Income share held by the richest 10% in Poland

The richest 10% of people in Poland received 22.9% of total income or consumption in 2023.

Measure: Income share held by the richest 10% Unit: % of total income or consumption Data: 1985 to 2023 Source: World Bank
Poland, 2023 22.9% % of total income or consumption
Change from 2022 −0.2percentage points 2022: 23.1%
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2023 24.6% Middle value of 24 countries

Income share held by the richest 10% in Poland 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 2023
Period Poland
2023 22.9%
2022 23.1%
2021 22.8%
2020 22.8%
2019 23.1%
2018 24.0%
2017 23.5%
2016 24.6%
2015 24.2%
2014 25.1%
2013 25.4%
2012 25.3%
2011 25.5%
2010 25.8%
2009 25.8%
2008 26.1%
2007 26.4%
2006 26.4%
2005 26.8%
2004 28.2%
2003 27.0%
2002 26.7%
2001 25.8%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −0.2 percentage points from 23.1% in 2022.
  • Since 2013, when it was 25.4%, the figure has changed by −2.5 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 2023 for Poland
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