Income share held by the richest 10% in Zimbabwe

The richest 10% of people in Zimbabwe received 40.5% of total income or consumption in 2019.

Measure: Income share held by the richest 10% Unit: % of total income or consumption Data: 2011 to 2019 Source: World Bank
The latest value for Zimbabwe is for 2019. Most countries have figures for 2021.
Zimbabwe, 2019 40.5% % of total income or consumption
Change from 2017 +5.7percentage points 2017: 34.8%

Income share held by the richest 10% in Zimbabwe 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), 2011 to 2019
Period Zimbabwe
2019 40.5%
2017 34.8%
2011 33.8%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • The previous available figure was 34.8% in 2017, a change of +5.7 percentage points.
  • Since 2011, when it was 33.8%, the figure has changed by +6.7 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
2011 to 2019 for Zimbabwe
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