Income share held by highest 10%

Dataset SI.DST.10TH.10 published by World Bank, World Development Indicators. This page describes the source table. The measures below are the specific selections this site takes from it.

About the source table

Publisher
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Original producer
World Bank, Poverty and Inequality Platform
Code
SI.DST.10TH.10
Last update by provider
8 October 2026
Last checked here
9 November 2026
Licence (series metadata)
CC BY-4.0
Source note
World Bank, Poverty and Inequality Platform. Data are based on primary household survey data obtained from government statistical agencies and World Bank country departments. Data for high-income economies are mostly from the Luxembourg Income Study database. For more information and methodology, please see http://pip.worldbank.org., World Bank (WB), uri: http://pip.worldbank.org, note: Data are based on primary household survey data obtained from government statistical agencies and World Bank country departments. Data for high-income economies are mostly from the Luxembourg Income Study database.

Definition published with the series

Percentage share of income or consumption is the share that accrues to subgroups of population indicated by deciles or quintiles.

Measures taken from this dataset

MeasureFixed selectionUnit
Income share held by the richest 10% SI.DST.10TH.10 % of total income or consumption