Income share held by the richest 10% in Laos

The richest 10% of people in Laos received 28.5% of total income or consumption in 2024.

Measure: Income share held by the richest 10% Unit: % of total income or consumption Data: 1992 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Laos, 2024 28.5% % of total income or consumption
Change from 2018 −2.7percentage points 2018: 31.2%

Income share held by the richest 10% in Laos 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 2024
Period Laos
2024 28.5%
2018 31.2%
2012 29.0%
2007 29.2%
2002 27.0%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • The previous available figure was 31.2% in 2018, a change of −2.7 percentage points.
  • Since 1992, when it was 28.0%, the figure has changed by +0.5 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
1992 to 2024 for Laos
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