Income share held by the richest 10% in Guatemala

The richest 10% of people in Guatemala received 34.1% of total income or consumption in 2023. The value for 2023 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 1986.

Measure: Income share held by the richest 10% Unit: % of total income or consumption Data: 1986 to 2023 Source: World Bank
Guatemala, 2023 34.1% % of total income or consumption
Change from 2014 −3.9percentage points 2014: 38.0%

Income share held by the richest 10% in Guatemala 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), 2006 to 2023
Period Guatemala
2023 34.1%
2014 38.0%
2006 43.0%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • The previous available figure was 38.0% in 2014, a change of −3.9 percentage points.
  • Since 1986, when it was 41.5%, the figure has changed by −7.4 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
1986 to 2023 for Guatemala
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