Income share held by the richest 10% in Syria

The richest 10% of people in Syria received 20.9% of total income or consumption in 2022.

Measure: Income share held by the richest 10% Unit: % of total income or consumption Data: 1996 to 2022 Source: World Bank
Syria, 2022 20.9% % of total income or consumption
Change from 2009 −10.7percentage points 2009: 31.6%

Income share held by the richest 10% in Syria 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 2022
Period Syria
2022 20.9%
2009 31.6%
2006 30.9%
2003 29.9%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • The previous available figure was 31.6% in 2009, a change of −10.7 percentage points.
  • Since 1996, when it was 28.6%, the figure has changed by −7.7 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
1996 to 2022 for Syria
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