Income share held by the richest 10% in Chile

The richest 10% of people in Chile received 34.3% of total income or consumption in 2024. The value for 2024 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 1987.

Measure: Income share held by the richest 10% Unit: % of total income or consumption Data: 1987 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Chile, 2024 34.3% % of total income or consumption
Change from 2022 −0.3percentage points 2022: 34.6%
Median of OECD (38 countries), 2024 34.2% Middle value of 5 countries

Income share held by the richest 10% in Chile 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), 2003 to 2024
Period Chile
2024 34.3%
2022 34.6%
2020 37.3%
2017 36.9%
2015 36.8%
2013 38.2%
2011 38.0%
2009 38.4%
2006 38.2%
2003 41.4%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • The previous available figure was 34.6% in 2022, a change of −0.3 percentage points.
  • Since 2000, when it was 42.6%, the figure has changed by −8.3 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
1987 to 2024 for Chile
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