Income share of the richest 20% — all countries

Income share of the richest 20% — Kazakhstan

Income share of the richest 20% in Kazakhstan in 2021 — 39.3%. Ranked 20 in the world out of 81. Since 1993, the indicator has fallen by 1.1 pp.

2021 39.3% +0.5 pp vs 2020
World rank 20of 81
Period maximum 46.1%2005
Period minimum 36.9%2015

Trend over time

1993–2021 · % of income

Income share of the richest 20% — Kazakhstan, 1993–20213537.54042.54547.519931996199920022005200820112014201720201993: 40.4%1996: 42.3%2001: 42.9%2002: 42.3%2003: 41.3%2004: 40.2%2005: 46.1%2006: 39.5%2007: 39.3%2008: 38.1%2009: 37.7%2010: 37.7%2011: 37.6%2012: 37.7%2013: 37%2014: 37%2015: 36.9%2016: 37.2%2017: 37.4%2018: 37.9%2019: 38.1%2020: 38.8%2021: 39.3%
Change over the period: −1.1 pp Annual average: -0.04 pp
Income share of the richest 20% — Kazakhstan, by year Kazakhstan All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2021 39.3 +0.5 pp
2020 38.8 +0.7 pp
2019 38.1 +0.2 pp
2018 37.9 +0.5 pp
2017 37.4 +0.2 pp
2016 37.2 +0.3 pp
2015 36.9 −0.1 pp
2014 37 +0 pp
2013 37 −0.7 pp
2012 37.7 +0.1 pp
2011 37.6 −0.1 pp
2010 37.7 +0 pp
2009 37.7 −0.4 pp
2008 38.1 −1.2 pp
2007 39.3 −0.2 pp
2006 39.5 −6.6 pp
2005 46.1 +5.9 pp
2004 40.2 −1.1 pp
2003 41.3 −1 pp
2002 42.3 −0.6 pp
2001 42.9
1996 42.3
1993 40.4

Central Asia, 2021

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.