Income share of the richest 20% — all countries

Income share of the richest 20% — Mali

Income share of the richest 20% in Mali in 2021 — 43.9%. Ranked 54 in the world out of 81. Since 1994, the indicator has fallen by 12.2 pp.

2021 43.9% +0.1 pp vs 2018
World rank 54of 81
Period maximum 56.1%1994
Period minimum 41.3%2009

Trend over time

1994–2021 · % of income

Income share of the richest 20% — Mali, 1994–2021404550556019941997200020032006200920122015201820211994: 56.1%2001: 46.5%2006: 46.1%2009: 41.3%2018: 43.8%2021: 43.9%
Change over the period: −12.2 pp Annual average: -0.45 pp
Income share of the richest 20% — Mali, by year Mali All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2021 43.9
2018 43.8
2009 41.3
2006 46.1
2001 46.5
1994 56.1

Western Africa, 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.