World Data Atlas Topics Poverty and Equity

Africa - Income Share

Africa (%)
South Africa 68.2 in 2014 WB + 1 other
Namibia 63.7 in 2015 WB + 1 other
Sao Tome and Principe 61.2 in 2017 WB + 1 other
Eswatini 60.3 in 2016 WB + 1 other
Botswana 58.5 in 2015 WB + 1 other
Angola 55.6 in 2018 WB + 1 other
Congo 53.7 in 2011 WB + 1 other
Zimbabwe 51.1 in 2017 WB + 1 other
Rwanda 50.8 in 2016 WB + 1 other
Comoros 50.4 in 2014 WB + 1 other
Lesotho 49.8 in 2017 WB + 1 other
Madagascar 49.4 in 2012 WB + 1 other
Cabo Verde 48.7 in 2015 WB + 1 other
Ghana 48.6 in 2016 WB + 1 other
Djibouti 47.6 in 2017 WB + 1 other
Morocco 47 in 2013 WB + 1 other
Mauritius 44.6 in 2017 WB + 1 other
Gabon 44.4 in 2017 WB + 1 other
Sierra Leone 44.2 in 2018 WB + 1 other
Ethiopia 43 in 2015 WB + 1 other
Liberia 42.8 in 2016 WB + 1 other
Nigeria 42.4 in 2018 WB + 1 other
Sudan 42.4 in 2014 WB + 1 other
Seychelles 39.1 in 2018 WB + 1 other
Algeria 37.2 in 2011 WB + 1 other
Guinea 22.9 in 2018 WB + 1 other
Mauritania 22.9 in 2019 WB + 1 other
Cameroon 22.5 in 2021 WB + 1 other
Guinea Bissau 22.4 in 2021 WB + 1 other
Benin 22.1 in 2021 WB + 1 other
Tunisia 21.9 in 2021 WB + 1 other
Côte d'Ivoire 21.8 in 2021 WB + 1 other
South Sudan 21.8 in 2016 WB + 1 other
Gambia 21.7 in 2020 WB + 1 other
Mali 21.6 in 2021 WB + 1 other
Senegal 21.6 in 2021 WB + 1 other
Togo 21.6 in 2021 WB + 1 other
Burundi 21.4 in 2020 WB + 1 other
Central African Republic 21.4 in 2021 WB + 1 other
Chad 21.3 in 2022 WB + 1 other
Burkina Faso 21.1 in 2021 WB + 1 other
Malawi 21 in 2019 WB + 1 other
Egypt 20.8 in 2019 WB + 1 other
Niger 20.8 in 2021 WB + 1 other
Kenya 20.5 in 2021 WB + 1 other
Zambia 20.5 in 2022 WB + 1 other
United Republic of Tanzania 20.4 in 2018 WB + 1 other
Uganda 20.3 in 2019 WB + 1 other
Democratic Republic of the Congo 20.2 in 2020 WB + 1 other
Mozambique 18.8 in 2019 WB + 1 other
Income Inequality