Income share of the richest 20% — all countries

Income share of the richest 20% — Tajikistan

Income share of the richest 20% in Tajikistan in 2024 — 43.3%. Ranked 9 in the world out of 25. Since 1999, the indicator has risen by 5.2 pp.

2024 43.3% −1.5 pp vs 2023
World rank 9of 25
Period maximum 46.2%2022
Period minimum 38.1%1999

Trend over time

1999–2024 · % of income

Income share of the richest 20% — Tajikistan, 1999–202437.54042.54547.51999200220052008201120142017202020231999: 38.1%2003: 40.9%2004: 41.9%2007: 39.7%2009: 39.3%2015: 41.7%2021: 40%2022: 46.2%2023: 44.8%2024: 43.3%
Change over the period: +5.2 pp Annual average: 0.21 pp
Income share of the richest 20% — Tajikistan, by year Tajikistan All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 43.3 −1.5 pp
2023 44.8 −1.4 pp
2022 46.2 +6.2 pp
2021 40
2015 41.7
2009 39.3
2007 39.7
2004 41.9 +1 pp
2003 40.9
1999 38.1

Central Asia, 2024

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.