Income share of the richest 20% — all countries

Income share of the richest 20% — Serbia

Income share of the richest 20% in Serbia in 2023 — 39.9%. Ranked 22 in the world out of 57. Since 2002, the indicator has fallen by 1.1 pp.

2023 39.9% +0.1 pp vs 2022
World rank 22of 57
Period maximum 44.9%2012
Period minimum 37%2008

Trend over time

2002–2023 · % of income

Income share of the richest 20% — Serbia, 2002–2023363840424446200220052008201120142017202020232002: 41%2003: 40.9%2004: 43%2005: 43.7%2006: 38.5%2007: 37.8%2008: 37%2009: 37.1%2010: 37.9%2012: 44.9%2013: 44.3%2014: 44.8%2015: 44.9%2016: 43.5%2017: 41.4%2018: 41%2019: 41.1%2020: 41.7%2021: 40.3%2022: 39.8%2023: 39.9%
Change over the period: −1.1 pp Annual average: -0.05 pp
Income share of the richest 20% — Serbia, by year Serbia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2023 39.9 +0.1 pp
2022 39.8 −0.5 pp
2021 40.3 −1.4 pp
2020 41.7 +0.6 pp
2019 41.1 +0.1 pp
2018 41 −0.4 pp
2017 41.4 −2.1 pp
2016 43.5 −1.4 pp
2015 44.9 +0.1 pp
2014 44.8 +0.5 pp
2013 44.3 −0.6 pp
2012 44.9
2010 37.9 +0.8 pp
2009 37.1 +0.1 pp
2008 37 −0.8 pp
2007 37.8 −0.7 pp
2006 38.5 −5.2 pp
2005 43.7 +0.7 pp
2004 43 +2.1 pp
2003 40.9 −0.1 pp
2002 41

Southern Europe, 2023

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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.