Income share held by the richest 10% in Jordan

The richest 10% of people in Jordan received 27.4% of total income or consumption in 2010.

Measure: Income share held by the richest 10% Unit: % of total income or consumption Data: 1986 to 2010 Source: World Bank
The latest value for Jordan is for 2010. Most countries have figures for 2021.
Jordan, 2010 27.4% % of total income or consumption
Change from 2008 +0.8percentage points 2008: 26.6%

Income share held by the richest 10% in Jordan 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), 2002 to 2010
Period Jordan
2010 27.4%
2008 26.6%
2006 27.5%
2002 29.5%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • The previous available figure was 26.6% in 2008, a change of +0.8 percentage points.
  • Since 1986, when it was 28.1%, the figure has changed by −0.7 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 2010 for Jordan
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