Income share held by the richest 10% in Sierra Leone

The richest 10% of people in Sierra Leone received 29.4% of total income or consumption in 2018.

Measure: Income share held by the richest 10% Unit: % of total income or consumption Data: 2003 to 2018 Source: World Bank
The latest value for Sierra Leone is for 2018. Most countries have figures for 2021.
Sierra Leone, 2018 29.4% % of total income or consumption
Change from 2011 +2.5percentage points 2011: 26.9%

Income share held by the richest 10% in Sierra Leone 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), 2003 to 2018
Period Sierra Leone
2018 29.4%
2011 26.9%
2003 31.9%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • The previous available figure was 26.9% in 2011, a change of +2.5 percentage points.
  • Since 2003, when it was 31.9%, the figure has changed by −2.5 percentage points.

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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
2003 to 2018 for Sierra Leone
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