Income share held by the richest 10% in Uruguay

The richest 10% of people in Uruguay received 30.0% of total income or consumption in 2024.

Measure: Income share held by the richest 10% Unit: % of total income or consumption Data: 1981 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Uruguay, 2024 30.0% % of total income or consumption
Change from 2023 −0.8percentage points 2023: 30.8%

Income share held by the richest 10% in Uruguay 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 2024
Period Uruguay
2024 30.0%
2023 30.8%
2022 30.5%
2021 30.8%
2020 29.9%
2019 29.7%
2018 29.7%
2017 29.6%
2016 29.6%
2015 29.8%
2014 29.8%
2013 30.1%
2012 29.2%
2011 31.6%
2010 33.6%
2009 34.6%
2008 34.3%
2007 35.4%
2006 35.0%
2005 33.6%
2004 34.7%
2003 34.3%
2002 34.2%
2001 33.7%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −0.8 percentage points from 30.8% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 29.8%, the figure has changed by +0.2 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
1981 to 2024 for Uruguay
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