Income share held by the richest 10% in Burundi

The richest 10% of people in Burundi received 29.9% of total income or consumption in 2020.

Measure: Income share held by the richest 10% Unit: % of total income or consumption Data: 1992 to 2020 Source: World Bank
Burundi, 2020 29.9% % of total income or consumption
Change from 2013 −1.1percentage points 2013: 31.0%

Income share held by the richest 10% in Burundi 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), 2006 to 2020
Period Burundi
2020 29.9%
2013 31.0%
2006 28.0%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • The previous available figure was 31.0% in 2013, a change of −1.1 percentage points.
  • Since 1992, when it was 26.6%, the figure has changed by +3.3 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
1992 to 2020 for Burundi
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