Income share of the richest 20% — all countries

Income share of the richest 20% — Lithuania

Income share of the richest 20% in Lithuania in 2023 — 42.9%. Ranked 34 in the world out of 57. Since 1993, the indicator has risen by 1.2 pp.

2023 42.9% −0.8 pp vs 2022
World rank 34of 57
Period maximum 45%2016
Period minimum 39.7%2000

Trend over time

1993–2023 · % of income

Income share of the richest 20% — Lithuania, 1993–20233840424446199319961999200220052008201120142017202020231993: 41.7%1996: 40.4%1998: 40.2%1999: 40.1%2000: 39.7%2001: 39.9%2002: 39.9%2003: 43.1%2004: 43.7%2005: 42.6%2006: 41.9%2007: 42%2008: 42.8%2009: 43.4%2010: 40.3%2011: 39.9%2012: 42%2013: 42.5%2014: 44.1%2015: 44.1%2016: 45%2017: 43.9%2018: 42.8%2019: 42.8%2020: 43.8%2021: 44.1%2022: 43.7%2023: 42.9%
Change over the period: +1.2 pp Annual average: 0.04 pp
Income share of the richest 20% — Lithuania, by year Lithuania All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2023 42.9 −0.8 pp
2022 43.7 −0.4 pp
2021 44.1 +0.3 pp
2020 43.8 +1 pp
2019 42.8 +0 pp
2018 42.8 −1.1 pp
2017 43.9 −1.1 pp
2016 45 +0.9 pp
2015 44.1 +0 pp
2014 44.1 +1.6 pp
2013 42.5 +0.5 pp
2012 42 +2.1 pp
2011 39.9 −0.4 pp
2010 40.3 −3.1 pp
2009 43.4 +0.6 pp
2008 42.8 +0.8 pp
2007 42 +0.1 pp
2006 41.9 −0.7 pp
2005 42.6 −1.1 pp
2004 43.7 +0.6 pp
2003 43.1 +3.2 pp
2002 39.9 +0 pp
2001 39.9 +0.2 pp
2000 39.7 −0.4 pp
1999 40.1 −0.1 pp
1998 40.2
1996 40.4
1993 41.7

Northern Europe, 2023

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.