Income share of the richest 20% — all countries

Income share of the richest 20% — Uzbekistan

Income share of the richest 20% in Uzbekistan in 2025 — 40%. Ranked 1 in the world out of 4. Since 1998, the indicator has fallen by 8.9 pp.

2025 40% −1.5 pp vs 2024
World rank 1of 4
Period maximum 48.9%1998
Period minimum 38.6%2022

Trend over time

1998–2025 · % of income

Income share of the richest 20% — Uzbekistan, 1998–20253540455019982001200420072010201320162019202220251998: 48.9%2000: 43.6%2002: 42%2003: 43.4%2021: 40.2%2022: 38.6%2023: 41.3%2024: 41.5%2025: 40%
Change over the period: −8.9 pp Annual average: -0.33 pp
Income share of the richest 20% — Uzbekistan, by year Uzbekistan All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 40 −1.5 pp
2024 41.5 +0.2 pp
2023 41.3 +2.7 pp
2022 38.6 −1.6 pp
2021 40.2 —
2003 43.4 +1.4 pp
2002 42 —
2000 43.6 —
1998 48.9 —

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.