Income distribution in European countries 2021

As of 2021, the European countries who had the greatest share of their national income taken by the top 10 percent of earners were Turkey, Russia, and Armenia, with high earners in these countries taking home around half of all income. By contrast, the top decile in Slovakia, Iceland, and the Netherlands took home a share of national income almost half as large, at between 26 and 29 percent. On average, the top 10 percent in Europe took home over a third of national income, while the bottom half earned less than a fifth.

National pre-tax income distribution for European countries in 2021, by income percentile

Characteristic	Bottom 50%	Top 10-50%	Top 1-10%	Top 1%
Slovakia	24.6%	48.93%	19.26%	7.21%
Iceland	25.44%	45.35%	19.89%	9.32%
Netherlands	22.62%	48.16%	22.34%	6.88%
Czechia	25.21%	45.51%	18.67%	10.61%
Norway	24.87%	45.54%	20.69%	8.9%
Belarus	25.16%	44.92%	21.26%	8.66%
Slovenia	22.92%	47.14%	21.59%	8.35%
Switzerland	23.47%	46.1%	20.57%	9.86%
North Macedonia	20.79%	48.75%	22.73%	7.73%
France	23.16%	45.67%	22.22%	8.95%
Greece	21.46%	46.93%	21.6%	10.01%
Sweden	23.29%	44.71%	20.3%	11.7%
Hungary	22.53%	44.93%	21.42%	11.12%
Belgium	20.48%	46.76%	24.2%	8.56%
Kosovo	18.14%	48.59%	24.14%	9.13%
Spain	21.53%	45.06%	21.97%	11.44%
Cyprus	20.27%	45.93%	24.9%	8.9%
Latvia	18.63%	47.15%	25.58%	8.64%
Bosnia and Herzegovina	18.38%	47.37%	24.81%	9.44%
Denmark	21.2%	44.45%	20.94%	13.41%
Albania	18.35%	47.29%	25.12%	9.24%
Croatia	19.1%	46.47%	25.09%	9.34%
Austria	22.16%	43.39%	23.71%	10.74%
Finland	21.23%	44.08%	22.88%	11.81%
Portugal	20.03%	45.19%	25.39%	9.39%
Montenegro	15.94%	49.11%	26.35%	8.6%
Malta	19.78%	45.22%	24.35%	10.65%
Moldova	17.9%	46.97%	23.83%	11.3%
Luxembourg	18.95%	45.71%	23.2%	12.14%
United Kingdom	20.28%	43.9%	23.08%	12.74%
Ireland	20.13%	44.04%	23.67%	12.16%
European Average	18.55%	45.25%	24.24%	11.96%
Italy	16.62%	46.35%	24.86%	12.17%
Germany	18.63%	43.56%	24.49%	13.32%
Poland	19.3%	42.58%	22.96%	15.16%
Ukraine	17.73%	44.01%	24.66%	13.6%
Serbia	16.88%	44.65%	22.93%	15.54%
Estonia	16.81%	43.05%	23.89%	16.25%
Romania	15.44%	43.41%	26.69%	14.46%
Bulgaria	16.74%	41.22%	25.47%	16.57%
Azerbaijan	14.82%	42.31%	26.98%	15.89%
Lithuania	7.61%	49.38%	30.51%	12.5%
Georgia	14.5%	40.47%	26.5%	18.53%
Armenia	13.48%	39.75%	27.8%	18.97%
Russia	15.68%	33.55%	27.01%	23.76%
Turkey	14.18%	34.14%	32.9%	18.78%