Income share of the richest 20% — all countries

Income share of the richest 20% — Kyrgyzstan

Income share of the richest 20% in Kyrgyzstan in 2024 — 37.3%. Ranked 2 in the world out of 25. Since 1998, the indicator has fallen by 13.7 pp.

2024 37.3% +0.1 pp vs 2023
World rank 2of 25
Period maximum 51%1998
Period minimum 36.4%2022

Trend over time

1998–2024 · % of income

Income share of the richest 20% — Kyrgyzstan, 1998–2024354045505519982001200420072010201320162019202220241998: 51%2000: 40.1%2001: 39.1%2002: 39.1%2003: 38.1%2004: 43%2005: 41.3%2006: 44.9%2007: 41.8%2008: 40%2009: 39.3%2010: 39.2%2011: 37.7%2012: 37.3%2013: 38.3%2014: 37%2015: 38.8%2016: 37.2%2017: 37.4%2018: 37.8%2019: 39.5%2020: 38.5%2021: 38.5%2022: 36.4%2023: 37.2%2024: 37.3%
Change over the period: −13.7 pp Annual average: -0.53 pp
Income share of the richest 20% — Kyrgyzstan, by year Kyrgyzstan All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 37.3 +0.1 pp
2023 37.2 +0.8 pp
2022 36.4 −2.1 pp
2021 38.5 +0 pp
2020 38.5 −1 pp
2019 39.5 +1.7 pp
2018 37.8 +0.4 pp
2017 37.4 +0.2 pp
2016 37.2 −1.6 pp
2015 38.8 +1.8 pp
2014 37 −1.3 pp
2013 38.3 +1 pp
2012 37.3 −0.4 pp
2011 37.7 −1.5 pp
2010 39.2 −0.1 pp
2009 39.3 −0.7 pp
2008 40 −1.8 pp
2007 41.8 −3.1 pp
2006 44.9 +3.6 pp
2005 41.3 −1.7 pp
2004 43 +4.9 pp
2003 38.1 −1 pp
2002 39.1 +0 pp
2001 39.1 −1 pp
2000 40.1
1998 51

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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.