Social & Inequality
Bottom 20% income share
SI.DST.FRST.20 ยท %
Annual series published by the World Bank, compared across Germany, United Kingdom, Italy, Spain, Netherlands, United States, China, Namibia. The chart carries the trajectory, the table carries the year by year figures, and the definition at the foot of the page is the World Bank's own, quoted as it stands.
- Latest value, Germany
- 6.9%2022
- Period covered
- 1991 - 202232 annual values
- Highest of the compared countries
- 9.4%Netherlands, 2021
- Lowest of the compared countries
- 2.8%Namibia, 2015
8 countries compared, that is the maximum. Remove one to add another.
Latest known valuesorted by value
Netherlands9.4%2021
United Kingdom7.6%2021
China7.3%2022
Germany6.9%2022
Italy6.6%2023
Spain6.5%2023
United States5.1%2024
Namibia2.8%2015
Year by year values
Click the Year header to reverse the order. An empty cell means the World Bank publishes nothing for that country that year.
| Germany | United Kingdom | Italy | Spain | Netherlands | United States | China | Namibia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5.1% | |||||||
| 2023 | 6.6% | 6.5% | 5% | |||||
| 2022 | 6.9% | 6.8% | 6.6% | 5.1% | 7.3% | |||
| 2021 | 7.2% | 7.6% | 6.5% | 6.4% | 9.4% | 6% | 7.4% | |
| 2020 | 7.6% | 7.6% | 6.3% | 6% | 9.2% | 5.6% | 7.2% | |
| 2019 | 7.7% | 7.3% | 6.3% | 6.2% | 8.6% | 5.1% | 6.7% | |
| 2018 | 7.9% | 7.3% | 6.1% | 6.2% | 8.9% | 5.1% | 6.5% | |
| 2017 | 7.9% | 7.5% | 6% | 6.2% | 8.8% | 5.1% | 6.4% | |
| 2016 | 7.9% | 7.4% | 6.1% | 5.8% | 8.8% | 5.2% | 6.5% | |
| 2015 | 8% | 7.5% | 5.9% | 5.8% | 8.9% | 5.3% | 6.4% | 2.8% |
| 2014 | 8.1% | 7.5% | 6.2% | 5.7% | 8.8% | 5.2% | 6.2% | |
| 2013 | 8.2% | 7.7% | 6.2% | 5.7% | 8.9% | 5.3% | 6.2% | |
| 2012 | 8.2% | 7.6% | 6.3% | 6.1% | 9.1% | 5.2% | 5.3% | |
| 2011 | 8.5% | 7.6% | 6.4% | 6% | 9.1% | 5.2% | 5.4% | |
| 2010 | 8.4% | 7.5% | 6.4% | 6.3% | 9% | 5.3% | 5.1% | |
| 2009 | 8.4% | 7.2% | 6.7% | 6.3% | 9% | 5.4% | 3.3% | |
| 2008 | 8.5% | 7% | 6.9% | 6.6% | 8.7% | 5.2% | 5.2% | |
| 2007 | 8.4% | 7.2% | 7.1% | 6.7% | 8.8% | 5.2% | ||
| 2006 | 8.3% | 7% | 6.9% | 6.7% | 8.7% | 5.2% | ||
| 2005 | 8.2% | 7.1% | 6.8% | 7% | 8.7% | 5.2% | 5.9% | |
| 2004 | 8.5% | 7.3% | 6.9% | 6.9% | 8.4% | 5.3% | ||
| 2003 | 8.6% | 7.2% | 6.7% | 7.2% | 5.2% | 3% | ||
| 2002 | 8.6% | 7.2% | 6.4% | 5.3% | 5.7% | |||
| 2001 | 8.7% | 6.9% | 5.4% | |||||
| 2000 | 8.8% | 6.7% | 6.3% | 6.9% | 5.5% | |||
| 1999 | 8.8% | 6.8% | 7.1% | 9.1% | 5.5% | 6.5% | ||
| 1998 | 8.9% | 6.9% | 5.9% | 6.6% | 5.4% | |||
| 1997 | 8.9% | 7% | 6.5% | 5.4% | ||||
| 1996 | 8.9% | 7.1% | 6% | 5.4% | 7.4% | |||
| 1995 | 8.6% | 7.1% | 6.3% | 6.4% | 5.5% | |||
| 1994 | 8.5% | 7% | 6.5% | 5.4% | ||||
| 1993 | 9% | 7% | 6.1% | 6.4% | 7.9% | 5.2% | 7.9% | 1.7% |
| 1992 | 8.9% | 7% | 5.5% | |||||
| 1991 | 8.8% | 7.2% | 7.7% | 5.6% | ||||
| 1990 | 7.1% | 7.7% | 8.3% | 5.6% | 8.3% | |||
| 1989 | 7.6% | 7.7% | 5.6% | |||||
| 1988 | 7.6% | 5.6% | ||||||
| 1987 | 7.7% | 6.7% | 9.7% | 5.6% | 8.2% | |||
| 1986 | 8.1% | 7.7% | 5.5% | |||||
| 1985 | 8.5% | 7.2% | 5.6% | |||||
| 1984 | 8.7% | 7.7% | 5.6% | 9% | ||||
| 1983 | 8.7% | 8.2% | 8.8% | 5.5% | ||||
| 1982 | 8.6% | 8.4% | 5.8% | |||||
| 1981 | 8.7% | 7.9% | 6.2% | 8.8% | ||||
| 1980 | 9.1% | 7.6% | 6.9% | 6.4% | ||||
| 1979 | 9.4% | 7.2% | 6.4% | |||||
| 1978 | 9.3% | 7.3% | 6.2% | |||||
| 1977 | 9.5% | 7.2% | 6.1% | |||||
| 1976 | 9.4% | 6.1% | ||||||
| 1975 | 9.3% | 6% | ||||||
| 1974 | 9.1% | 6.1% | ||||||
| 1973 | 9.3% | 5.9% | ||||||
| 1972 | 8.9% | 5.8% | ||||||
| 1971 | 9.1% | 5.9% | ||||||
| 1970 | 9.5% | 5.9% | ||||||
| 1969 | 9.5% | 6.1% | ||||||
| 1968 | 9.9% | 6% | ||||||
| 1967 | 5.8% | |||||||
| 1966 | 5.7% | |||||||
| 1965 | 5.8% | |||||||
| 1964 | 5.7% | |||||||
| 1963 | 5.8% |
World Bank definition
Income share held by lowest 20%
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.
Text published by the World Bank for indicator SI.DST.FRST.20, reproduced unchanged.
The same indicator across Europe & Central Asia
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