Macedonia - Income distribution

Income share held by second 20%

The value for Income share held by second 20% in Macedonia was 9.49 as of 2009. As the graph below shows, over the past 11 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 13.79 in 1998 and a minimum value of 9.33 in 2008.

Definition: 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.

Source: World Bank, Development Research Group. Data are based on primary household survey data obtained from government statistical agencies and World Bank country departments. Data for high-income economies are from the Luxembourg Income Study database. For more information and methodology, please see PovcalNet (http://iresearch.worldbank.org/PovcalNet/index.htm).

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Year Value
1998 13.79
2000 12.24
2002 10.77
2003 10.73
2004 10.68
2005 10.51
2006 9.74
2008 9.33
2009 9.49

Income share held by third 20%

The value for Income share held by third 20% in Macedonia was 14.53 as of 2009. As the graph below shows, over the past 11 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 17.97 in 1998 and a minimum value of 13.97 in 2008.

Definition: 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.

Source: World Bank, Development Research Group. Data are based on primary household survey data obtained from government statistical agencies and World Bank country departments. Data for high-income economies are from the Luxembourg Income Study database. For more information and methodology, please see PovcalNet (http://iresearch.worldbank.org/PovcalNet/index.htm).

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Year Value
1998 17.97
2000 17.06
2002 15.64
2003 15.55
2004 15.70
2005 15.58
2006 14.63
2008 13.97
2009 14.53

Income share held by fourth 20%

The value for Income share held by fourth 20% in Macedonia was 21.98 as of 2009. As the graph below shows, over the past 11 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 23.08 in 1998 and a minimum value of 21.01 in 2008.

Definition: 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.

Source: World Bank, Development Research Group. Data are based on primary household survey data obtained from government statistical agencies and World Bank country departments. Data for high-income economies are from the Luxembourg Income Study database. For more information and methodology, please see PovcalNet (http://iresearch.worldbank.org/PovcalNet/index.htm).

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Year Value
1998 23.08
2000 23.02
2002 22.34
2003 22.19
2004 22.64
2005 22.74
2006 21.69
2008 21.01
2009 21.98

Income share held by highest 20%

The value for Income share held by highest 20% in Macedonia was 48.87 as of 2009. As the graph below shows, over the past 11 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 50.28 in 2008 and a minimum value of 36.68 in 1998.

Definition: 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.

Source: World Bank, Development Research Group. Data are based on primary household survey data obtained from government statistical agencies and World Bank country departments. Data for high-income economies are from the Luxembourg Income Study database. For more information and methodology, please see PovcalNet (http://iresearch.worldbank.org/PovcalNet/index.htm).

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Year Value
1998 36.68
2000 41.21
2002 45.21
2003 45.46
2004 44.97
2005 45.34
2006 48.64
2008 50.28
2009 48.87

Income share held by highest 10%

The value for Income share held by highest 10% in Macedonia was 32.40 as of 2009. As the graph below shows, over the past 11 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 34.48 in 2008 and a minimum value of 22.14 in 1998.

Definition: Percentage share of income or consumption is the share that accrues to subgroups of population indicated by deciles or quintiles.

Source: World Bank, Development Research Group. Data are based on primary household survey data obtained from government statistical agencies and World Bank country departments. Data for high-income economies are from the Luxembourg Income Study database. For more information and methodology, please see PovcalNet (http://iresearch.worldbank.org/PovcalNet/index.htm).

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Year Value
1998 22.14
2000 25.77
2002 29.33
2003 29.67
2004 29.17
2005 28.93
2006 32.68
2008 34.48
2009 32.40

Income share held by lowest 10%

The value for Income share held by lowest 10% in Macedonia was 2.03 as of 2009. As the graph below shows, over the past 11 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 3.26 in 1998 and a minimum value of 2.03 in 2009.

Definition: Percentage share of income or consumption is the share that accrues to subgroups of population indicated by deciles or quintiles.

Source: World Bank, Development Research Group. Data are based on primary household survey data obtained from government statistical agencies and World Bank country departments. Data for high-income economies are from the Luxembourg Income Study database. For more information and methodology, please see PovcalNet (http://iresearch.worldbank.org/PovcalNet/index.htm).

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Year Value
1998 3.26
2000 2.35
2002 2.39
2003 2.42
2004 2.35
2005 2.32
2006 2.09
2008 2.23
2009 2.03

Income share held by lowest 20%

The value for Income share held by lowest 20% in Macedonia was 5.13 as of 2009. As the graph below shows, over the past 11 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 8.48 in 1998 and a minimum value of 5.13 in 2009.

Definition: 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.

Source: World Bank, Development Research Group. Data are based on primary household survey data obtained from government statistical agencies and World Bank country departments. Data for high-income economies are from the Luxembourg Income Study database. For more information and methodology, please see PovcalNet (http://iresearch.worldbank.org/PovcalNet/index.htm).

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Year Value
1998 8.48
2000 6.47
2002 6.04
2003 6.07
2004 6.01
2005 5.83
2006 5.30
2008 5.41
2009 5.13

Classification

Topic: Poverty Indicators

Sub-Topic: Income distribution