Income share held by the richest 10% in Iran

The richest 10% of people in Iran received 28.2% of total income or consumption in 2023.

Measure: Income share held by the richest 10% Unit: % of total income or consumption Data: 1986 to 2023 Source: World Bank
Iran, 2023 28.2% % of total income or consumption
Change from 2022 +1.4percentage points 2022: 26.8%

Income share held by the richest 10% in Iran 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 2023
Period Iran
2023 28.2%
2022 26.8%
2021 27.2%
2020 27.6%
2019 28.3%
2018 29.1%
2017 28.3%
2016 28.1%
2015 27.6%
2014 27.1%
2013 26.7%
2012 26.9%
2011 26.7%
2009 31.3%
2006 34.0%
2005 33.3%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +1.4 percentage points from 26.8% in 2022.
  • Since 2013, when it was 26.7%, the figure has changed by +1.5 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 Iran
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