Income share held by the richest 10% in Algeria

The richest 10% of people in Algeria received 22.9% of total income or consumption in 2011.

Measure: Income share held by the richest 10% Unit: % of total income or consumption Data: 1988 to 2011 Source: World Bank
The latest value for Algeria is for 2011. Most countries have figures for 2021.
Algeria, 2011 22.9% % of total income or consumption
Change from 1995 −4.0percentage points 1995: 26.9%

Income share held by the richest 10% in Algeria over time

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% of total income or consumption. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Income share held by the richest 10% (% of total income or consumption), 2011 to 2011
Period Algeria
2011 22.9%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • The previous available figure was 26.9% in 1995, a change of −4.0 percentage points.
  • Since 1988, when it was 29.6%, the figure has changed by −6.7 percentage points.

Source and dates

Original producer
World Bank, Poverty and Inequality Platform
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SI.DST.10TH.10 · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1988 to 2011 for Algeria
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: World Bank, Poverty and Inequality Platform