Income share of the richest 20% — all countries

Income share of the richest 20% — Spain

Income share of the richest 20% in Spain in 2023 — 40.2%. Ranked 23 in the world out of 57. Since 1980, the indicator has fallen by 1.5 pp.

2023 40.2% −0.2 pp vs 2022
World rank 23of 57
Period maximum 42.8%1996
Period minimum 39.1%2003

Trend over time

1980–2023 · % of income

Income share of the richest 20% — Spain, 1980–2023394041424319801985199019952000200520102015202020231980: 41.7%1985: 42.1%1990: 39.9%1993: 42.4%1994: 41.8%1995: 42.5%1996: 42.8%1997: 42.1%1998: 41.5%1999: 41.2%2000: 41.3%2003: 39.1%2004: 40.3%2005: 39.6%2006: 40.4%2007: 41%2008: 41%2009: 41.5%2010: 41.7%2011: 41.8%2012: 41.6%2013: 41.9%2014: 41.9%2015: 42.1%2016: 41.7%2017: 41%2018: 41%2019: 40.6%2020: 41%2021: 40.4%2022: 40.4%2023: 40.2%
Change over the period: −1.5 pp Annual average: -0.03 pp
Income share of the richest 20% — Spain, by year Spain All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2023 40.2 −0.2 pp
2022 40.4 +0 pp
2021 40.4 −0.6 pp
2020 41 +0.4 pp
2019 40.6 −0.4 pp
2018 41 +0 pp
2017 41 −0.7 pp
2016 41.7 −0.4 pp
2015 42.1 +0.2 pp
2014 41.9 +0 pp
2013 41.9 +0.3 pp
2012 41.6 −0.2 pp
2011 41.8 +0.1 pp
2010 41.7 +0.2 pp
2009 41.5 +0.5 pp
2008 41 +0 pp
2007 41 +0.6 pp
2006 40.4 +0.8 pp
2005 39.6 −0.7 pp
2004 40.3 +1.2 pp
2003 39.1
2000 41.3 +0.1 pp
1999 41.2 −0.3 pp
1998 41.5 −0.6 pp
1997 42.1 −0.7 pp
1996 42.8 +0.3 pp
1995 42.5 +0.7 pp
1994 41.8 −0.6 pp
1993 42.4
1990 39.9
1985 42.1
1980 41.7

Southern 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.