Income share held by the richest 10% in Ethiopia

The richest 10% of people in Ethiopia received 24.8% of total income or consumption in 2021. The value for 2021 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 1995.

Measure: Income share held by the richest 10% Unit: % of total income or consumption Data: 1995 to 2021 Source: World Bank
Ethiopia, 2021 24.8% % of total income or consumption
Change from 2015 −3.7percentage points 2015: 28.5%
Position in 2021 54th of 81 See the full ranking

Income share held by the richest 10% in Ethiopia 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), 2004 to 2021
Period Ethiopia
2021 24.8%
2015 28.5%
2010 27.4%
2004 25.6%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • The previous available figure was 28.5% in 2015, a change of −3.7 percentage points.
  • Since 1995, when it was 38.0%, the figure has changed by −13.2 percentage points.
  • Among the 81 countries with data for 2021, Ethiopia has the 54th highest value.

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
1995 to 2021 for Ethiopia
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