Income share of the richest 20% — all countries

Income share of the richest 20% — Russia

Income share of the richest 20% in Russia in 2023 — 41%. Ranked 27 in the world out of 57. Since 1993, the indicator has fallen by 9.6 pp.

2023 41% −0.6 pp vs 2022
World rank 27of 57
Period maximum 51.1%1996
Period minimum 41%2023

Trend over time

1993–2023 · % of income

Income share of the richest 20% — Russia, 1993–202340455055199319961999200220052008201120142017202020231993: 50.6%1996: 51.1%1997: 45.1%1998: 44.6%1999: 43.8%2000: 43.7%2001: 43.8%2002: 44.2%2003: 46.7%2004: 46.8%2005: 47.7%2006: 47.5%2007: 48.9%2008: 48.5%2009: 47.1%2010: 46.6%2011: 47%2012: 47.8%2013: 48%2014: 43.4%2015: 42.9%2016: 43.2%2017: 42.3%2018: 42.3%2019: 42.7%2020: 41.3%2021: 42.4%2022: 41.6%2023: 41%
Change over the period: −9.6 pp Annual average: -0.32 pp
Income share of the richest 20% — Russia, by year Russia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2023 41 −0.6 pp
2022 41.6 −0.8 pp
2021 42.4 +1.1 pp
2020 41.3 −1.4 pp
2019 42.7 +0.4 pp
2018 42.3 +0 pp
2017 42.3 −0.9 pp
2016 43.2 +0.3 pp
2015 42.9 −0.5 pp
2014 43.4 −4.6 pp
2013 48 +0.2 pp
2012 47.8 +0.8 pp
2011 47 +0.4 pp
2010 46.6 −0.5 pp
2009 47.1 −1.4 pp
2008 48.5 −0.4 pp
2007 48.9 +1.4 pp
2006 47.5 −0.2 pp
2005 47.7 +0.9 pp
2004 46.8 +0.1 pp
2003 46.7 +2.5 pp
2002 44.2 +0.4 pp
2001 43.8 +0.1 pp
2000 43.7 −0.1 pp
1999 43.8 −0.8 pp
1998 44.6 −0.5 pp
1997 45.1 −6 pp
1996 51.1
1993 50.6

Eastern Europe, 2023

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.