Bottom 50 percent's share of income Europe 2021

As of 2021, France was the major economy in Europe with the hgihest share of national income taken home by the bottom 50 percent of earners. The country has seen a gradual increase in the share taken by the poorest 50 percent since the 1990s, with this share increasing from roughly 20 percent to over 23 percent in 2021. In stark contrast, Russia is the country which has seen the greatest decrease in the share of income taken by the bottom half. With the end of communist rule in 1991, the income of the poorest Russians nosedived from around 28 percent of national income, to less than 10 percent in 1996. Since then, the bottom half's share in Russia has increased, being approximately 16 percent in 2021.

Pre-tax share of national income taken by the bottom 50 percent of earners in major European economies from 1980 to 2021

Characteristic	France	Spain	United Kingdom	Germany	Italy	Russia	Turkey
2021	23.16%	21.53%	20.28%	18.63%	16.62%	15.68%	14.18%
2020	23.22%	21.56%	20.28%	18.88%	16.63%	15.68%	13.72%
2019	22.64%	21.22%	20.29%	18.8%	16.52%	16.99%	14.37%
2018	22.77%	21.07%	20.19%	18.85%	16.43%	17.03%	13.68%
2017	22.92%	20.63%	20.34%	18.58%	16.58%	17.34%	13.81%
2016	22.79%	20.23%	20.02%	18.43%	16.71%	17.02%	13.92%
2015	22.63%	20.37%	19.86%	18.24%	16.95%	17.08%	14.2%
2014	21.94%	20.54%	19.31%	18.14%	16.79%	16.85%	14.43%
2013	21.99%	20.62%	18.29%	18.27%	16.78%	16%	15.13%
2012	21.87%	20.87%	18.78%	18.97%	17.14%	16.63%	14.52%
2011	21.42%	20.65%	19.44%	19.08%	17.28%	15.99%	14.52%
2010	21.74%	20.62%	19.76%	19.31%	17.54%	16.46%	14.61%
2009	22.14%	19.95%	17.63%	19.11%	17.89%	14.53%	13.98%
2008	21.24%	20.36%	18.61%	19.09%	17.94%	13.11%	14.75%
2007	21.21%	20.46%	18.35%	19.1%	17.36%	13.54%	15.03%
2006	21.39%	20.59%	17.99%	19.72%	17.41%	13.76%	14.8%
2005	21.24%	20.61%	18.15%	19.8%	17.51%	14.35%	14.17%
2004	21.08%	20.45%	18.49%	21.05%	16.98%	13.89%	13.26%
2003	21.18%	20.34%	18.04%	21.49%	16.91%	13.41%	12.73%
2002	21.27%	20.46%	18.46%	20.96%	17.13%	13.75%	12.37%
2001	20.76%	20.36%	18.51%	21.53%	16.49%	13.27%	12.35%
2000	20.73%	20.24%	18.75%	21.62%	16.56%	13.43%	12.32%
1999	20.62%	19.71%	18.24%	21.55%	16.95%	14.12%	12.29%
1998	20.44%	19.9%	18.59%	21.51%	16.86%	14.56%	12.26%
1997	20.44%	20.12%	18.71%	22.01%	17.44%	12.62%	12.23%
1996	20.51%	19.52%	18.7%	22.48%	17.45%	9.9%	12.2%
1995	20.08%	19.31%	18.71%	23.09%	17.86%	14.17%	12.18%
1994	20.25%	19.59%	19.23%	22.9%	18.32%	15.53%	12.14%
1993	20.43%	19.9%	18.93%	22.73%	18.25%	20.3%	11.91%
1992	20.72%	19.64%	19.19%	22.4%	18.88%	21.67%	11.68%
1991	20.57%	19.24%	19.23%	22.1%	19.31%	27.91%	11.45%
1990	20.1%	18.94%	19.52%	21.62%	18.94%	28.37%	11.21%
1989	20%	18.96%	20.94%	21.77%	19.78%	27.31%	10.97%
1988	20.13%	19.28%	20.85%	22.39%	19.72%	28.03%	10.74%
1987	20.46%	19.42%	21.25%	23.04%	20.05%	28.08%	10.5%
1986	20.7%	19.57%	21.48%	23.34%	20.5%	28.13%	10.5%
1985	21.14%	19.99%	21.56%	23.59%	21.52%	28.18%	10.5%
1984	21.59%	20.5%	21.8%	23.7%	21.83%	28.29%	10.5%
1983	21.41%	20.55%	22.19%	23.42%	22.37%	28.41%	10.5%
1982	22.12%	20.41%	22.53%	23.6%	22.24%	28.54%	10.5%
1981	21.88%	20.41%	22.57%	23.38%	22.64%	28.69%	10.5%
1980	21.74%	20.31%	22.57%	23.25%	22.28%	28.84%	10.5%