ADB Topics Poverty Income Inequality

Percentage share of income or consumption is the share that accrues to subgroups of population indicated by deciles or quintiles. Percentage shares by quintile may not sum to 100 because of rounding.

Income share held by third 20% (%)

199020002005201020112012201320142015201620172018201920202021202220232024
Indonesia16.3016.4016.7015.6014.7014.9014.3014.5014.8015.3015.4015.4015.6015.6015.5015.4015.2015.40
Australia16.1016.2016.5016.40
Thailand12.9013.6014.8015.1014.8015.1015.3015.5015.3015.5015.5015.7015.8015.7016.0016.10
Bangladesh15.6015.6016.0016.1016.00
Malaysia14.1014.7014.8014.8015.00
India16.7017.50
Pakistan16.3016.0016.6016.4016.6016.0016.40
Sri Lanka16.0014.6014.6015.00
Lao PDR15.5014.70
Mongolia16.5016.1016.3016.7016.6016.5016.80
Azerbaijan16.70
Vietnam15.0016.1016.4016.3016.3015.9016.10
Georgia15.4016.0015.6015.5015.6015.6015.8015.9015.9015.8016.2016.2016.7016.9017.0016.60
Kazakhstan15.2017.1017.1017.1017.3017.3017.2017.2017.1016.8016.8016.5016.30
Nepal16.2017.00
Armenia15.2016.8017.0017.1016.9016.9016.7017.0015.9015.9017.0017.8017.3017.5017.50
Kyrgyz Republic16.4016.1016.9017.1017.3016.9017.2016.8017.1017.1017.0016.5016.9016.8017.40
Tajikistan16.40
Uzbekistan15.8017.1017.7016.90
Fiji15.2016.80
Timor-Leste16.90
Tonga15.9016.6017.60
Bhutan15.0015.5017.60
Maldives16.9017.00
Micronesia, Fed. Sts.14.7015.30
Solomon Islands13.3015.50
China16.4014.7014.3014.6014.7015.0015.2015.3015.3015.1015.3015.2015.3015.70
Japan17.5017.3017.4017.7017.2017.5017.5017.3017.5017.4017.60
Kiribati17.20
Korea, Rep.17.3017.6017.5016.8016.9017.0017.0017.0016.90
Samoa14.90
Tuvalu14.90
Vanuatu15.6017.20
Myanmar15.0016.60
Philippines12.7013.0013.4014.0014.3014.60
Nauru16.50
Marshall Islands15.80