp
2016 44.2 −0.6 pp
2015 44.8 +0 pp
2014 44.8 −0.2 pp
2013 45 −1 pp
2012 46 −0.2 pp
2011 46.2 −1.1 pp
2010 47.3 +0.3 pp
2009 47 +0.4 pp
2008 46.6 +0.5 pp
2007 46.1 −0.3 pp
2006 46.4 −0.8 pp
2005 47.2 +1 pp
2004 46.2 +0.3 pp
2003 45.9 +0.8 pp
2002 45.1 +0.2 pp
2001 44.9
1997 44.3
1992 42.4
1986 43
1979 42.9

Western Asia, 2022

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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.