Income share held by the richest 10% in Rwanda

The richest 10% of people in Rwanda received 33.4% of total income or consumption in 2023. The value for 2023 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 2000.

Measure: Income share held by the richest 10% Unit: % of total income or consumption Data: 2000 to 2023 Source: World Bank
Rwanda, 2023 33.4% % of total income or consumption
Change from 2016 −2.2percentage points 2016: 35.6%

Income share held by the richest 10% in Rwanda 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), 2005 to 2023
Period Rwanda
2023 33.4%
2016 35.6%
2013 37.9%
2010 39.8%
2005 43.9%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • The previous available figure was 35.6% in 2016, a change of −2.2 percentage points.
  • Since 2000, when it was 40.8%, the figure has changed by −7.4 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
2000 to 2023 for Rwanda
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