Income share held by the richest 10% in Madagascar

The richest 10% of people in Madagascar received 29.6% of total income or consumption in 2021.

Measure: Income share held by the richest 10% Unit: % of total income or consumption Data: 1980 to 2021 Source: World Bank
Madagascar, 2021 29.6% % of total income or consumption
Change from 2012 −3.9percentage points 2012: 33.5%
Position in 2021 22nd of 81 See the full ranking

Income share held by the richest 10% in Madagascar 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), 2001 to 2021
Period Madagascar
2021 29.6%
2012 33.5%
2010 34.3%
2005 32.4%
2001 36.6%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • The previous available figure was 33.5% in 2012, a change of −3.9 percentage points.
  • Since 1980, when it was 37.0%, the figure has changed by −7.4 percentage points.
  • Among the 81 countries with data for 2021, Madagascar has the 22nd highest value.

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
1980 to 2021 for Madagascar
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