Income share of the richest 20% — all countries

Income share of the richest 20% — North Macedonia

Income share of the richest 20% in North Macedonia in 2019 — 39%. Ranked 22 in the world out of 78. Since 1998, the indicator has risen by 2.2 pp.

2019 39% +0.2 pp vs 2018
World rank 22of 78
Period maximum 52.2%2008
Period minimum 36.8%1998

Trend over time

1998–2019 · % of income

Income share of the richest 20% — North Macedonia, 1998–20193540455055199820012004200720102013201620191998: 36.8%2000: 40.9%2002: 44.9%2003: 45.3%2004: 44.7%2005: 45.4%2006: 48.6%2008: 52.2%2009: 47.1%2010: 44%2011: 43.8%2012: 43.1%2013: 41.8%2014: 40.9%2015: 41.1%2016: 40%2017: 39.7%2018: 38.8%2019: 39%
Change over the period: +2.2 pp Annual average: 0.1 pp
Income share of the richest 20% — North Macedonia, by year North Macedonia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2019 39 +0.2 pp
2018 38.8 −0.9 pp
2017 39.7 −0.3 pp
2016 40 −1.1 pp
2015 41.1 +0.2 pp
2014 40.9 −0.9 pp
2013 41.8 −1.3 pp
2012 43.1 −0.7 pp
2011 43.8 −0.2 pp
2010 44 −3.1 pp
2009 47.1 −5.1 pp
2008 52.2
2006 48.6 +3.2 pp
2005 45.4 +0.7 pp
2004 44.7 −0.6 pp
2003 45.3 +0.4 pp
2002 44.9
2000 40.9
1998 36.8

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.