In 2020, 184 countries reported income inequality data. The highest top 1% income concentration was in Peru at 35.79%. The global average top 1% income share was 16.28%.
Countries With the Highest Income Inequality in 2020
The following table ranks countries by their top 1% income share in 2020, showing where wealth concentration is most pronounced.
| # | Country | Top 1% | Top 10% | Bottom 50% |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Peru's wealth gap |
35.79% | 65.65% | 5.45% |
| 2 |  Iraq |
32.64% | 61.48% | 10.17% |
| 3 |  Chile's income inequality |
28.89% | 59.05% | 6.77% |
| 4 |  Mexico |
28.83% | 61.63% | 6.57% |
| 5 |  Brazil's wealth gap |
27.05% | 59.08% | 8.19% |
| 6 |  income distribution in Angola |
25.98% | 58.01% | 9.04% |
| 7 |  Bahrain's wealth gap |
25.59% | 57.75% | 10.38% |
| 8 |  income distribution in Yemen |
25.07% | 59.56% | 9.44% |
| 9 |  Qatar |
24.44% | 56.94% | 9.70% |
| 10 |  Mozambique's wealth gap |
24.21% | 60.06% | 9.54% |
| 11 |  Suriname's wealth gap |
23.62% | 54.11% | 8.69% |
| 12 |  Belize |
23.62% | 54.11% | 8.69% |
| 13 |  Paraguay's wealth gap |
23.62% | 54.11% | 8.69% |
| 14 |  Bolivia's income inequality |
23.62% | 54.11% | 8.69% |
| 15 |  Jamaica's income inequality |
23.62% | 54.11% | 8.69% |
| 16 |  Panama's income inequality |
23.62% | 54.11% | 8.69% |
| 17 |  Guatemala |
23.62% | 54.11% | 8.69% |
| 18 |  Guyana's income inequality |
23.62% | 54.11% | 8.69% |
| 19 |  income distribution in Venezuela |
23.62% | 54.11% | 8.69% |
| 20 |  income distribution in Nicaragua |
23.62% | 54.11% | 8.69% |
Countries With the Most Equal Income Distribution in 2020
These countries had the highest share of income going to the bottom 50% of earners, indicating more equitable distribution.
| # | Country | Top 1% | Top 10% | Bottom 50% |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  income distribution in Iceland |
8.01% | 28.03% | 25.67% |
| 2 |  income distribution in Norway |
9.46% | 30.23% | 24.59% |
| 3 |  income distribution in Slovakia |
7.52% | 26.78% | 24.48% |
| 4 |  Sweden |
10.39% | 30.49% | 23.90% |
| 5 |  Switzerland's wealth gap |
10.19% | 30.84% | 23.31% |
| 6 |  Austria |
8.92% | 31.33% | 23.26% |
| 7 |  Slovenia |
8.00% | 29.57% | 23.07% |
| 8 |  Ukraine's wealth gap |
9.33% | 33.08% | 22.59% |
| 9 |  Belarus's income inequality |
9.61% | 32.77% | 22.58% |
| 10 |  Netherlands's wealth gap |
6.92% | 29.37% | 22.54% |
| 11 |  Hungary's income inequality |
11.43% | 32.89% | 22.36% |
| 12 |  Finland's income inequality |
10.26% | 33.12% | 21.80% |
| 13 |  Denmark's income inequality |
12.42% | 33.24% | 21.62% |
| 14 |  Spain's income inequality |
12.04% | 34.12% | 21.22% |
| 15 |  income distribution in Greece |
10.84% | 32.64% | 21.06% |
| 16 |  income distribution in North Macedonia |
7.87% | 30.60% | 20.74% |
| 17 |  income distribution in France |
11.15% | 33.84% | 20.55% |
| 18 |  Italy's income inequality |
9.01% | 32.68% | 20.50% |
| 19 |  income distribution in Belgium |
8.70% | 32.95% | 20.38% |
| 20 |  Cyprus's income inequality |
8.85% | 33.69% | 20.34% |
Global Income Inequality Overview for 2020
- Countries with data: 184
- Average top 1% income share: 16.28%
- Average bottom 50% income share: 14.77%
- Highest top 1% share: Peru (35.79%)
- Lowest top 1% share: Netherlands (6.92%)
Complete Country Rankings for 2020
| # | Country | Top 1% | Top 10% | Bottom 50% |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Peru's wealth gap |
35.79% | 65.65% | 5.45% |
| 2 | Iraq |
32.64% | 61.48% | 10.17% |
| 3 | Chile's wealth gap |
28.89% | 59.05% | 6.77% |
| 4 | income distribution in Mexico |
28.83% | 61.63% | 6.57% |
| 5 | income distribution in Brazil |
27.05% | 59.08% | 8.19% |
| 6 | Angola's income inequality |
25.98% | 58.01% | 9.04% |
| 7 | Bahrain's income inequality |
25.59% | 57.75% | 10.38% |
| 8 | income distribution in Yemen |
25.07% | 59.56% | 9.44% |
| 9 | Qatar's wealth gap |
24.44% | 56.94% | 9.70% |
| 10 | Mozambique's income inequality |
24.21% | 60.06% | 9.54% |
| 11 | Suriname's income inequality |
23.62% | 54.11% | 8.69% |
| 12 | Belize's income inequality |
23.62% | 54.11% | 8.69% |
| 13 | Paraguay's wealth gap |
23.62% | 54.11% | 8.69% |
| 14 | income distribution in Bolivia |
23.62% | 54.11% | 8.69% |
| 15 | Jamaica |
23.62% | 54.11% | 8.69% |
| 16 | Panama's income inequality |
23.62% | 54.11% | 8.69% |
| 17 | income distribution in Guatemala |
23.62% | 54.11% | 8.69% |
| 18 | Guyana |
23.62% | 54.11% | 8.69% |
| 19 | Venezuela's income inequality |
23.62% | 54.11% | 8.69% |
| 20 | Nicaragua's wealth gap |
23.62% | 54.11% | 8.69% |
| 21 |  Haiti's income inequality |
23.62% | 54.11% | 8.69% |
| 22 |  Honduras's income inequality |
23.62% | 54.11% | 8.69% |
| 23 |  Trinidad and Tobago's wealth gap |
23.62% | 54.11% | 8.69% |
| 24 |  Bahamas's wealth gap |
23.62% | 54.11% | 8.69% |
| 25 |  Botswana |
23.28% | 60.61% | 7.62% |
| 26 |  income distribution in Algeria |
23.25% | 50.10% | 15.78% |
| 27 |  Saudi Arabia |
23.16% | 52.05% | 10.65% |
| 28 |  Tunisia's income inequality |
22.41% | 52.71% | 12.38% |
| 29 |  Ecuador |
22.31% | 46.78% | 10.51% |
| 30 |  India |
21.99% | 58.02% | 13.72% |
| 31 |  Namibia's income inequality |
21.58% | 64.20% | 6.55% |
| 32 |  income distribution in Costa Rica |
21.51% | 56.08% | 5.07% |
| 33 |  Uganda's wealth gap |
21.42% | 53.05% | 12.20% |
| 34 |  Barbados's wealth gap |
21.18% | 48.52% | 14.13% |
| 35 |  Dominica |
21.18% | 48.52% | 14.13% |
| 36 |  Antigua and Barbuda |
21.18% | 48.52% | 14.13% |
| 37 |  Grenada's wealth gap |
21.18% | 48.52% | 14.13% |
| 38 |  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines's wealth gap |
21.18% | 48.52% | 14.13% |
| 39 |  Saint Lucia |
21.18% | 48.52% | 14.13% |
| 40 |  income distribution in Saint Kitts and Nevis |
21.18% | 48.52% | 14.13% |
| 41 |  Georgia |
21.11% | 49.03% | 13.90% |
| 42 |  Zimbabwe |
21.07% | 58.95% | 9.23% |
| 43 |  El Salvador's income inequality |
21.04% | 47.71% | 8.72% |
| 44 |  Colombia's wealth gap |
20.66% | 61.22% | 5.61% |
| 45 |  Turkey's income inequality |
20.61% | 53.37% | 13.74% |
| 46 |  Lebanon |
20.58% | 52.27% | 10.99% |
| 47 |  Congo |
20.52% | 55.93% | 9.92% |
| 48 |  Sri Lanka's income inequality |
20.47% | 48.98% | 14.13% |
| 49 |  income distribution in Oman |
19.93% | 56.27% | 9.06% |
| 50 |  income distribution in Dominican Republic |
19.59% | 49.86% | 9.76% |
| 51 |  Turkmenistan |
19.50% | 48.89% | 12.06% |
| 52 |  Rwanda |
19.35% | 52.95% | 12.74% |
| 53 |  income distribution in Taiwan |
19.33% | 48.12% | 11.79% |
| 54 |  South Africa's wealth gap |
19.31% | 65.41% | 5.81% |
| 55 |  Zambia's wealth gap |
19.24% | 57.54% | 8.40% |
| 56 |  Egypt's income inequality |
19.12% | 49.29% | 15.57% |
| 57 |  Tanzania |
18.15% | 51.37% | 12.95% |
| 58 |  Cuba's wealth gap |
18.14% | 45.64% | 11.94% |
| 59 |  Cambodia |
18.13% | 45.38% | 13.91% |
| 60 |  Kyrgyzstan's income inequality |
18.09% | 43.27% | 16.87% |
| 61 |  Indonesia |
17.85% | 46.86% | 12.45% |
| 62 |  Hong Kong |
17.84% | 48.18% | 13.59% |
| 63 |  Jordan |
17.83% | 49.63% | 14.40% |
| 64 |  income distribution in Kuwait |
17.73% | 45.40% | 16.32% |
| 65 |  income distribution in Uruguay |
17.38% | 45.04% | 14.69% |
| 66 |  Palestine |
17.20% | 51.49% | 11.20% |
| 67 |  Thailand's income inequality |
17.01% | 49.83% | 11.43% |
| 68 |  Estonia's income inequality |
16.92% | 40.76% | 16.62% |
| 69 |  income distribution in Israel |
16.91% | 49.21% | 13.28% |
| 70 |  Central African Republic |
16.78% | 51.52% | 11.78% |
| 71 |  Libya |
16.73% | 47.14% | 15.22% |
| 72 |  Myanmar's wealth gap |
16.66% | 42.93% | 15.98% |
| 73 |  Uzbekistan's wealth gap |
16.65% | 45.53% | 14.62% |
| 74 |  income distribution in Pakistan |
16.65% | 42.81% | 17.30% |
| 75 |  Philippines's wealth gap |
16.62% | 45.40% | 14.35% |
| 76 |  Bulgaria's wealth gap |
16.50% | 41.97% | 16.76% |
| 77 |  Papua New Guinea |
16.37% | 46.28% | 12.91% |
| 78 |  United Arab Emirates's income inequality |
16.19% | 49.21% | 12.91% |
| 79 |  Bangladesh's wealth gap |
16.16% | 42.40% | 17.08% |
| 80 |  Samoa's wealth gap |
16.09% | 48.59% | 15.82% |
| 81 |  Marshall Islands |
16.09% | 48.59% | 15.82% |
| 82 |  Palau's income inequality |
16.09% | 48.59% | 15.82% |
| 83 |  Nauru |
16.09% | 48.59% | 15.82% |
| 84 |  income distribution in Tonga |
16.09% | 48.59% | 15.82% |
| 85 |  Kiribati's income inequality |
16.09% | 48.59% | 15.82% |
| 86 |  Solomon Islands |
16.09% | 48.59% | 15.82% |
| 87 |  Vanuatu |
16.09% | 48.59% | 15.82% |
| 88 |  Tuvalu |
16.09% | 48.59% | 15.82% |
| 89 |  Fiji |
16.09% | 48.59% | 15.82% |
| 90 |  income distribution in Mongolia |
16.05% | 42.90% | 14.95% |
| 91 |  Gambia |
16.02% | 48.00% | 13.89% |
| 92 |  income distribution in Sao Tome and Principe |
15.98% | 50.61% | 13.04% |
| 93 |  Mauritius |
15.89% | 47.40% | 14.80% |
| 94 |  Djibouti |
15.86% | 49.55% | 13.09% |
| 95 |  Somalia's income inequality |
15.64% | 48.37% | 13.98% |
| 96 |  China's income inequality |
15.56% | 43.20% | 13.77% |
| 97 |  South Sudan's wealth gap |
15.52% | 50.01% | 11.91% |
| 98 |  Burkina Faso's wealth gap |
15.40% | 49.50% | 13.59% |
| 99 |  income distribution in Sudan |
15.36% | 45.04% | 15.77% |
| 100 |  Malawi |
15.23% | 48.46% | 13.91% |
| 101 |  Ghana's income inequality |
15.23% | 48.91% | 12.21% |
| 102 |  income distribution in Afghanistan |
15.08% | 41.01% | 17.79% |
| 103 |  Sierra Leone's income inequality |
15.02% | 47.00% | 14.99% |
| 104 |  Armenia's wealth gap |
15.00% | 39.60% | 18.59% |
| 105 |  Serbia's wealth gap |
14.99% | 37.86% | 17.08% |
| 106 |  income distribution in Kazakhstan |
14.88% | 41.20% | 16.44% |
| 107 |  Poland |
14.84% | 37.70% | 19.49% |
| 108 |  Niger's income inequality |
14.83% | 46.56% | 15.61% |
| 109 |  North Korea |
14.76% | 42.67% | 15.12% |
| 110 |  income distribution in Argentina |
14.72% | 45.11% | 10.63% |
| 111 |  Togo's income inequality |
14.55% | 47.80% | 13.63% |
| 112 |  Tajikistan |
14.53% | 42.23% | 15.48% |
| 113 |  income distribution in Iran |
14.50% | 45.59% | 16.21% |
| 114 |  Burundi |
14.49% | 47.10% | 14.40% |
| 115 |  income distribution in Romania |
14.46% | 41.14% | 15.44% |
| 116 |  Lesotho |
14.45% | 49.51% | 11.28% |
| 117 |  income distribution in Singapore |
14.21% | 46.28% | 16.65% |
| 118 |  Comoros's wealth gap |
14.15% | 50.26% | 11.39% |
| 119 |  Madagascar |
14.11% | 47.26% | 14.53% |
| 120 |  Macao |
14.00% | 41.66% | 14.36% |
| 121 |  Bhutan's wealth gap |
14.00% | 42.14% | 15.04% |
| 122 |  Azerbaijan's income inequality |
13.99% | 38.22% | 20.33% |
| 123 |  Senegal's income inequality |
13.74% | 46.55% | 14.64% |
| 124 |  Nepal's income inequality |
13.72% | 41.47% | 16.70% |
| 125 |  Cameroon |
13.64% | 48.23% | 12.12% |
| 126 |  Morocco's income inequality |
13.43% | 48.20% | 14.39% |
| 127 |  income distribution in Benin |
13.37% | 44.86% | 15.22% |
| 128 |  Chad's wealth gap |
13.10% | 46.52% | 14.47% |
| 129 |  Maldives's income inequality |
13.08% | 39.51% | 18.08% |
| 130 |  Germany |
13.05% | 37.45% | 18.80% |
| 131 |  income distribution in New Zealand |
13.00% | 36.19% | 19.37% |
| 132 |  income distribution in Ireland |
12.71% | 36.85% | 19.67% |
| 133 |  United Kingdom's wealth gap |
12.70% | 35.79% | 20.29% |
| 134 |  income distribution in Japan |
12.65% | 43.50% | 18.21% |
| 135 |  Malaysia |
12.57% | 36.17% | 19.27% |
| 136 | Denmark's income inequality |
12.42% | 33.24% | 21.62% |
| 137 |  income distribution in Liberia |
12.20% | 43.24% | 15.43% |
| 138 |  Kenya's wealth gap |
12.07% | 45.03% | 14.96% |
| 139 |  Mali |
12.06% | 44.81% | 14.99% |
| 140 | income distribution in Spain |
12.04% | 34.12% | 21.22% |
| 141 |  Equatorial Guinea's income inequality |
12.01% | 45.33% | 13.94% |
| 142 |  income distribution in Nigeria |
11.94% | 42.56% | 15.78% |
| 143 |  income distribution in Guinea-Bissau |
11.60% | 42.81% | 15.83% |
| 144 | Hungary's income inequality |
11.43% | 32.89% | 22.36% |
| 145 |  Moldova's wealth gap |
11.23% | 35.06% | 17.93% |
| 146 | France's wealth gap |
11.15% | 33.84% | 20.55% |
| 147 |  Ethiopia's income inequality |
11.02% | 41.31% | 17.09% |
| 148 |  Eritrea's wealth gap |
11.02% | 41.31% | 17.09% |
| 149 |  Gabon's income inequality |
11.02% | 43.32% | 14.42% |
| 150 |  Malta's wealth gap |
10.94% | 35.33% | 19.64% |
| 151 | Greece |
10.84% | 32.64% | 21.06% |
| 152 |  Andorra |
10.59% | 34.89% | 18.52% |
| 153 |  Canada's income inequality |
10.59% | 35.18% | 16.91% |
| 154 |  Liechtenstein |
10.59% | 34.89% | 18.52% |
| 155 |  San Marino's wealth gap |
10.59% | 34.89% | 18.52% |
| 156 |  Monaco's wealth gap |
10.59% | 34.89% | 18.52% |
| 157 |  income distribution in Lithuania |
10.55% | 36.67% | 17.06% |
| 158 |  Portugal |
10.46% | 35.84% | 19.64% |
| 159 | income distribution in Sweden |
10.39% | 30.49% | 23.90% |
| 160 | Finland |
10.26% | 33.12% | 21.80% |
| 161 | Switzerland's income inequality |
10.19% | 30.84% | 23.31% |
| 162 |  income distribution in Luxembourg |
10.10% | 33.45% | 19.69% |
| 163 |  income distribution in Australia |
10.02% | 34.06% | 17.73% |
| 164 |  Mauritania's wealth gap |
9.97% | 39.94% | 17.04% |
| 165 |  income distribution in Croatia |
9.63% | 34.71% | 19.04% |
| 166 | Belarus |
9.61% | 32.77% | 22.58% |
| 167 |  Bosnia and Herzegovina's wealth gap |
9.56% | 34.38% | 18.34% |
| 168 | income distribution in Norway |
9.46% | 30.23% | 24.59% |
| 169 |  income distribution in Latvia |
9.41% | 35.51% | 17.42% |
| 170 |  Albania's wealth gap |
9.33% | 34.48% | 18.34% |
| 171 | Ukraine's wealth gap |
9.33% | 33.08% | 22.59% |
| 172 |  income distribution in Kosovo |
9.25% | 33.40% | 18.09% |
| 173 | income distribution in Italy |
9.01% | 32.68% | 20.50% |
| 174 | income distribution in Austria |
8.92% | 31.33% | 23.26% |
| 175 | Cyprus |
8.85% | 33.69% | 20.34% |
| 176 |  income distribution in Seychelles |
8.78% | 38.65% | 17.38% |
| 177 |  income distribution in Montenegro |
8.73% | 35.05% | 15.97% |
| 178 |  Guinea's income inequality |
8.71% | 37.91% | 18.20% |
| 179 | income distribution in Belgium |
8.70% | 32.95% | 20.38% |
| 180 | Iceland's income inequality |
8.01% | 28.03% | 25.67% |
| 181 | Slovenia's wealth gap |
8.00% | 29.57% | 23.07% |
| 182 | North Macedonia's wealth gap |
7.87% | 30.60% | 20.74% |
| 183 | Slovakia's income inequality |
7.52% | 26.78% | 24.48% |
| 184 | Netherlands's income inequality |
6.92% | 29.37% | 22.54% |
Last updated: April 8, 2026
Data source: World Inequality Database (WID). This dataset covers income distribution metrics for 199 countries from 1980 to 2024.