Income share held by the richest 10% in Eswatini

The richest 10% of people in Eswatini received 42.7% of total income or consumption in 2016.

Measure: Income share held by the richest 10% Unit: % of total income or consumption Data: 1994 to 2016 Source: World Bank
The latest value for Eswatini is for 2016. Most countries have figures for 2021.
Eswatini, 2016 42.7% % of total income or consumption
Change from 2009 +2.7percentage points 2009: 40.0%

Income share held by the richest 10% in Eswatini 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), 2009 to 2016
Period Eswatini
2016 42.7%
2009 40.0%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • The previous available figure was 40.0% in 2009, a change of +2.7 percentage points.
  • Since 1994, when it was 48.5%, the figure has changed by −5.8 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
1994 to 2016 for Eswatini
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