Income share held by the richest 10% in Pakistan

The richest 10% of people in Pakistan received 27.7% of total income or consumption in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest since 1998.

Measure: Income share held by the richest 10% Unit: % of total income or consumption Data: 1987 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Pakistan, 2024 27.7% % of total income or consumption
Change from 2018 +2.2percentage points 2018: 25.5%

Income share held by the richest 10% in Pakistan 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), 2001 to 2024
Period Pakistan
2024 27.7%
2018 25.5%
2015 27.0%
2013 25.3%
2011 25.8%
2010 25.1%
2007 25.7%
2005 27.1%
2004 26.3%
2001 24.9%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • The previous available figure was 25.5% in 2018, a change of +2.2 percentage points.
  • Since 1998, when it was 28.5%, 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
1987 to 2024 for Pakistan
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