Income share held by the richest 10% in Yemen

The richest 10% of people in Yemen received 29.4% of total income or consumption in 2014.

Measure: Income share held by the richest 10% Unit: % of total income or consumption Data: 1998 to 2014 Source: World Bank
The latest value for Yemen is for 2014. Most countries have figures for 2021.
Yemen, 2014 29.4% % of total income or consumption
Change from 2005 +0.8percentage points 2005: 28.6%

Income share held by the richest 10% in Yemen 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 2014
Period Yemen
2014 29.4%
2005 28.6%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • The previous available figure was 28.6% in 2005, a change of +0.8 percentage points.
  • Since 1998, when it was 26.8%, the figure has changed by +2.6 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
1998 to 2014 for Yemen
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