Income share held by the richest 10% in Tunisia

The richest 10% of people in Tunisia received 27.0% of total income or consumption in 2021.

Measure: Income share held by the richest 10% Unit: % of total income or consumption Data: 1985 to 2021 Source: World Bank
Tunisia, 2021 27.0% % of total income or consumption
Change from 2015 +1.4percentage points 2015: 25.6%
Position in 2021 38th of 81 See the full ranking

Income share held by the richest 10% in Tunisia 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 2021
Period Tunisia
2021 27.0%
2015 25.6%
2010 29.3%
2005 29.1%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • The previous available figure was 25.6% in 2015, a change of +1.4 percentage points.
  • Since 1985, when it was 34.1%, the figure has changed by −7.1 percentage points.
  • Among the 81 countries with data for 2021, Tunisia has the 38th highest value.

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
1985 to 2021 for Tunisia
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