Income share held by the richest 10% in Nepal

The richest 10% of people in Nepal received 24.2% of total income or consumption in 2022.

Measure: Income share held by the richest 10% Unit: % of total income or consumption Data: 1984 to 2022 Source: World Bank
Nepal, 2022 24.2% % of total income or consumption
Change from 2010 −2.2percentage points 2010: 26.4%

Income share held by the richest 10% in Nepal 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 2022
Period Nepal
2022 24.2%
2010 26.4%
2003 36.9%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • The previous available figure was 26.4% in 2010, a change of −2.2 percentage points.
  • Since 1984, when it was 25.0%, the figure has changed by −0.8 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
1984 to 2022 for Nepal
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