Income share held by the richest 10% in Niger

The richest 10% of people in Niger received 27.8% of total income or consumption in 2021.

Measure: Income share held by the richest 10% Unit: % of total income or consumption Data: 1992 to 2021 Source: World Bank
Niger, 2021 27.8% % of total income or consumption
Change from 2018 −3.3percentage points 2018: 31.1%
Position in 2021 32nd of 81 See the full ranking

Income share held by the richest 10% in Niger 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), 2005 to 2021
Period Niger
2021 27.8%
2018 31.1%
2014 27.0%
2011 26.4%
2007 31.3%
2005 36.2%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • The previous available figure was 31.1% in 2018, a change of −3.3 percentage points.
  • Since 1992, when it was 29.6%, the figure has changed by −1.8 percentage points.
  • Among the 81 countries with data for 2021, Niger has the 32nd 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
1992 to 2021 for Niger
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