Income share held by the richest 10% in Iraq

The richest 10% of people in Iraq received 24.2% of total income or consumption in 2023.

Measure: Income share held by the richest 10% Unit: % of total income or consumption Data: 2006 to 2023 Source: World Bank
Iraq, 2023 24.2% % of total income or consumption
Change from 2012 +0.5percentage points 2012: 23.7%

Income share held by the richest 10% in Iraq 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 Iraq
2023 24.2%
2012 23.7%
2006 23.6%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • The previous available figure was 23.7% in 2012, a change of +0.5 percentage points.
  • Since 2006, when it was 23.6%, the figure has changed by +0.6 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
2006 to 2023 for Iraq
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