Income share held by the richest 10% in Gabon

The richest 10% of people in Gabon received 27.7% of total income or consumption in 2017.

Measure: Income share held by the richest 10% Unit: % of total income or consumption Data: 2005 to 2017 Source: World Bank
The latest value for Gabon is for 2017. Most countries have figures for 2021.
Gabon, 2017 27.7% % of total income or consumption
Change from 2005 −5.4percentage points 2005: 33.1%

Income share held by the richest 10% in Gabon 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), 2005 to 2017
Period Gabon
2017 27.7%
2005 33.1%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • The previous available figure was 33.1% in 2005, a change of −5.4 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
2005 to 2017 for Gabon
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