Income share of the richest 1%: World Inequality Database vs. World Bank in Egypt
Egypt: Income share of the richest 1%: World Inequality Database vs. World Bank was 17.9% in 2020. ▲ Rising
Income share of the richest 1%: World Inequality Database vs. World Bank in Egypt, 1990–2020
Source: World Inequality Database (WID.world) (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Egypt recorded 17.9% for income share of the richest 1%: world inequality database vs. world bank in 2020.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 6.0% on the previous year and up 8.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, income share of the richest 1%: world inequality database vs. world bank in Egypt peaked at 19.7% in 2015 and was at its lowest, 15.7%, in 1990.
That places Egypt 20th out of 109 countries with data for 2020, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 10 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 17.2% | 15.7% | 19.4% | 3 |
| 2000s | 18.1% | 18.1% | 18.2% | 2 |
| 2010s | 18.3% | 16.6% | 19.7% | 4 |
| 2020s | 17.9% | 17.9% | 17.9% | 1 |
Countries ranked near Egypt
More reference data data for Egypt
- Spring temperature anomalies -0.5496 °C (2026)
- Summer temperature anomalies 0.4515 °C (2026)
- Temperature anomalies by month 1.79 °C (2026)
- Universal right to vote in practice 2 (2025)
- Autumn temperature anomalies -0.4223 °C (2025)
- Winter temperature anomalies 0.9319 °C (2025)
- Consumer price index 711.63 2010 = 100 (2025)
- Universal right to vote 2 (2025)
- Competitive elections 0 (2025)
- Men's universal right to vote 1 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is income share of the richest 1%: world inequality database vs. world bank in Egypt?
- Income share of the richest 1%: world inequality database vs. world bank in Egypt was 17.9% in 2020, according to World Inequality Database (WID.world) (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest income share of the richest 1%: world inequality database vs. world bank recorded in Egypt?
- The highest recorded value was 19.7% in 2015.
- What is the lowest income share of the richest 1%: world inequality database vs. world bank recorded in Egypt?
- The lowest recorded value was 15.7% in 1990.
- How does Egypt rank for income share of the richest 1%: world inequality database vs. world bank?
- Egypt ranks 20th out of 109 countries with data for 2020.
- Is income share of the richest 1%: world inequality database vs. world bank rising or falling in Egypt?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Egypt data come from?
- The figures come from World Inequality Database (WID.world) (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Income share of the richest 1%: World Inequality Database vs. World Bank. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 10 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data).
About this data
The share of income received by the richest 1% of the population. Income here is measured after taxes and benefits.