Income share held by the richest 10% in Suriname

The richest 10% of people in Suriname received 30.1% of total income or consumption in 2022.

Measure: Income share held by the richest 10% Unit: % of total income or consumption Data: 1999 to 2022 Source: World Bank
Suriname, 2022 30.1% % of total income or consumption
Change from 1999 −11.9percentage points 1999: 42.0%

Income share held by the richest 10% in Suriname 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), 2022 to 2022
Period Suriname
2022 30.1%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • The previous available figure was 42.0% in 1999, a change of −11.9 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
1999 to 2022 for Suriname
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