Income share held by the richest 10% in Mozambique

The richest 10% of people in Mozambique received 40.8% of total income or consumption in 2022.

Measure: Income share held by the richest 10% Unit: % of total income or consumption Data: 1996 to 2022 Source: World Bank
Mozambique, 2022 40.8% % of total income or consumption
Change from 2019 −0.9percentage points 2019: 41.7%

Income share held by the richest 10% in Mozambique 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 2022
Period Mozambique
2022 40.8%
2019 41.7%
2014 45.5%
2008 36.8%
2002 39.3%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • The previous available figure was 41.7% in 2019, a change of −0.9 percentage points.
  • Since 1996, when it was 43.7%, the figure has changed by −2.9 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
1996 to 2022 for Mozambique
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