Income share of the richest 20% — all countries

Income share of the richest 20% — Togo

Income share of the richest 20% in Togo in 2021 — 45.2%. Ranked 59 in the world out of 81. Since 2006, the indicator has fallen by 3.9 pp.

2021 45.2% −3.9 pp vs 2018
World rank 59of 81
Period maximum 51.6%2011
Period minimum 45.2%2021

Trend over time

2006–2021 · % of income

Income share of the richest 20% — Togo, 2006–202144464850522006200820102012201420162018202020212006: 49.1%2011: 51.6%2015: 48.6%2018: 49.1%2021: 45.2%
Change over the period: −3.9 pp Annual average: -0.26 pp
Income share of the richest 20% — Togo, by year Togo All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2021 45.2
2018 49.1
2015 48.6
2011 51.6
2006 49.1

Western Africa, 2021

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.