Income share held by the richest 10% in Solomon Islands

The richest 10% of people in Solomon Islands received 29.2% of total income or consumption in 2012.

Income share held by the richest 10% % of total income or consumption Data: 2005 to 2012 Source: World Bank

The latest value for Solomon Islands is for 2012. Most countries have figures for 2021.

Solomon Islands, 2012 29.2% % of total income or consumption

Change from 2005 −6.5percentage points 2005: 35.7%

Income share held by the richest 10% in Solomon Islands 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 2012
Period	Solomon Islands
2012	29.2%
2005	35.7%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

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In short

The previous available figure was 35.7% in 2005, a change of −6.5 percentage points.

More for Solomon Islands

All statistics for Solomon Islands

Gini index 37.1 (0 to 100) 2012 · World Bank Extreme poverty rate 40.3% 2012 · World Bank Poverty rate at national poverty lines 12.7% 2012 · World Bank Poverty rate at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) 62.9% 2012 · World Bank Poverty rate at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) 90.7% 2012 · World Bank

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: 2005 to 2012 for Solomon Islands
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