Income share held by the richest 10% in Panama

The richest 10% of people in Panama received 37.6% of total income or consumption in 2024.

Measure: Income share held by the richest 10% Unit: % of total income or consumption Data: 1979 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Panama, 2024 37.6% % of total income or consumption
Change from 2023 +0.7percentage points 2023: 36.9%

Income share held by the richest 10% in Panama 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 Panama
2024 37.6%
2023 36.9%
2021 39.3%
2019 38.0%
2018 37.1%
2017 37.7%
2016 37.8%
2015 39.0%
2014 38.5%
2013 39.6%
2012 39.7%
2011 39.7%
2010 39.6%
2009 40.1%
2008 40.7%
2007 39.7%
2006 41.1%
2005 40.2%
2004 41.2%
2003 42.2%
2002 43.0%
2001 42.6%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.7 percentage points from 36.9% in 2023.
  • Since 2012, when it was 39.7%, the figure has changed by −2.1 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
1979 to 2024 for Panama
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