Income share of the richest 20% — all countries

Income share of the richest 20% — Vietnam

Income share of the richest 20% in Vietnam in 2022 — 43.2%. Ranked 44 in the world out of 73. Since 1992, the indicator has fallen by 0.9 pp.

2022 43.2% −0.7 pp vs 2020
World rank 44of 73
Period maximum 46.3%2010
Period minimum 42.2%2014

Trend over time

1992–2022 · % of income

Income share of the richest 20% — Vietnam, 1992–202242444648199219951998200120042007201020132016201920221992: 44.1%1997: 44.2%2002: 45.4%2004: 44.5%2006: 43.2%2008: 43.5%2010: 46.3%2012: 43%2014: 42.2%2016: 42.5%2018: 42.9%2020: 43.9%2022: 43.2%
Change over the period: −0.9 pp Annual average: -0.03 pp
Income share of the richest 20% — Vietnam, by year Vietnam All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2022 43.2
2020 43.9
2018 42.9
2016 42.5
2014 42.2
2012 43
2010 46.3
2008 43.5
2006 43.2
2004 44.5
2002 45.4
1997 44.2
1992 44.1

South-Eastern Asia, 2022

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.