Income share of the richest 20% — all countries

Income share of the richest 20% — Mozambique

Income share of the richest 20% in Mozambique in 2022 — 55.5%. Ranked 69 in the world out of 73. Since 1996, the indicator has fallen by 3.5 pp.

2022 55.5% −1 pp vs 2019
World rank 69of 73
Period maximum 59.5%2014
Period minimum 51.4%2008

Trend over time

1996–2022 · % of income

Income share of the richest 20% — Mozambique, 1996–20225052.55557.56019961999200220052008201120142017202020221996: 59%2002: 53.5%2008: 51.4%2014: 59.5%2019: 56.5%2022: 55.5%
Change over the period: −3.5 pp Annual average: -0.13 pp
Income share of the richest 20% — Mozambique, by year Mozambique All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2022 55.5
2019 56.5
2014 59.5
2008 51.4
2002 53.5
1996 59

Eastern Africa, 2022

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.