Income share held by the richest 10% in Spain

The richest 10% of people in Spain received 24.5% of total income or consumption in 2023. The value for 2023 is the lowest since 2005.

Measure: Income share held by the richest 10% Unit: % of total income or consumption Data: 1980 to 2023 Source: World Bank
Spain, 2023 24.5% % of total income or consumption
Change from 2022 −0.3percentage points 2022: 24.8%
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2023 24.6% Middle value of 24 countries

Income share held by the richest 10% in Spain 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 2023
Period Spain
2023 24.5%
2022 24.8%
2021 24.7%
2020 25.0%
2019 24.9%
2018 25.3%
2017 25.4%
2016 25.8%
2015 26.2%
2014 26.0%
2013 25.9%
2012 25.8%
2011 25.9%
2010 26.0%
2009 25.9%
2008 25.6%
2007 25.6%
2006 24.9%
2005 24.3%
2004 24.8%
2003 24.0%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −0.3 percentage points from 24.8% in 2022.
  • Since 2013, when it was 25.9%, the figure has changed by −1.4 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
1980 to 2023 for Spain
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