Income share held by the richest 10% in Peru

The richest 10% of people in Peru received 30.3% of total income or consumption in 2024. The value for 2024 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 1985.

Measure: Income share held by the richest 10% Unit: % of total income or consumption Data: 1985 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Peru, 2024 30.3% % of total income or consumption
Change from 2023 −0.3percentage points 2023: 30.6%

Income share held by the richest 10% in Peru 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 Peru
2024 30.3%
2023 30.6%
2022 30.7%
2021 30.5%
2020 32.9%
2019 31.1%
2018 31.6%
2017 32.3%
2016 32.6%
2015 32.6%
2014 32.1%
2013 32.7%
2012 33.3%
2011 33.5%
2010 34.2%
2009 35.2%
2008 35.4%
2007 37.8%
2006 38.2%
2005 38.5%
2004 37.9%
2003 42.2%
2002 42.1%
2001 39.1%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −0.3 percentage points from 30.6% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 32.1%, the figure has changed by −1.8 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
1985 to 2024 for Peru
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