Income share held by the richest 10% in Namibia

The richest 10% of people in Namibia received 47.2% of total income or consumption in 2015.

Measure: Income share held by the richest 10% Unit: % of total income or consumption Data: 1993 to 2015 Source: World Bank
The latest value for Namibia is for 2015. Most countries have figures for 2021.
Namibia, 2015 47.2% % of total income or consumption
Change from 2009 −4.6percentage points 2009: 51.8%

Income share held by the richest 10% in Namibia 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), 2003 to 2015
Period Namibia
2015 47.2%
2009 51.8%
2003 54.8%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • The previous available figure was 51.8% in 2009, a change of −4.6 percentage points.
  • Since 1993, when it was 60.5%, the figure has changed by −13.3 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
1993 to 2015 for Namibia
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