Income share held by the richest 10% in Timor-Leste

The richest 10% of people in Timor-Leste received 24.0% of total income or consumption in 2014.

Measure: Income share held by the richest 10% Unit: % of total income or consumption Data: 2001 to 2014 Source: World Bank
The latest value for Timor-Leste is for 2014. Most countries have figures for 2021.
Timor-Leste, 2014 24.0% % of total income or consumption
Change from 2007 +1.1percentage points 2007: 22.9%

Income share held by the richest 10% in Timor-Leste 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), 2001 to 2014
Period Timor-Leste
2014 24.0%
2007 22.9%
2001 28.2%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • The previous available figure was 22.9% in 2007, a change of +1.1 percentage points.
  • Since 2001, when it was 28.2%, the figure has changed by −4.2 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
2001 to 2014 for Timor-Leste
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