Income share of the richest 20% — all countries

Income share of the richest 20% — Slovakia

Income share of the richest 20% in Slovakia in 2023 — 32.8%. Ranked 1 in the world out of 57. Since 1992, the indicator has risen by 1.1 pp.

2023 32.8% +0.4 pp vs 2022
World rank 1of 57
Period maximum 38.3%2005
Period minimum 31.7%1992

Trend over time

1992–2023 · % of income

Income share of the richest 20% — Slovakia, 1992–20233032343638401992199620002004200820122016202020231992: 31.7%1996: 35.3%2004: 35.9%2005: 38.3%2006: 35.5%2007: 34.5%2008: 35.6%2009: 36.1%2010: 36.1%2011: 35.4%2012: 34.9%2013: 36.4%2014: 34.5%2015: 35%2016: 33.9%2017: 32.6%2018: 33.8%2019: 32.8%2020: 33.3%2021: 33.3%2022: 32.4%2023: 32.8%
Change over the period: +1.1 pp Annual average: 0.04 pp
Income share of the richest 20% — Slovakia, by year Slovakia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2023 32.8 +0.4 pp
2022 32.4 −0.9 pp
2021 33.3 +0 pp
2020 33.3 +0.5 pp
2019 32.8 −1 pp
2018 33.8 +1.2 pp
2017 32.6 −1.3 pp
2016 33.9 −1.1 pp
2015 35 +0.5 pp
2014 34.5 −1.9 pp
2013 36.4 +1.5 pp
2012 34.9 −0.5 pp
2011 35.4 −0.7 pp
2010 36.1 +0 pp
2009 36.1 +0.5 pp
2008 35.6 +1.1 pp
2007 34.5 −1 pp
2006 35.5 −2.8 pp
2005 38.3 +2.4 pp
2004 35.9
1996 35.3
1992 31.7

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.