Income share held by the richest 10% in Maldives

The richest 10% of people in Maldives received 23.3% of total income or consumption in 2019.

Measure: Income share held by the richest 10% Unit: % of total income or consumption Data: 2002 to 2019 Source: World Bank
The latest value for Maldives is for 2019. Most countries have figures for 2021.
Maldives, 2019 23.3% % of total income or consumption
Change from 2016 −1.9percentage points 2016: 25.2%

Income share held by the richest 10% in Maldives 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 2019
Period Maldives
2019 23.3%
2016 25.2%
2009 29.9%
2002 34.8%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • The previous available figure was 25.2% in 2016, a change of −1.9 percentage points.
  • Since 2002, when it was 34.8%, the figure has changed by −11.5 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
2002 to 2019 for Maldives
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