Income share held by the richest 10% in Colombia

The richest 10% of people in Colombia received 42.7% of total income or consumption in 2024.

Measure: Income share held by the richest 10% Unit: % of total income or consumption Data: 1980 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Colombia, 2024 42.7% % of total income or consumption
Change from 2023 −0.4percentage points 2023: 43.1%
Median of OECD (38 countries), 2024 34.2% Middle value of 5 countries

Income share held by the richest 10% in Colombia 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), 2001 to 2024
Period Colombia
2024 42.7%
2023 43.1%
2022 43.5%
2021 43.7%
2020 42.0%
2019 40.6%
2018 40.0%
2017 39.4%
2016 40.2%
2015 40.3%
2014 41.7%
2013 41.6%
2012 41.6%
2011 42.1%
2010 43.2%
2009 42.7%
2008 43.4%
2005 43.2%
2004 44.5%
2003 42.8%
2002 45.2%
2001 46.3%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −0.4 percentage points from 43.1% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 41.7%, the figure has changed by +1.0 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
1980 to 2024 for Colombia
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