Income share of the richest 20% — all countries

Income share of the richest 20% — Morocco

Income share of the richest 20% in Morocco in 2013 — 47%. Ranked 59 in the world out of 77. Since 1984, the indicator has risen by 3.3 pp.

2013 47% −1 pp vs 2006
World rank 59of 77
Period maximum 48%2006
Period minimum 43.7%1984

Trend over time

1984–2013 · % of income

Income share of the richest 20% — Morocco, 1984–201342444648198419871990199319961999200220052008201120131984: 43.7%1990: 46.1%1998: 46.5%2000: 47.8%2006: 48%2013: 47%
Change over the period: +3.3 pp Annual average: 0.11 pp
Income share of the richest 20% — Morocco, by year Morocco All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2013 47
2006 48
2000 47.8
1998 46.5
1990 46.1
1984 43.7

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.