Income share held by the richest 10% in Paraguay

The richest 10% of people in Paraguay received 35.0% of total income or consumption in 2024.

Measure: Income share held by the richest 10% Unit: % of total income or consumption Data: 1990 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Paraguay, 2024 35.0% % of total income or consumption
Change from 2023 +0.7percentage points 2023: 34.3%

Income share held by the richest 10% in Paraguay 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 Paraguay
2024 35.0%
2023 34.3%
2022 34.2%
2021 33.1%
2020 33.3%
2019 35.2%
2018 35.8%
2017 39.1%
2016 37.3%
2015 36.7%
2014 40.7%
2013 37.3%
2012 36.9%
2011 41.3%
2010 40.5%
2009 38.0%
2008 40.1%
2007 42.5%
2006 42.4%
2005 40.4%
2004 42.0%
2003 44.1%
2002 46.2%
2001 43.1%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.7 percentage points from 34.3% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 40.7%, the figure has changed by −5.7 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
1990 to 2024 for Paraguay
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