Income share held by the richest 10% in Venezuela

The richest 10% of people in Venezuela received 33.2% of total income or consumption in 2006. The value for 2006 is the lowest since 1992.

Measure: Income share held by the richest 10% Unit: % of total income or consumption Data: 1981 to 2006 Source: World Bank
The latest value for Venezuela is for 2006. Most countries have figures for 2021.
Venezuela, 2006 33.2% % of total income or consumption
Change from 2005 −3.2percentage points 2005: 36.4%

Income share held by the richest 10% in Venezuela 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 2006
Period Venezuela
2006 33.2%
2005 36.4%
2004 34.6%
2003 35.1%
2002 36.2%
2001 35.3%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −3.2 percentage points from 36.4% in 2005.
  • Since 1989, when it was 32.5%, the figure has changed by +0.7 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
1981 to 2006 for Venezuela
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