Income share held by the richest 10% in Estonia

The richest 10% of people in Estonia received 23.7% of total income or consumption in 2023.

Measure: Income share held by the richest 10% Unit: % of total income or consumption Data: 1993 to 2023 Source: World Bank
Estonia, 2023 23.7% % of total income or consumption
Change from 2022 −0.7percentage points 2022: 24.4%
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2023 24.6% Middle value of 24 countries

Income share held by the richest 10% in Estonia 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 2023
Period Estonia
2023 23.7%
2022 24.4%
2021 24.3%
2020 23.5%
2019 23.3%
2018 22.4%
2017 22.5%
2016 23.1%
2015 24.4%
2014 26.3%
2013 26.6%
2012 25.2%
2011 24.7%
2010 24.3%
2009 24.4%
2008 24.9%
2007 24.0%
2006 26.8%
2005 26.1%
2004 25.9%
2003 28.4%
2002 27.3%
2001 27.9%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −0.7 percentage points from 24.4% in 2022.
  • Since 2013, when it was 26.6%, the figure has changed by −2.9 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
1993 to 2023 for Estonia
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