Income share of the richest 20% in Malawi in 2019 — 46.2%. Ranked 61 in the world out of 78. Since 1997, the indicator has fallen by 24.1 pp.
1997–2019 · % of income
| Year | % | Change, pp |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 46.2 | — |
| 2016 | 51.7 | — |
| 2010 | 51.8 | — |
| 2004 | 47.5 | — |
| 1997 | 70.3 | — |
The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages
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.
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Labor Youth unemploymentThe unemployment rate at ages 15–24 — almost always two to three times the overall rate.
