Income share of the richest 20% — all countries

Income share of the richest 20% — North Macedonia

Income share of the richest 20% in North Macedonia in 2019 — 39%. Ranked 22 in the world out of 78. Since 1998, the indicator has risen by 2.2 pp.

2019 39% +0.2 pp vs 2018
World rank 22of 78
Period maximum 52.2%2008
Period minimum 36.8%1998

Trend over time

1998–2019 · % of income

Income share of the richest 20% — North Macedonia, 1998–20193540455055199820012004200720102013201620191998: 36.8%2000: 40.9%2002: 44.9%2003: 45.3%2004: 44.7%2005: 45.4%2006: 48.6%2008: 52.2%2009: 47.1%2010: 44%2011: 43.8%2012: 43.1%2013: 41.8%2014: 40.9%2015: 41.1%2016: 40%2017: 39.7%2018: 38.8%2019: 39%
Change over the period: +2.2 pp Annual average: 0.1 pp
Income share of the richest 20% — North Macedonia, by year North Macedonia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2019 39 +0.2 pp
2018 38.8 −0.9 pp
2017 39.7 −0.3 pp
2016 40 −1.1 pp
2015 41.1 +0.2 pp
2014 40.9 −0.9 pp
2013 41.8 −1.3 pp
2012 43.1 −0.7 pp
2011 43.8 −0.2 pp
2010 44 −3.1 pp
2009 47.1 −5.1 pp
2008 52.2 —
2006 48.6 +3.2 pp
2005 45.4 +0.7 pp
2004 44.7 −0.6 pp
2003 45.3 +0.4 pp
2002 44.9 —
2000 40.9 —
1998 36.8 —

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.