Income share of the richest 20% — all countries

Income share of the richest 20% — Albania

Income share of the richest 20% in Albania in 2020 — 38%. Ranked 17 in the world out of 70. Since 1996, the indicator has risen by 2 pp.

2020 38% −0.8 pp vs 2019
World rank 17of 70
Period maximum 41.7%2014
Period minimum 36%1996

Trend over time

1996–2020 · % of income

Income share of the richest 20% — Albania, 1996–2020363840421996199920022005200820112014201720201996: 36%2002: 40.3%2005: 39.2%2008: 39%2012: 37.8%2014: 41.7%2015: 40.6%2016: 41.2%2017: 40.7%2018: 38.2%2019: 38.8%2020: 38%
Change over the period: +2 pp Annual average: 0.08 pp
Income share of the richest 20% — Albania, by year Albania All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2020 38 −0.8 pp
2019 38.8 +0.6 pp
2018 38.2 −2.5 pp
2017 40.7 −0.5 pp
2016 41.2 +0.6 pp
2015 40.6 −1.1 pp
2014 41.7 —
2012 37.8 —
2008 39 —
2005 39.2 —
2002 40.3 —
1996 36 —

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.