Income share held by lowest 20% in Bolivia, Plurinational State of
Bolivia, Plurinational State of: Income share held by lowest 20% was 5.4% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Income share held by lowest 20% in Bolivia, Plurinational State of, 1990–2024
Source: World Bank, Poverty and Inequality Platform. Data are based on primary household survey data obtained from government statistical agencies and World Bank country departments. Data for high-income econ.
Analysis
The most recent figure for income share held by lowest 20% in Bolivia, Plurinational State of is 5.4%, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 3.8% on the previous year and up 42.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, income share held by lowest 20% in Bolivia, Plurinational State of peaked at 5.6% in 1990 and was at its lowest, 1.1%, in 2000.
That places Bolivia, Plurinational State of 102nd out of 122 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 27 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 3.4% | 1.3% | 5.6% | 4 |
| 2000s | 2.4% | 1.1% | 3.2% | 9 |
| 2010s | 4.0% | 3.4% | 5.1% | 9 |
| 2020s | 5.1% | 4.7% | 5.4% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Bolivia, Plurinational State of
More poverty & inequality data for Bolivia, Plurinational State of
- Data deprivation poverty surveys per decade 9 (2025)
- Fertility rate vs the share living in extreme poverty 2.55 (2023)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty 2,209 (2024)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, annual growth rate 11.57 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 21.51 (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality 21.51 (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, annual growth rate 3.39 % change on previous year (2021)
- Gender inequality index from the human development report 0.419 (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is income share held by lowest 20% in Bolivia, Plurinational State of?
- Income share held by lowest 20% in Bolivia, Plurinational State of was 5.4% in 2024, according to World Bank, Poverty and Inequality Platform. Data are based on primary household survey data obtained from government statistical agencies and World Bank country departments. Data for high-income econ.
- What is the highest income share held by lowest 20% recorded in Bolivia, Plurinational State of?
- The highest recorded value was 5.6% in 1990.
- What is the lowest income share held by lowest 20% recorded in Bolivia, Plurinational State of?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.1% in 2000.
- How does Bolivia, Plurinational State of rank for income share held by lowest 20%?
- Bolivia, Plurinational State of ranks 102nd out of 122 countries with data for 2024.
- Is income share held by lowest 20% rising or falling in Bolivia, Plurinational State of?
- Over the last ten years it is up 42.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Bolivia, Plurinational State of data come from?
- The figures come from World Bank, Poverty and Inequality Platform. Data are based on primary household survey data obtained from government statistical agencies and World Bank country departments. Data for high-income econ, published as part of Income share held by lowest 20%. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 27 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data).
About this data
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.