Income Distribution South Africa
Income of labor is disaggregated by type.
Income distribution south africa. Income distribution remains highly skewed. South africa s gini an index that measures inequality has increased further in the early 2000s and has remained high ever since. South africa income distribution income share held by second 20. As the graph below shows over the past 21 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 5 60 in 2000 and a minimum value of 4 70 in 2005.
The same is true of inequality within each of south africa s four major racial. The value for income share held by second 20 in south africa was 4 80 as of 2014. In 2001 the bottom 20 of households contributed 0 to total income earned in south africa. The sam multiplier model then solves for production by industries and all income flows.
The green line shows south africa s distribution of income amongst households based on 2011 census data. Industry sales value added gdp and factor cost and the distribution of income to households and government. Meanwhile its peers have been able to make inroads in reducing inequality. The 2015 sam for south africa identifies 62 industries and 104 commodities van seventer et al 2018.
These data show that south africa s high aggregate level of income inequality increased between 1993 and 2008.