Income share held by the richest 10% in Kiribati

The richest 10% of people in Kiribati received 20.9% 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
Kiribati, 2023 20.9% % of total income or consumption
Change from 2019 −1.9percentage points 2019: 22.8%

Income share held by the richest 10% in Kiribati 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 Kiribati
2023 20.9%
2019 22.8%
2006 29.2%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • The previous available figure was 22.8% in 2019, a change of −1.9 percentage points.
  • Since 2006, when it was 29.2%, the figure has changed by −8.3 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 Kiribati
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