Income share of the richest 20% — all countries

Income share of the richest 20% — Ukraine

Income share of the richest 20% in Ukraine in 2020 — 35.9%. Ranked 8 in the world out of 70. Since 1992, the indicator has fallen by 1.9 pp.

2020 35.9% −0.6 pp vs 2019
World rank 8of 70
Period maximum 45.9%1995
Period minimum 34.6%2014

Trend over time

1992–2020 · % of income

Income share of the richest 20% — Ukraine, 1992–2020303540455019921995199820012004200720102013201620191992: 37.8%1993: 37.8%1995: 45.9%1996: 42.7%1999: 37.9%2002: 38%2003: 38%2004: 37.9%2005: 38%2006: 38.8%2007: 36.6%2008: 36.4%2009: 35.4%2010: 35.2%2011: 34.9%2012: 35%2013: 35.1%2014: 34.6%2015: 35.6%2016: 35.1%2017: 36%2018: 36.1%2019: 36.5%2020: 35.9%
Change over the period: −1.9 pp Annual average: -0.07 pp
Income share of the richest 20% — Ukraine, by year Ukraine All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2020 35.9 −0.6 pp
2019 36.5 +0.4 pp
2018 36.1 +0.1 pp
2017 36 +0.9 pp
2016 35.1 −0.5 pp
2015 35.6 +1 pp
2014 34.6 −0.5 pp
2013 35.1 +0.1 pp
2012 35 +0.1 pp
2011 34.9 −0.3 pp
2010 35.2 −0.2 pp
2009 35.4 −1 pp
2008 36.4 −0.2 pp
2007 36.6 −2.2 pp
2006 38.8 +0.8 pp
2005 38 +0.1 pp
2004 37.9 −0.1 pp
2003 38 +0 pp
2002 38
1999 37.9
1996 42.7 −3.2 pp
1995 45.9
1993 37.8 +0 pp
1992 37.8

Eastern Europe, 2020

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.