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Income share held by the poorest 20%: ranking of countries
151 countries ranked by their latest value (2015–2025). India is highest at 11.1%; Namibia is lowest at 2.8%.
Median country 7.2%151 countries
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Latest value for each country; the year column shows when it was reported.
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| # | Country | Region | Bottom 20% income share | Year | Relative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | India | South Asia | 11.1% | 2023 | |
| 2 | Belarus | Europe & Central Asia | 10.3% | 2020 | |
| 3 | Kiribati | East Asia & Pacific | 10.2% | 2023 | |
| 4 | Slovenia | Europe & Central Asia | 10.0% | 2023 | |
| 5 | Ukraine | Europe & Central Asia | 10.0% | 2020 | |
| 6 | Moldova | Europe & Central Asia | 9.9% | 2024 | |
| 7 | Kazakhstan | Europe & Central Asia | 9.8% | 2021 | |
| 8 | Egypt | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 9.7% | 2021 | |
| 9 | Armenia | Europe & Central Asia | 9.6% | 2024 | |
| 10 | Kyrgyzstan | Europe & Central Asia | 9.6% | 2024 | |
| 11 | Czechia | Europe & Central Asia | 9.5% | 2023 | |
| 12 | Iceland | Europe & Central Asia | 9.4% | 2019 | |
| 13 | Netherlands | Europe & Central Asia | 9.4% | 2021 | |
| 14 | Syria | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 9.3% | 2022 | |
| 15 | Tonga | East Asia & Pacific | 9.3% | 2021 | |
| 16 | Finland | Europe & Central Asia | 9.2% | 2023 | |
| 17 | Ireland | Europe & Central Asia | 9.2% | 2023 | |
| 18 | Belgium | Europe & Central Asia | 9.1% | 2023 | |
| 19 | Denmark | Europe & Central Asia | 9.1% | 2023 | |
| 20 | Norway | Europe & Central Asia | 9.1% | 2023 | |
| 21 | Slovakia | Europe & Central Asia | 9.1% | 2023 | |
| 22 | Iraq | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 8.9% | 2023 | |
| 23 | Maldives | South Asia | 8.9% | 2019 | |
| 24 | Myanmar | East Asia & Pacific | 8.9% | 2017 | |
| 25 | Bangladesh | South Asia | 8.8% | 2022 | |
| 26 | Bhutan | South Asia | 8.8% | 2022 | |
| 27 | Comoros | Sub-Saharan Africa | 8.8% | 2024 | |
| 28 | Nepal | South Asia | 8.7% | 2022 | |
| 29 | Niger | Sub-Saharan Africa | 8.7% | 2021 | |
| 30 | Cyprus | Europe & Central Asia | 8.6% | 2023 | |
| 31 | Poland | Europe & Central Asia | 8.6% | 2023 | |
| 32 | Guinea | Sub-Saharan Africa | 8.5% | 2018 | |
| 33 | Albania | Europe & Central Asia | 8.4% | 2020 | |
| 34 | Fiji | East Asia & Pacific | 8.4% | 2019 | |
| 35 | Estonia | Europe & Central Asia | 8.3% | 2023 | |
| 36 | Ethiopia | Sub-Saharan Africa | 8.3% | 2021 | |
| 37 | Indonesia | East Asia & Pacific | 8.3% | 2025 | |
| 38 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Europe & Central Asia | 8.2% | 2021 | |
| 39 | Mongolia | East Asia & Pacific | 8.2% | 2022 | |
| 40 | Pakistan | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 8.2% | 2024 | |
| 41 | United Arab Emirates | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 8.2% | 2018 | |
| 42 | Guinea-Bissau | Sub-Saharan Africa | 7.9% | 2021 | |
| 43 | Hungary | Europe & Central Asia | 7.9% | 2017 | |
| 44 | Laos | East Asia & Pacific | 7.9% | 2024 | |
| 45 | Sierra Leone | Sub-Saharan Africa | 7.9% | 2018 | |
| 46 | Sweden | Europe & Central Asia | 7.9% | 2023 | |
| 47 | Thailand | East Asia & Pacific | 7.9% | 2024 | |
| 48 | Croatia | Europe & Central Asia | 7.8% | 2023 | |
| 49 | Mauritania | Sub-Saharan Africa | 7.8% | 2019 | |
| 50 | Austria | Europe & Central Asia | 7.7% | 2023 | |
| 51 | Canada | North America | 7.7% | 2022 | |
| 52 | France | Europe & Central Asia | 7.7% | 2023 | |
| 53 | Russia | Europe & Central Asia | 7.7% | 2023 | |
| 54 | Tunisia | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 7.7% | 2021 | |
| 55 | Benin | Sub-Saharan Africa | 7.6% | 2021 | |
| 56 | Côte d'Ivoire | Sub-Saharan Africa | 7.6% | 2021 | |
| 57 | Mali | Sub-Saharan Africa | 7.6% | 2021 | |
| 58 | Malta | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 7.6% | 2023 | |
| 59 | Switzerland | Europe & Central Asia | 7.6% | 2023 | |
| 60 | United Kingdom | Europe & Central Asia | 7.6% | 2021 | |
| 61 | Vanuatu | East Asia & Pacific | 7.6% | 2019 | |
| 62 | Nigeria | Sub-Saharan Africa | 7.5% | 2022 | |
| 63 | Portugal | Europe & Central Asia | 7.4% | 2023 | |
| 64 | Rwanda | Sub-Saharan Africa | 7.4% | 2023 | |
| 65 | South Korea | East Asia & Pacific | 7.4% | 2021 | |
| 66 | Sri Lanka | South Asia | 7.4% | 2019 | |
| 67 | Burkina Faso | Sub-Saharan Africa | 7.3% | 2021 | |
| 68 | China | East Asia & Pacific | 7.3% | 2022 | |
| 69 | Georgia | Europe & Central Asia | 7.3% | 2024 | |
| 70 | Senegal | Sub-Saharan Africa | 7.3% | 2021 | |
| 71 | Australia | East Asia & Pacific | 7.2% | 2020 | |
| 72 | Greece | Europe & Central Asia | 7.2% | 2023 | |
| 73 | Latvia | Europe & Central Asia | 7.2% | 2023 | |
| 74 | Liberia | Sub-Saharan Africa | 7.2% | 2016 | |
| 75 | Madagascar | Sub-Saharan Africa | 7.2% | 2021 | |
| 76 | Marshall Islands | East Asia & Pacific | 7.2% | 2019 | |
| 77 | Mauritius | Sub-Saharan Africa | 7.2% | 2017 | |
| 78 | Burundi | Sub-Saharan Africa | 7.1% | 2020 | |
| 79 | Kenya | Sub-Saharan Africa | 7.1% | 2022 | |
| 80 | Luxembourg | Europe & Central Asia | 7.1% | 2023 | |
| 81 | Seychelles | Sub-Saharan Africa | 7.1% | 2018 | |
| 82 | Tajikistan | Europe & Central Asia | 7.1% | 2024 | |
| 83 | Iran | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 7.0% | 2023 | |
| 84 | Malawi | Sub-Saharan Africa | 7.0% | 2019 | |
| 85 | Romania | Europe & Central Asia | 7.0% | 2023 | |
| 86 | Uzbekistan | Europe & Central Asia | 7.0% | 2025 | |
| 87 | Barbados | Latin America & Caribbean | 6.9% | 2016 | |
| 88 | Chad | Sub-Saharan Africa | 6.9% | 2022 | |
| 89 | Germany | Europe & Central Asia | 6.9% | 2022 | |
| 90 | Philippines | East Asia & Pacific | 6.9% | 2023 | |
| 91 | Serbia | Europe & Central Asia | 6.9% | 2023 | |
| 92 | Tanzania | Sub-Saharan Africa | 6.9% | 2018 | |
| 93 | Japan | East Asia & Pacific | 6.8% | 2020 | |
| 94 | Lebanon | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 6.8% | 2022 | |
| 95 | Togo | Sub-Saharan Africa | 6.8% | 2021 | |
| 96 | Vietnam | East Asia & Pacific | 6.8% | 2022 | |
| 97 | Italy | Europe & Central Asia | 6.6% | 2023 | |
| 98 | The Gambia | Sub-Saharan Africa | 6.6% | 2020 | |
| 99 | Uganda | Sub-Saharan Africa | 6.6% | 2023 | |
| 100 | West Bank and Gaza | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 6.6% | 2023 | |
| 101 | Lithuania | Europe & Central Asia | 6.5% | 2023 | |
| 102 | Qatar | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 6.5% | 2017 | |
| 103 | Spain | Europe & Central Asia | 6.5% | 2023 | |
| 104 | Equatorial Guinea | Sub-Saharan Africa | 6.4% | 2022 | |
| 105 | São Tomé and Príncipe | Sub-Saharan Africa | 6.4% | 2017 | |
| 106 | Montenegro | Europe & Central Asia | 6.2% | 2021 | |
| 107 | Dominican Republic | Latin America & Caribbean | 6.1% | 2024 | |
| 108 | Bulgaria | Europe & Central Asia | 6.0% | 2023 | |
| 109 | Gabon | Sub-Saharan Africa | 6.0% | 2017 | |
| 110 | Malaysia | East Asia & Pacific | 5.9% | 2021 | |
| 111 | Suriname | Latin America & Caribbean | 5.9% | 2022 | |
| 112 | Belize | Latin America & Caribbean | 5.8% | 2018 | |
| 113 | Chile | Latin America & Caribbean | 5.8% | 2024 | |
| 114 | North Macedonia | Europe & Central Asia | 5.8% | 2019 | |
| 115 | Cabo Verde | Sub-Saharan Africa | 5.7% | 2015 | |
| 116 | Jamaica | Latin America & Caribbean | 5.7% | 2021 | |
| 117 | Uruguay | Latin America & Caribbean | 5.7% | 2024 | |
| 118 | Central African Republic | Sub-Saharan Africa | 5.6% | 2021 | |
| 119 | El Salvador | Latin America & Caribbean | 5.6% | 2023 | |
| 120 | Mexico | Latin America & Caribbean | 5.6% | 2024 | |
| 121 | Peru | Latin America & Caribbean | 5.6% | 2024 | |
| 122 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | Sub-Saharan Africa | 5.5% | 2020 | |
| 123 | Grenada | Latin America & Caribbean | 5.5% | 2018 | |
| 124 | Saint Lucia | Latin America & Caribbean | 5.5% | 2015 | |
| 125 | Türkiye | Europe & Central Asia | 5.5% | 2023 | |
| 126 | Bolivia | Latin America & Caribbean | 5.4% | 2024 | |
| 127 | Cameroon | Sub-Saharan Africa | 5.4% | 2021 | |
| 128 | Djibouti | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 5.4% | 2017 | |
| 129 | Paraguay | Latin America & Caribbean | 5.3% | 2024 | |
| 130 | Israel | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 5.2% | 2022 | |
| 131 | Argentina | Latin America & Caribbean | 5.1% | 2024 | |
| 132 | United States | North America | 5.1% | 2024 | |
| 133 | South Sudan | Sub-Saharan Africa | 4.9% | 2016 | |
| 134 | Ecuador | Latin America & Caribbean | 4.8% | 2025 | |
| 135 | Zimbabwe | Sub-Saharan Africa | 4.8% | 2019 | |
| 136 | Costa Rica | Latin America & Caribbean | 4.7% | 2025 | |
| 137 | Ghana | Sub-Saharan Africa | 4.7% | 2016 | |
| 138 | Mozambique | Sub-Saharan Africa | 4.7% | 2022 | |
| 139 | Guatemala | Latin America & Caribbean | 4.6% | 2023 | |
| 140 | Lesotho | Sub-Saharan Africa | 4.6% | 2017 | |
| 141 | Kosovo | Europe & Central Asia | 4.5% | 2022 | |
| 142 | Brazil | Latin America & Caribbean | 3.9% | 2024 | |
| 143 | Zambia | Sub-Saharan Africa | 3.9% | 2022 | |
| 144 | Angola | Sub-Saharan Africa | 3.8% | 2018 | |
| 145 | Botswana | Sub-Saharan Africa | 3.7% | 2015 | |
| 146 | Eswatini | Sub-Saharan Africa | 3.7% | 2016 | |
| 147 | Honduras | Latin America & Caribbean | 3.7% | 2024 | |
| 148 | South Africa | Sub-Saharan Africa | 3.7% | 2022 | |
| 149 | Panama | Latin America & Caribbean | 3.6% | 2024 | |
| 150 | Colombia | Latin America & Caribbean | 3.2% | 2024 | |
| 151 | Namibia | Sub-Saharan Africa | 2.8% | 2015 |
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0)Income share held by lowest 20%